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Re: Difference in bars? Olympic lifts?

Posted By: Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com)
Date: Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 8:17 p.m.

In Response To: Re: Difference in bars? Olympic lifts? (Douglas E. Heeren)

I am currently using a cap barbell IWF certified bar; that's why it swivels at the ends where the weight is placed. I didn't know there is a differnce in olympic bars and powerlifting bars. I've always used powerbars which don't swivel; thought it was strange that my cap barbell bar swiveled.

I think I can bench press more weight with a powerbar than an olympic bar? Powerbar just seems to go straight up, olympic bar seems the upward movement is hampered by the spinning/swiveling?

Currently I don't do any clean and press, power clean, or snatch. I do seated overhead shoulder presses and I train all the big three powerlifts and the muscles used for them. I do chest, back, legs on mondays and fridays; then shoulders and arms on Wednesdays. I do abs twice a week. I train all the mucles groups at least once per week.

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• Difference in bars? Olympic lifts?
  Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 2:33 p.m.
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    jljhenn@telus.net (d154-5-4-37.bchsia.telus.net) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 3:54 p.m.
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      Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 8:18 p.m.
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        Joe S. (209.232.103.101) -- Saturday, January 6, 2007, @ 7:33 p.m.
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    Douglas E. Heeren (iowa-asc1-cs-4.dial.hickorytech.net) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 7:45 p.m.
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      Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Tuesday, January 2, 2007, @ 8:17 p.m.
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        Douglas E. Heeren (iowa-asc1-cs-26.dial.hickorytech.net) -- Wednesday, January 3, 2007, @ 2:18 p.m.
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          Edwin (cache-ntc-ab10.proxy.aol.com) -- Wednesday, January 3, 2007, @ 3:58 p.m.