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Barbells

Multipurpose, power and weightlifting bars, plus the specialty ones worth owning.

45 products

  • Bells of Steel

    Bells of Steel Deadlift Bar

    A 27 mm bare-steel bar 91 inches long, built to flex — the thinnest, whippiest bar here.

  • Bells of Steel

    Bells of Steel Juno Bar

    A 15 kg bar with a 25 mm shaft — the women’s standard, and the right bar for anyone whose hands are the limiting factor.

  • Bells of Steel

    Bells of Steel Multi-Purpose Olympic Barbell (Utility Bar)

    A 28.5 mm all-rounder at 190,000 PSI with dual marks and a centre knurl, in four finishes.

  • Bells of Steel

    Bells of Steel Olympic Weightlifting Barbell

    A 28 mm needle-bearing bar in two versions whose specs diverge more than the price suggests — 240,000 PSI chrome or 190,000 PSI Cerakote.

  • Bells of Steel

    Bells of Steel Powerlifting Bar

    A 29 mm aggressive-knurl power bar rated to 1,500 lb, offered bare steel or Cerakote — the bar that admits it is for squat, bench and deadlift only.

  • Bells of Steel

    Bells of Steel Utility Bar

    A multipurpose bar that keeps the centre knurl — the one spec most bars in this class drop, and the reason to pick it or avoid it.

  • EliteFTS

    EliteFTS Iron Cowboy Power Bar

    A 200,000 PSI American power bar with aggressive deep diamond knurl and a centre knurl — black oxide, and a lifetime warranty.

  • Force USA

    Force USA Gunner Barbell

    A 28 mm bar with five needle bearings per sleeve, 235,000 PSI steel and ±0.25 mm straightness — spec-for-spec the most bar here for the category.

  • Force USA

    Force USA Olympic Barbell

    A 700 lb-rated chrome bar on Q235 steel — the entry bar, with the specs to say so plainly.

  • Force USA

    Force USA Pro Series Barbell

    A 28.5 mm bronze-bushing all-rounder with published weight and straightness tolerances — the bar to buy if you never plan to snatch.

  • Fringe Sport

    Fringe Sport 15 lb Training Wonder Bar

    A 72-inch, 15 lb aluminium training bar rated to 150 lb — for teaching the lifts, not for loading them.

  • Fringe Sport

    Fringe Sport Austin Bar, 20 kg

    A 28.5 mm volcano-knurl bar with dual marks and a stainless option — Fringe's do-everything bar, and the one where they publish tensile above yield the normal way round.

  • Fringe Sport

    Fringe Sport Midas Revenge Bar, 20 kg

    A Cerakote 28.5 mm bar with gold titanium sleeves — low spin, light whip, moderate-aggressive knurl, 1,500 lb.

  • Fringe Sport

    Fringe Sport Mighty Might Barbell

    A 72-inch, 33 lb bar at 190,000 PSI with a lifetime warranty — short-room steel, not a training toy.

  • Fringe Sport

    Fringe Sport Wonder Bar

    A 28 mm shaft rated stiff, at 205,000 PSI and a 1,600 lb capacity — a combination that shouldn’t work on paper and is the reason to read this one carefully.

  • Fringe Sport

    Fringe Sport Wonder Woman Bar

    A 15 kg bar whose yield strength is published higher than its tensile — an unusual pair of numbers worth understanding before you buy.

  • Ironmaster

    Ironmaster Olympic Barbell

    A quad-needle-bearing bar with fine knurl, no centre knurl and a lifetime warranty — with 150,000 PSI steel behind it.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Dakota Power Bar

    A stiff, aggressively knurled 28.5 mm power bar with a centre knurl, made in the USA at 190,000 PSI.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Mako Olympic Barbell

    A 28 mm needle-bearing bar with high whip and passive knurl — built entirely for the snatch and the clean, and unapologetic about it.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Olympic Elite Bar

    A dual-bronze-bushing bar in 20 kg and 15 kg versions, with light knurl and a lifetime warranty.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Reef Power Barbell

    A 29 mm power bar rated to 2,000 lb at 220,000 PSI — the highest capacity and the most aggressive knurl of any bar on this site.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Swift Barbell

    The entry bar in PRX's range — 165,000 PSI and a 700 lb rating, with the same volcano knurl and dual marks as the expensive ones.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Thresher Stainless Steel Barbell

    Stainless shaft and stainless sleeves on a 28.5 mm general-training bar — bare-steel knurl feel with nothing to wear through.

