Unfortunately,…I go to LA Fitness as it’s right next to my apartment and I am virtually the only one who uses the squat rack. My question is, does anyone know what weight these barbells at commercial gyms are rated for? I feel like I get A LOT of bar bend when I’m squatting around 350. I don’t know exactly what it is, but I believe it is a texas barbell product
Ask them , looks for markings and Google the bar yourself. Personally my gym is a crunch and they have power racks and rogue power and Ohio bars. But occasionally they are all taken and I have to use some shitty thick bar.
I’ll take a picture of the end tomorrow and try to research it. I have never experienced a bar breaking, however I have seen someone bend one while dead lifting 405. I just get a little worried that the bar is gonna snap and hit me in the face
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Unfortunately,…I go to LA Fitness as it’s right next to my apartment and I am virtually the only one who uses the squat rack. My question is, does anyone know what weight these barbells at commercial gyms are rated for? I feel like I get A LOT of bar bend when I’m squatting around 350. I don’t know exactly what it is, but I believe it is a texas barbell product
[/quote]It isn’t a Texas barbell.
That’s what I was thinking. Seems like an expensive barbell to have in a commercial gym. I just remember it having the state of texas on the end of the bar
Checked it out last night. It said “Texas power bar Capps” with a texas logo with 1980 inside of it.
After doing some research, it seems to be a decent bar. It’s known for having an aggressive knurling which is funny because the bars at my gym must be so worn down because you can barely feel the knurling on them
I researched online and apparently this is a very common bar to counterfeit. The segments just inside the collar where J-Cups and uprights touch the bar are COMPLETELY worn down and almost as smooth and the 16.5" segment in the middle. I’m going to guess they are knock off bars