For example, a standard barbell weighs 45 lbs; if you add two total plates of 45 lbs each, multiply two by 45, which is 90.

Weight plates are a utilitarian staple across many strength training gyms, and using them in your workouts seems simple enough, right? More plates on a loaded barbell means a heavier lift. But if ...

Personal trainer shares the 10-minute barbell complex she swears by for building functional full-body strength, muscle and ...

Length: 3’ Weight: 10 to 35 pounds This crooked barbell may look a little strange, but those strategically placed bends are there for a reason. “One of the major points about an EZ bar is that ...

Weight plates and barbells go together like peanut butter and jelly — one feels incomplete without the other. When you’re building out your own strength training space, you can curate these partners ...

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Pop quiz: You want to lift 185 pounds. How many plates do you put on each side of the barbell, and what sizes? If you didn’t immediately answer “a 45 and a 25, of course,” perhaps a little ...

Barbell FAQ Is an Olympic-style bar better? If you’re unfamiliar, an Olympic-style bar is seven feet long and roughly 45 pounds. Weight plates to fit Olympic bars with a two-inch sleeve are more ...

Even before becoming a personal trainer, I appreciated the slow burn of a high-rep, low-weight workout from these neoprene-coated Cap Barbell 3-Pound Dumbbell Weights — a fitness product ...

While the downside of a fixed barbell is that it’s, well, fixed—meaning you can’t adjust how much weight you put on it—weights like this one are a great choice for biceps curls or overhead ...