Barbell Sum Totals

[motionpictures]

I'm new to lifting and trying to chart the weights I am lifting.

I am told the standard barbell weighs 45 pounds by itself, so obviously I'm bench pressing (45 + X weight). But for three weeks now I've done barbell curls for biceps using that "crooked" barbell that lets you turn your palms in a little to grip it.

How much does that weigh? Is there a standard amount?

[dolphinsfan270]

the crooked bar you're talking about is probably an EZ bar. those weigh 25 lbs.

[pumping4life]

Originally Posted by dolphinsfan270

the crooked bar you're talking about is probably an EZ bar. those weigh 25 lbs.

Or less. I have seen typical standard and olympic EZ bars quoted anywhere from 15 to 25#. I just weighed myself+bar then subtracted my weight to know for sure.

My first bar was 17"(standard plus olympic adaptors) and my new oly bar is 18#. These weights are minus the collars.

[ironwill2008]

There isn't a standard; if you really want to know what the bar weighs, weigh it.

[animalfan]

Originally Posted by ironwill2008

There isn't a standard; if you really want to know what the bar weighs, weigh it.

come on, that would be too easy! way better to just come on here and make a(nother) thread about how much a barbell weighs

[Essexlad]

Originally Posted by dolphinsfan270

the crooked bar you're talking about is probably an EZ bar. those weigh 25 lbs.

or 35lbs

or 34lbs

or 33lbs

or 32lbs

or 31lbs

or 30lbs

or 29lbs

or 28lbs

or 27lbs

or 26lbs

or 24lbs

or 23lbs

or 22lbs

or 21lbs

or 20lbs

or 19lbs

or 18lbs

or 17lbs

or 16lbs

or 15lbs

.....

or any other non interger value....

So yeah as above, go weight it.

[yankeemarko1]

This is a really informative thread on bar weights that was on the forum early this year. You should check it out.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...t=mini+barbell

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