Does the barbell count in weightlifting?

[Lankilybuild]

Does the barbell's weight count in weight lifting, so say if you were to have 80 kilos of plates on the barbell and lifted that, would you say you lifted 80 kilos or 80 kilos plus whatever a normal straight barbell weighs?

[LordGrover]

20 kgs for standard olympic bar.

[Lankilybuild]

So does it count yay or nay!?

[car crazy]

Lankilybuild said:

So does it count yay or nay!?

Yes 20kg olympic bar, 10kg normal straight free wieghts bar down the gym.

[UncleRic]

Lankilybuild said:

So does it count yay or nay!?

Well, are you lifting it? Or are you taking the weights off and just lifting them?

[rudecherub]

Lankilybuild said:

So does it count yay or nay!?

Competition lifting? I don't know for sure, but it wouldn't be accurate reflection of the lift if it didn't

Personally I've always counted the weight of the bar

[LordGrover]

Lankilybuild said:

So does it count yay or nay!?

[anonymous-user]

Yes

[Lankilybuild]

car crazy said:

Yes 20kg olympic bar, 10kg normal straight free wieghts bar down the gym.

Interesting, not sure which one the gym bar is. I'm 5'11 and it is a fair few inches taller than me, is that the length of the 10k one or 20?

[didelydoo]

Lankilybuild said:

Interesting, not sure which one the gym bar is. I'm 5'11 and it is a fair few inches taller than me, is that the length of the 10k one or 20?

Safe bet it's a 20kg.

[car crazy]

Lankilybuild said:

car crazy said:

Yes 20kg olympic bar, 10kg normal straight free wieghts bar down the gym.

Interesting, not sure which one the gym bar is. I'm 5'11 and it is a fair few inches taller than me, is that the length of the 10k one or 20?

The 20kg one is the long olympic one that bends when you put lots of wieght on it and has big collars on it.

[LordGrover]

Lankilybuild said:

Interesting, not sure which one the gym bar is. I'm 5'11 and it is a fair few inches taller than me, is that the length of the 10k one or 20?

Olympic bar is 7 ft.

[Lankilybuild]

I can't lift enough weight on it for it to bend yet but it is a fair bit taller than me at 5'11 so I think it must be. I've never counted it before though as the weight isn't distributed in the same way as if it was on the sides.

[anonymous-user]

The olympic bar will have a large allen bolt in each end to secure them. You could always ask one of the instructors at the gym. As a beginner I can appreciate you may feel a bit silly asking questions such as these, but always better to be sure than unsafe.

[Lankilybuild]

Okay it must be an olympic bar then, I have often appreciated those allen bolts as a car enthusiast I pay attention to fixings, sad I know! Still surprised that it counts as weight though.

[anonymous-user]

Lankilybuild said:

Okay it must be an olympic bar then, I have often appreciated those allen bolts as a car enthusiast I pay attention to fixings, sad I know! Still surprised that it counts as weight though.

Why? - you're lifting it in conjunction with the weights you've loaded onto it. It's a set weight of 20kg so you know exactly how much you're lifting.

Just be careful, the allen bolts are very prone to coming loose, with disastrous and embarassing consequences!

[Lankilybuild]

Haha, if that happens I see a lot of compensation coming my way...actually, you've just given me an idea, wonder if I have an allen key big enough to fit...

[Mojooo]

My 'standard bar' is 7kg.

I am about to upgrade to a 20kg Olympic bar.

Not all shop bought 'Olympic' bars are 7ft or 20kg (although the definition of an Omlympic bar may weel be 20kg and 7ft).

Bars down the gym will most likely be proper Olympic bars.

[DownUnder.]

The way there usually set up.

standard 5 ft bar - 7 kg
standard 6ft - 10 kg
standard 7ft - 15kg

Olympic 5 ft - 10 kg
Olympic 7 ft - 20 kg
Never seen a 6 ft Oly so far but would assumer 15?

Olympic doesn't refer to the size of the bar but the plates it takes.
And you definitely count the weight of the bar!

[Lankilybuild]

Do standard bars have large allen bolts in them as well?