Dropping the bar / avoiding damage
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taso42
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I have a relatively cheapo olympic barbell (Cap Barbell brand) and some decent Rogue bumper plates. I don't have a platform. The floor is concrete with hard carpet over it. It's the sort of carpet you might find in an office or commercial space.
The bar only gets dropped during power cleans, and occasionally on the last rep of deadlifts when I'm just spent.
Is it bad for the bar to drop it w/o a platform? So far it's been ok, though the bolts holding the collars get loose sometimes and I have to re-tighten.
I don't care too much about this bar. Eventually I'll get a nice "Burgener & Rippetoe Bar" http://www.roguefitness.com/burgener-rippetoe-men-s-bar.php ... If and when I get that, I definitely don't want to damage it.
The bar only gets dropped during power cleans, and occasionally on the last rep of deadlifts when I'm just spent.
Is it bad for the bar to drop it w/o a platform? So far it's been ok, though the bolts holding the collars get loose sometimes and I have to re-tighten.
I don't care too much about this bar. Eventually I'll get a nice "Burgener & Rippetoe Bar" http://www.roguefitness.com/burgener-rippetoe-men-s-bar.php ... If and when I get that, I definitely don't want to damage it.
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