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Im starting to see the bar curve a bit with 80kg on it and im ready to go beyond that.
Yeah same pulled 220 with standard before got my oly stuff.
Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
Have used a standard bar all my life 180kg dead lift, bench 120-130kg regularly bar is still straight as a die, cost $55 brand new rated to 250kg, can't see myself lifting 250kg in a hurry.
I would be more concerned about using a cheap bolt together bench though, I have a Aussie made welded Samson bench, can pick one up for $100-150 usually, great for home gym and you are not risking your life with crappy weak equipment.
Standard bar plenty good enough for the home trainer, oly is nice but not necessary unless you have cash to burn, then go for it. It's like a Corolla will get you there, but a BMW or Merc is nice to have if you have the $$$$
I would be more concerned about using a cheap bolt together bench though, I have a Aussie made welded Samson bench, can pick one up for $100-150 usually, great for home gym and you are not risking your life with crappy weak equipment.
Standard bar plenty good enough for the home trainer, oly is nice but not necessary unless you have cash to burn, then go for it. It's like a Corolla will get you there, but a BMW or Merc is nice to have if you have the $$$$
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Have used a standard bar all my life 180kg dead lift, bench 120-130kg regularly bar is still straight as a die, cost $55 brand new rated to 250kg, can't see myself lifting 250kg in a hurry.
I would be more concerned about using a cheap bolt together bench though, I have a Aussie made welded Samson bench, can pick one up for $100-150 usually, great for home gym and you are not risking your life with crappy weak equipment.
Standard bar plenty good enough for the home trainer, oly is nice but not necessary unless you have cash to burn, then go for it. It's like a Corolla will get you there, but a BMW or Merc is nice to have if you have the $$$$
thx for the advice, it will cost me a bit less to buy more equipment and not upgrading to olympic. Im not sure im going to be ever pushing 250kg either, nor 200 for that matter.
I guess if I ever get to that stage Ill know my body is wroth spending more on.
Mate the biggest difference is the sleeves on an oly bar will rotate freely and are a pleasure to use, it's hard to explain but it makes lifts feel fluid where you find with a standard bar there isn't that fluid motion it feels a bit like your fighting the bar. This is especially evident when doing cleans.
I guess you need to weigh up whether it is worth buying more standard gear or take the plunge on olympic now, once you have been lifting for a while you will want to buy oly eventually, it's just how it is I got rubber coated plates but now I really want bumpers, always want something better it's human nature.
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Big Mick
"2014 - Kunce of the year"
Like some said Oly plates and bars are nice to use, and yes the sleeves rotate nicely just like a BMW is nice to drive.
if you don't have a lot of plates, just sell them on eBay and get a oly set, like one of the package deals available out there, all depends on how much you want to spend.
I don't do snatches and cleans either....benches, dead lifts squats and some isolation exercises will do me, not training to compete or lift huge weights, training for well being health for now, have actually reduced some of my lifts recently...getting too old for this crap
if you don't have a lot of plates, just sell them on eBay and get a oly set, like one of the package deals available out there, all depends on how much you want to spend.
I don't do snatches and cleans either....benches, dead lifts squats and some isolation exercises will do me, not training to compete or lift huge weights, training for well being health for now, have actually reduced some of my lifts recently...getting too old for this crap
Just saying eventually your gonna want oly gear if you keep at it so probably not worth spending a fortune on heaps of standard gear. One good thing about standard plates is they are cheap you can buy them at my local steel recyclers for $1 a kilo & I have seen them for even less on online classifieds.