Olympic bar

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An Olympic bar is a 86 inch, 45lb steel or chrome bar that is used for weight training. It is the standard used in competitive weightlifting sports where men and women compete at the highest level - the Commonwealth Games and the Olympics. The maximum weight capacity for an Olympic Bar is 500 kg (1000lbs)

In addition to the standard Olympic bar, now an Olympic Curl bar (along with other varieties) also exists. Also referred to as an "EZ Bar," a curling bar is shorter and lighter than an olympic bar at a standardized 48" and 18lbs and has two indentations for hand placement while curling. Some believe the curl bar is more efficient to build upper-arm and forearm muscles than the traditional straight bar.

Olympic triceps bar is also available, which like the name suggests, targets the triceps.

Olympic Collars are used to secure weight plates to a bar. They are 2" in diameter, where as commercially available non-Olympic bars use 1" collars.

Olympic style dumbbell sets are also available in pre-defined weight.