Olympic Man Bar for Fitness Training

Our Men’s Olympic Bar is made exclusively from high-grade steel, producing a shaft with a minimum tensile strength of 215,000 PSI.  Each shaft is ground and polished prior to machining (to ensure a smooth finish), and individually tested and straightened to within 0.015” (0.38mm).  The goal is to create just the right amount of “whip” or “flex” needed for competitive Olympic lifting. 

Using a process from the worlds of aviation and automotive manufacturing, the sleeves on the Olympic Weightlifting Bar are friction welded—creating a superior, forged-quality bond. This method is more precise than most joining techniques and helps prevent any changes in the integrity of the sleeve. Combined with 10 sets of top-quality needle bearings, the result is a barbell with a smooth, consistent, quieter spin.

Every Olympic Bar is machined in rizhao, shandong, on new  machines that are built in the China.  For the Olympic knurl marks and center knurl, we experimented with several knurling patterns before choosing the full but minimally aggressive texture that top weightlifters responded to best.  Rather than relying on visibility alone, each bar is manually tested to ensure the actual “feel” is up to Olympic standards.