Barbell bar length question

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Peer Tree

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Hi all,

I'm still getting my gear together for STS and would like some advice about barbell bar length. I can choose between a 5 foot or 5 1/2 foot or 6 foot bar (and even longer).

Is 5 foot still long enough to load on a number of weights at either end?

I'm hoping the STS will arrive this week, The Netherlands is hard to find apparently!

Thanks & cheers
Rosemarie
 
Hi Rosemarie!

A guy here but I thought I'd give my 2c... :)

I would suggest you measure the distance between your hands when you do a shoulder-wide (or wider) bench press and go from there.
I found out that with the 5ft barbell (I had bought a couple of years back) by palms are marginally close to the plate weights and on the low end of the movement my forearms press against them so I "upgraded" to a 6ft barbell for STS.

Chris.

P.S. Greece is even harder to find, even for UPS!!! My STS is stuck in Koeln for the past 3 days... seems they have some sort of carnival celebration over there. Bet my DVDs will arrive covered in confetti, happy AND drunk!!!
 
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If you have a power or squat rack, you should also take into consideration its width. My 5 foot barbell did not leave much room for plates. I subsequently bought a 6 foot one which works great for my power rack.
 
Thanks for the replies. Sounds like I need to go for the 6 footer.

Hang in there Chris! Our STS's will eventually find us.

cheers Rosemarie
 
Peer Tree said:
Thanks for the replies. Sounds like I need to go for the 6 footer.

Hang in there Chris! Our STS's will eventually find us.

cheers Rosemarie
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It did.. it's waiting for me at customs...:(
Gotta go tomorrow as early as 7:30 am to handle the import paperwork and cough up 75 Euros ($95). Probably spend at least a couple of hours and be marginally on time for work...
It's either that, or pay another 65 Euros for UPS to do the importing...
:mad:

Chris.
 
STS in Greece!

Yiiiiiiiipeeeeeeee!!!
After 1.5 hours at customs (an all-time record!!!) and 82 Euros I finally got them in my hands!
Packaging was great, all DVD plastic leaves are intact, nothing broken and no scratced DVDs! Phew!
I also received the replacement 12-disc cases from the UK today. Seems clear plastic is less flexible than black or colored plastic... who knows...
Have to keep myself from rushing through the 1RM tests... March 2 seems so distant!!!
Chris.
 
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