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.
Specs
| Length | 72 in |
|---|---|
| Weight | 33 lb |
| Shaft diameter | 28 mm |
| Sleeve length | 9 in |
| Tensile strength | 190,000 PSI |
| Collar type | Bushing |
| Material and finish | Gloss black zinc |
| Warranty | Lifetime |
These figures are copied from Fringe Sport’s own published specs and were last checked on 2026-08-31. Manufacturers revise products without notice, and variants differ. Confirm anything your decision depends on with Fringe Sport before you buy.
Choose this one if
- Your room is too narrow for an 86-inch bar
- You want real 190,000 PSI steel in a short bar
- You want a lighter bar without dropping to a training bar
The detail
Seventy-two inches with 190,000 PSI steel and a lifetime warranty is the combination that matters here. Short bars usually mean compromised steel — the Titan Shorty is 145,000 PSI, and Fringe's own 15 lb training bar is aluminium rated to 150 lb. This one uses the same grade of steel as a full-size bar.
If the problem is your room rather than your strength, that distinction is the whole decision.
At 33 lb it also sits usefully between a 15 kg women's bar and a 20 kg men's bar. For a smaller lifter, or for pressing where the bar's own weight is a meaningful share of the working set, that is a genuine gap in most people's rack.
The 9-inch loadable sleeve is the constraint — roughly two bumpers or four to five iron plates per side. That is the unavoidable cost of a short bar: the length has to come from somewhere, and it comes off the sleeves. Plan for thin iron if you load it seriously.
Fringe does not publish a weight capacity for this bar, which is the gap worth closing before you buy — 190,000 PSI tells you the steel, not what the bar is rated to hold.
Twenty-eight millimetres is the standard Olympic shaft diameter, so grip transfers directly to a full-size bar.
Gloss black zinc is the weak point — the least durable common finish, which will patina at contact points. The lifetime warranty covers defects, not wear.
Bushings rather than bearings: moderate, durable spin that tolerates neglect.