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Olympic Bar

Supadoopafly
Supadoopafly Posts: 248 Member
edited February 16 in Social Groups
Hi folks,


Tameko mentioned in her (excellent) summary in the that an Olympic bar is 45/35lbs men/women respectively.

Today I did workout B (did A Sunday), having read the summary after reading Medhi's manual(!), I had a look at the bar I was using today. It's a Jordan Olympic bar with 1500lbs inscribed on it. My exercises and weights as follows:

Squat - 5kg plate on both ends
Overhead press - 10kg plate on both ends
Dead lift - 20kg on both ends

(Possible silly question) What weight did I actually lift?

Also there isn't a squat rack at the gym, I think that will affect my progress going forward, what are your thoughts and suggestions to combat it?

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  • jstout365
    jstout365 Posts: 1,686 Member
    I would venture that the Oly bar was 20 kg. If you really can't tell, ask a staff member. Looking at a website for that brand, I'm leaning towards it being 20kg.

    So lifts:

    Squats: 30 kg - 66 lbs
    OHP: 40 kg - 88 lbs
    Deadlift: 60 kg - 135 lbs


    As for the no squat rack.......it will eventually cause problems. I would ask the gym staff or whoever gets the equipment if they take requests for new equipment. If they do, ask for a power cage or squat rack. If not.....either try to find a new gym that is well equipped or understand that you will eventually be limited.
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