How much weight will my barbell hold?

[spyrosmom]

I'm wondering how to I figure out how much weight my barbell will hold. It weighs 15 lbs itself, is a standard 1 inch bar, and I'd say its a touch over 5 ft long. I'm 5'8" and it comes up to about my forehead if it is standing on end. It came with 85 lbs of wts, to total 100 lbs when fully loaded. I'm not using it fully loaded, but I'll be very close when I get to Meso 3 for chest. If I was doing the squat legs, I'd need more than that, too, but I don't have a squat rack yet, so I will be doing plyo legs. I no longer have the box, and can't recall who its made by, and wouldn't know a model number anyway. How do I know how much it will hold? I really don't expect it to bend or bust in half, but I am curious.

Nan

 

[allwildgirl]

I have a 5 lb bar, one inch, and I've had 150 lbs on that sucker and it's fine. I don't think you have to worry at all.

 

[My2girls]

I just wanted to pop in here and say how strong you two are!!! I have never had anything close to that amount weight on my barbell!!!!