Texas Power Bars

Our Story & History

Where It All Started...

Buddy Capps

When Buddy started lifting weights with Olympic bars back in the 1960’s, he noticed that there was hardly any grip. The knurling on the bars was so light when the bars were new, years later they became almost slick. The sleeves were held on to the bar with a threaded end cap and the inside collars were held in place with a set screw. Each sleeve consisted of three pieces.

The Goal...

The "Original" Texas Power Bar

The Goal was to create a bar that would have & keep a better knurled grip. A bar whose sleeves wouldn’t slide in to the center. A maintenance free bar.

The Result - The Texas Power Bar

The Best Grip In The Industy

Proudly Made In The US Since 1980

The shafts are center less ground, demagnetized and oiled to the max before shipping to Texas. Once at our production facility, we machine and then knurl each shaft to create a grip that is still the best in the industry. Texas Power Bars have different finishes available including black zinc and chrome plating. The sleeves are are available raw or chrome plated.

Big tensile strength numbers sound very impressive and we have them but, the proof is on the platform.

Proof On The Platform

Countless Records Broken

Hundreds of state, national, international and world powerlifting records have been and continue to be set and broken on the The Texas Power Bar.

Records Broken With Texas Power Bars

•1985 Fred Hatfield 1002lb Squat
•2007 Charles Bailey 1102lb Squat
•2016 Tiny Meeker 1102lb Bench Press
•2016 Yuri Belkin 992lb Deadlift at GPA World championship in Moscow
•2017 Joseph Pena 1025lb Squat at Texas High School championships.
•1994 Mark Hanlon and 8X Mr. Olympia Ronnie Coleman pulled 1200lb deadlift with the Texas Power Bar.

World Powerlifting Championships

•2010-2011 United States 🇺🇸
•2012 Argentina 🇦🇷
•2013 Finland 🇫🇮
•2014 Australia 🇦🇺
•2015 United States 🇺🇸
•2016 Russia 🇷🇺
•2017 Argentina 🇦🇷

NFL Combine

In the beginning:

1st World Championship for the Texas Power Bar was 1984 in Dallas, TX.
•1981 Senior Nationals
•1982 Nationals
•1983 Teenage and Collegiate Nationals
•1984 High School Nationals, Women's Nationals, Junior Worlds

Texas Body Building Bar In Partnership With

BRANCH WARREN

We Are Proud To Bring You Our Exclusive Branch Warren Collection. Capps Texas Body Building Bar Was Co-Created and Endorsed by Branch Warren - Created in July 2019.

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