  • PRX Performance

    PRX Women's Olympic Prime Bar

    A 15 kg American-made bar at 190,000 PSI with no centre knurl — the same steel as PRX's men's bars, on a 25 mm shaft.

  • REP Fitness

    REP Fitness Alpine Weightlifting Bar

    A dedicated weightlifting bar — 28 mm shaft, needle bearings, IWF marks only — for the lifts the multipurpose bars compromise on.

  • REP Fitness

    REP Fitness Colorado Bar, 15 kg

    The 15 kg Colorado — same volcano knurl and dual marks as the 20, on a 25 mm shaft for hands the thicker bar defeats.

  • REP Fitness

    REP Fitness Colorado Bar

    REP’s flagship multipurpose bar, spec-for-spec the closest thing to a Rogue Ohio Bar from anyone else — with a volcano knurl instead of a hill knurl.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Bella Bar 2.0, Black Zinc

    A 15 kg, 25 mm bar at 190,000 PSI with dual marks and no centre knurl — Rogue's women's bar, at F6-R.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Castro Bar

    A bare-steel multipurpose bar with a 16.5-inch sleeve — the best knurl feel Rogue makes, and the most maintenance.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Echo Bar

    Rogue's budget 28.5 mm bar at 190,000 PSI — the same steel as the Ohio Bar, with Olympic marks only and a 1-year warranty.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Hybrid Power Bar

    A stainless 28.5 mm power bar at 200,000 PSI with the AGGRO knurl — a narrower shaft that makes the knurl bite harder.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Ohio Freedom Bar

    The Ohio Cerakote Bar in a stars-and-stripes finish — 190,000 PSI, dual marks, no centre knurl.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Ohio Power Bar

    The 29 mm powerlifting default — stiff, aggressively knurled, centre-knurled, and warrantied against bending for life.

  • Texas Power Bars

    Big Tex Deadlift Bar

    A 60 lb, 118-inch deadlift bar with a 19.5-inch sleeve — an Elephant-Bar-class bar for stacking plates, not for racking.

  • Texas Power Bars

    Elite Texas Power Bar

    A 29 mm competition-legal power bar at 200K+ tensile, with a 6-inch centre knurl and a 16.75-inch sleeve.

  • Texas Power Bars

    Texas Power Bar (Original)

    The bar most power bars are copying — 28.5 mm, aggressive knurl, 4-inch centre knurl, made in Texas since 1980.

  • Texas Power Bars

    Pro Texas Power Bar

    A 29 mm competition-legal power bar with a standard collar and a 5-inch centre knurl — the middle Texas bar.

  • Titan Fitness

    Titan Elite Series Power Barbell

    A 29 mm power bar at 220,000 PSI and 2,000 lb, with aggressive mountain knurl and an aggressive centre knurl.

  • Titan Fitness

    Titan TITAN Series Cerakote Olympic Barbell

    An American-made 28.5 mm all-rounder at 190,000 PSI, with volcano knurl, dual marks and no centre knurl.

  • Titan Fitness

    Titan TITAN Series Deadlift Bar

    A 90.5-inch, 200,000 PSI bar built to bend — aggressive knurl, no centre knurl, rated to 2,000 lb.

  • Titan Fitness

    Titan TITAN Series Power Bar

    A USA-made 20 kg powerlifting bar with aggressive knurl and a centre knurl — but a 28.5 mm shaft, which is not what “power bar” usually means.

  • Titan Fitness

    Titan TITAN Series Shorty Olympic Barbell

    A 14 kg, 72.75-inch bar for rooms a 7-foot barbell will not fit — American steel at 145,000 PSI.

  • Titan Fitness

    Titan TITAN Series Women's Olympic Barbell

    A 15 kg American-made bar with volcano knurl, dual marks and no centre knurl — 190,000 PSI on a 25 mm shaft.

  • Vulcan Strength

    Vulcan Bravo Bar

    A 28.5 mm garage bar with lab-verified 165,000 PSI steel and light-to-medium knurl — and Vulcan says plainly it is not for commercial use.

  • Rogue Fitness

    Rogue Ohio Bar

    The default 20 kg multipurpose barbell — stiff enough to squat, forgiving enough to clean, and it will outlive the gym around it.