how much weight can support a standard barbell

huracan roldan · 03-19-2008, 10:08 PM

hi guys i have recently bought a standard barbell from a friend by a cheap price but it come in 3 pieces atached by 2 very little screws and i wanted to buy some 40 or just put it some heavy plates to make squats on it but i dont know if its gonna support it so i havent boughted the plates and my legs are still to thin like spaggeties and now i cant afford a gym not only for the money but for the time im so confused please hel

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**ZackKnight** · 03-19-2008, 10:22 PM

a standard barbell can hold from what i remember somewhere btw like 1000 to 1500lbs. Diff barbells are rated differently, but from what I've heard it's about 1500lbs max

huracan roldan · 03-19-2008, 10:27 PM

really??? like 500kg wow¡¡¡¡¡ but it has only beeing atached by 2 scres about 3 cm long and if a standard barbell can support that how much can support an olimpic one?

**ZackKnight** · 03-19-2008, 10:39 PM

I don't know about olympic. I was just going off what I saw on an equipment website. haha

**ibanezman88** · 03-19-2008, 10:57 PM

i've seen olympic barbells bend at 600lbs and stay bent.

maybe they were a POS. and no i wasn't doing anything with that much weight lol.

**ZackKnight** · 03-19-2008, 11:00 PM

I've put 660 on a bar for my old maxing on barbell shrugs, the bar does bend, but it tends to go back, but with a slight bend in it afterwards, but nothing too terrible.

the bar you saw prolly was either old or like you said a piece of shit.

Blitzkrieg · 03-19-2008, 11:20 PM

Is this what you have?

or this one:

The first one is a standard barbell, it probably weighs around 20 lbs and its 1 inch wide all the way along, I have one of these from my early years and my guess is it can't hold more than 350 lbs and that being a longshot. It would probably break since the screws are so small and look so fragile.

The second one is the olympic barbell, and the guys above me have already given a nice input on the subject

huracan roldan · 03-20-2008, 12:54 AM

thx guys you were of great help it was the one from the first photo well i think im gonna try with 200 lbs at max and when i get done with that weight maybe i had save enough to buy a olimpic one reps to everyone¡¡¡¡¡¡

Blitzkrieg · 03-20-2008, 01:00 AM

Glad we could help, saludos!

huracan roldan · 03-20-2008, 01:04 AM

mayve you saved my feet to get broken, gracias

**mr_bhana** · 03-20-2008, 05:14 AM

a standard olympic barbell that weighs 45lbs can hold from 600 -1500lbs dependiing on the make. Texan bars can hold the most

huracan roldan · 03-20-2008, 12:33 PM

it weights like 10 lbs

**mr_bhana** · 03-20-2008, 05:19 PM

Then it aint gonna hold as much, and it d