An olympic bar mounted on a bench press bench a men s olympic bar is a metal bar that is 2 2 metres 7 2 ft long and weighs 20 kilograms 44 lb.
Bench press bar length.
For a bench press rack.
It won t flex fracture or deform easily.
This is generally the length of barbell you should get to do most barbell exercises in a gym including squats deadlifts and bench presses.
The high tensile strength steel will put up with the hefty weight regular use and environmental aspects.
You can only go so wide on a 3 foot bar a 4 5 is about wide enough so get the 6 foot and have plenty.
The center of the bar is 1 310 millimeters or 51 inches in length and the sleeves are 320 millimeters or 12 5 inches.
It shouldn t affect your form too much.
The women s bar is a tad smaller than an inch in diameter.
Cap barbell classic is a good bench press bar.
A six foot bar has more options.
The outer ends are 1 96 inches 50 mm in diameter while the grip section is 28 millimetres 1 1 in in diameter and 1 31 metres 4 3 ft in length.
All of our women s bars made for olympic weight lifting but fine for bench pressing too have shorter sleeves on the ends but the usable shaft is the same length as 7ft bars.
That s the one i d go with regardless of how tall you are.
Even landmine exercises work best with a 7ft barbell including landmine twists rows and presses although shorter athletes do fine with a 6ft long barbell too.