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05/25/2026
As coaches, our #1 job is to ๐ป๐ผ๐ let you ๐พ๐๐ถ๐. No matter your excuse to us or yourself - weโre here to keep you on track to becoming a better ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป of yourself.
So letโs start with: ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ putting ๐๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐โ๐ challenges off to ๐๐ผ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ผ๐.
Your workout, responsibilities, hardships and anything youโre trying to avoid.
๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ฒ them head on.
If youโve ever grabbed a bar at the gym and felt ๐๐ป๐๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ in the bench press, itโs good to know the different uses for ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ป๐ barbells.
A ๐๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐๐น๐ถ๐ณ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด barbell is usually silver, slightly ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ and the sleeve ๐๐ฝ๐ถ๐ป๐ effortlessly. If youโre grabbing this for a heavy bench, itโs not the best choice. Save this for weightlifting movements like the clean, clean & jerk, sn**ch, push press or squat.
With an exercise like a ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ bench press, we want as little ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ with the bar as possible to keep the load ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป the same place.
Hence using a bar thatโs more rigid with less sleeve spin. Power and all-purpose barbells are sometimes slightly thicker, black and the sleeve spin is much more limited.
Hopefully this helps your benchโฆ or maybe not.
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