Rogue CB-4 38MM Camber Bar
A 60 lb cambered squat bar with a 38 mm shaft and a 95-inch span — the load swings, and that is the training effect.
Specs
| Bar weight | 60 lb |
|---|---|
| Bar length | 95 in |
| Diameter | 38 mm |
| Loadable sleeve length | 16 in |
| Sleeve angle | +0.5 / -0.0 degrees |
| Bar use | Powerlifting |
| Knurl | Powerlifting |
| Center knurl | True |
| Knurl mark | Powerlifting |
| Shaft coating | Cerakote |
| Sleeve coating | Proprietary matte black |
| Sleeve assembly | Bushing |
| Colour | Black |
| Origin | Made in the USA |
| Warranty | Lifetime |
These figures are copied from Rogue Fitness’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 Rogue Fitness before you buy.
Choose this one if
- Your shoulders will not tolerate a straight-bar back squat
- You want the swing of a camber bar as a training stimulus
- You have 95 inches of clear rack width
The detail
A cambered bar drops the load below your shoulders, and that changes the squat in two ways at once. The weight swings — it wants to rock forward and back, and you brace against it through the whole rep. And the sleeves sit forward of your shoulders, so you hold the bar with your hands in front of you instead of wrenched behind.
That second point is why most people buy one. If a straight-bar back squat hurts your shoulders or elbows — old injury, limited external rotation, long femurs forcing a heavy forward lean — a camber bar keeps you squatting.
The 38 mm shaft is thick even for a specialty bar, and it is what keeps a 95-inch cambered frame from flexing in an axis you did not ask for. Compare the 32 mm Fringe Longhorn.
The published sleeve angle of +0.5 / -0.0 degrees is an unusual spec and a telling one. On a cambered bar the sleeves have to end up parallel to the floor under load; a manufacturing tolerance stated to half a degree says Rogue is controlling something most makers do not mention.
A 16-inch loadable sleeve is generous — most specialty bars give you 13 or 14 — which matters because a camber bar gets loaded to squat weights.
Ninety-five inches is the dimension to check before ordering. That is eight inches longer than a standard bar, and specialty bars regularly turn out not to clear a rack's uprights. Measure from J-cup to the outside of your rack.
At 60 lb the bar is 15 lb over a standard barbell. Write the number down.
Cerakote on the shaft is the durable finish; the centre knurl is correct on a bar that lives on your back.