Garage gym, freezing cold bar, options?

[Reidak]

I'm looking for a solution to my current olympic bar problem. I'm Canadian and right now my garage gym is pretty cold. It's a big tall garage, my heater is a parabolic Costco job that was fairly cheap, it keeps me really warm but the bar remains freezing cold.

I hate wearing gloves. I was wondering if there was some sort of latex or rubber product that I could apply over the knurling of the bar so that when i held it with my bare hands it would warm up and not cause my hands to freeze.

Thanks everyone

[captainmorgan0]

I'm looking for a solution to my current olympic bar problem. I'm Canadian and right now my garage gym is pretty cold. It's a big tall garage, my heater is a parabolic Costco job that was fairly cheap, it keeps me really warm but the bar remains freezing cold.

I hate wearing gloves. I was wondering if there was some sort of latex or rubber product that I could apply over the knurling of the bar so that when i held it with my bare hands it would warm up and not cause my hands to freeze.

Thanks everyone

Why don't you store the bar inside your house? Problem solved.

[Wildtim]

There is nothing you could apply that will make it warmer.

[cyde]

Like the other guy said, try storing your barbell in a warmer place.

There is nothing you could apply that will make it warmer.

not srs

[jtyler30]

Why don't you store the bar inside your house? Problem solved.

lol.

[lpsevier]

I just put on gloves, what bothers you about wearing them?

[cgc]

I hate wearing gloves too....but a $15 pair of Mechanix gloves from autozone worked nicely this morning in my 14* garage...

[echase5]

Hockey tape? (... and you call yourself a Canadian! :-)

Edit: Or two of these: http://www.scoutstuff.org/BSASupply/...v=3&item=17028

OR

Take your bar to a golf or tennis shop and have them apply a leather grip:

[unchained45]

I'm looking for a solution to my current olympic bar problem. I'm Canadian and right now my garage gym is pretty cold. It's a big tall garage, my heater is a parabolic Costco job that was fairly cheap, it keeps me really warm but the bar remains freezing cold.

I hate wearing gloves. I was wondering if there was some sort of latex or rubber product that I could apply over the knurling of the bar so that when i held it with my bare hands it would warm up and not cause my hands to freeze.

Thanks everyone

Perhaps you could simply bring your bar inside when you're not training.

[NYPat]

Unfortunately, too many owners leave their bars outside in the bitter winter cold to freeze mercilessly along with no food and frozen water dish. Please help save the bars.

[Bignik92]

lol at least you have a heater in your garage, i have a freezing bar in a freezing garage.


brb training in vest two t shirts, hoody, neck warmer, wooly hat and warming up for ages to try and spread my heat around the room

[916stang]

i have a cold garage and the "cold bar" really doesnt bother me at all.

[Wildtim]

lol at least you have a heater in your garage, i have a freezing bar in a freezing garage.


brb training in vest two t shirts, hoody, neck warmer, wooly hat and warming up for ages to try and spread my heat around the room

Dude, you don't know what cold is. The lows in your country don't even hit freezing. The high here today was 5 degrees below freezing and the OP live well north of me. You need to man up.

[yankeemarko1]

Dude, you don't know what cold is. The lows in your country don't even hit freezing. The high here today was 5 degrees below freezing and the OP live well north of me. You need to man up.

Cold is relative to what you are used to on a daily basis. I have lived in Phoenix for 20 years. In the summer, it is 110º. When it hits 40º here in December and January, I'm cold. All my body knows is that it's 70º colder than it was a couple of months earlier.

And, I know cold. I lived in Upstate NY for 25 years. Sub-zero temps were normal.

[smokeater]

OP,

You're a Canadian. Gotta knuckle up and grip that cold bar. Think warm thoughts and tough your way through it. After a few sets you won't even feel the cold anwyays.

[ubernoob]

Dude, you don't know what cold is. The lows in your country don't even hit freezing. The high here today was 5 degrees below freezing and the OP live well north of me. You need to man up.

Thank goodness I live in central Texas. I can't stand cold! I love when we have a 90 degree day in January. My cousin from Buffalo has said that cold weather is better. Screw snow and cold, I would rather the ladies take off their clothes than layer up. Bikinis rule!

[Accutron]

+1 coldness and ice and snow sucks.

OP its not rocket science, bring the bar inside to warm it up...

[IronRooster2]

I wear socks over my fingers, with my thumb exposed. Makes things... tolerable, while still having a grip.

[OutKlast]

I wear socks over my fingers, with my thumb exposed. Makes things... tolerable, while still having a grip.

lmao... Don't try to re-invent the wheel OP. Put on some gloves or take the cold.

[newpowerresolut]

lmao... Don't try to re-invent the wheel OP. Put on some gloves or take the cold.

Or pick up some cheap heat tape at Lowes (or your Canadian equivalent), stick it in an outlet for 2 minutes while you chug your pre-workout shake, and the bar'll be warm as a stripper's buns by the time you're ready to lift.

[OutKlast]

Or pick up some cheap heat tape at Lowes (or your Canadian equivalent), stick it in an outlet for 2 minutes while you chug your pre-workout shake, and the bar'll be warm as a stripper's buns by the time you're ready to lift.

You could probably get a regular heating pad and wrap the bar 10-15 minutes prior to your workout.

[4MEandThem]

Train with Fatgrips on those days.

[Chris_LAMBO]

just put on some fkin baseball gloves/biking gloves an lift. not that fkin hard bro

[jam88]

Why don't you store the bar inside your house? Problem solved.

omg, the man is a genius! but srsly... do this.

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[tweedbrah]

There is nothing you could apply that will make it warmer.

Nope

OP, I use one or two hot water bottles (depending on what bars I'll be using). When I get to my garage I just place the bottles on the barbell, get my lights etc ready, then wrap the barbell for a few seconds in each place.

When I'm barbell pressing I'll then leave the water bottles pressed up to my DB handles, latbar or hammer grip bar (etc) to warm up, works very well.

[sherman]

I'm sure the easiest solution is to quit your job, sell your house, buy a villa in the Bahamas (with a garage of course), change citizenship and move.

But until you can get the paperwork done, you might want to try putting some of that cheap foam sleeve pipe insulation on the bar and try it out. The sleeve is soft, but even crushed by your grip it should provide some insulation from the cold.

[captmorganm6]

Cold is relative to what you are used to on a daily basis. I have lived in Phoenix for 20 years. In the summer, it is 110º. When it hits 40º here in December and January, I'm cold. All my body knows is that it's 70º colder than it was a couple of months earlier.

And, I know cold. I lived in Upstate NY for 25 years. Sub-zero temps were normal.

+1 my ex-upstate friend

Although my new garage is heated so I don't have to worry about cold equipment