bench bar?

[EDM]

Anyone know how much the benching bar weighs? You know, the one thats about a meter long. Im guessing about 15 pounds, but does anyone know the exact?

thx

[davidI]

The bars at most gyms for olympic plates are 45 lbs. I have no idea what kind of bar you'd be talking about at 15...

tricep / ez curl bars are usually 12-15.

[turbo_equiped]

The bicep and tricep bars can be anywhere from 8 to 15lbs.
The bench press bar wieghs 45lbs (thats the standard weight). Thats what they use in olympics and stuff like that. I am not too sure if its the same in all the other gyms though. I highly doubt that they weigh that much, cauz i never felt like i am lifting 45lbs whenever i lift just the bar.

[EDM]

Originally posted by turbo_equiped
I highly doubt that they weigh that much, cauz i never felt like i am lifting 45lbs whenever i lift just the bar.

yeah, i never thought it would weigh 45, I guess the bench bar need to be heavy for a reason or else it would be tipping every time you stuck a weight just on one side

[dam_guy]

Originally posted by EDM


yeah, i never thought it would weigh 45, I guess the bench bar need to be heavy for a reason or else it would be tipping every time you stuck a weight just on one side

put enough weight on one side and it'll still tip
but seriously, i don't think a 15lbs bar could support heavy weights.

i think my old starter set bench bar was only 15 - 20lbs with a maximum 25lbs plate.

[Skylinelover]

They must be 45lbs becuase I don't that they could support 1100+lbs

[sputnik]

Originally posted by Skylinelover
They must be 45lbs becuase I don't that they could support 1100+lbs

The best way to tell is what kind of ends it has on it.

[ZorroAMG]

The most common bars that hold the "olympic" style 45lb plates, found at nearly every gym, ARE 45lbs.

[JustinL]

I weighed some "25 lb." plates at my gym the other day. One was 28lbs and the other was 24lbs. This got me thinking about how acurately they build this equipment.