**Bare steel bars are made to order. Lead time 7-14 business days.
Texas Squat Bar
The Texas Squat Bar by Buddy Capps is the official squat bar of:
American Powerlifting Committee
The International Federations
54 countries with the Global Powerlifting Alliance for Raw Powerlifting
The International Powerlifting organization for equipped powerlifting
Specs:
96.5” Length
31.75mm Diameter (1 1/4”)
19.5” Sleeves
25 kg 55lbs
57.5” inside collars
32” hand space ring
190k tensile strength
Center knurl
Created by Buddy Capps in January 1986. Designed to handle really big squats with the least amount of flex. With the inside collar measurement at 57.5” The Texas Squat Bar allows the biggest of lifters room to set up and find the right hand placement. Buddy updated the knurl pattern at the end of 2017 adding more knurl to grab your traps and real delts. (This changed the center knurl to 6” with 2” smooth on either side and then knurled to the hand space ring).
When I started lifting weights with Olympic bars back in the 1960’s, Inoticed that there was hardly any grip.The knurling on these bars was so light when the bars were new, that now years later they were 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 Goalwas to create a bar that would have and 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
Proudly Made in the USA 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.Hundreds of state, national, international and world powerlifting records have been and continue to be set and broken on the The Texas Power Bar.
•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.
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
In the middle:
The Texas Power Bar has been in countless local, state, national and international meets around the globe annually.
Lately:
World Powerlifting Championships
•2010-2011 United States 🇺🇸 •2012 Argentina 🇦🇷 •2013 Finland 🇫🇮 •2014 Australia 🇦🇺 •2015 United States 🇺🇸 •2016 Russia 🇷🇺 •2017 Argentina 🇦🇷
Beautiful bar.Knurl is perfect Bar stays where you put it.If you get one ....you are gonna love yours too
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Marco Hernandez
Best bar for many reasons
For squats it is super comfortable if you have shoulder issues, even if you don’t the extra length allows for easy walk out.
I also use it for deadlifts, I like it is thicker and doesn’t bend making it more challenging. It also has the longest sleeves I have found so you can load +500 of bumper plates, even more if you mix them with iron ones. That way my wife doesn’t bother me because the house is shaking.
The knurling is aggressive, I like that.
I look at it and I think “this thing is a piece of art”. It is really beautiful, you’ll want to use it.
J
Jordan Nate
Excellent Bar
Squat bar has excellent balance and feel. The larger bar diameter is immediately noticeable and feels very comfortable on the back. The knurling is wicked grippy, and once you have the load, it doesn’t move around. The longer bar length is really nice when walking back to re-rack. I got the bare steel model, and it has a wonderful feel to it. The sleeves are really slick (I use Rogue HG bumpers), so I do use collars, which doesn’t bother me.
Overall this squat bar is solid and of excellent quality and value.
S
Susie Cahill
Nice bar
Shipping was fast. Product is quality. Would purchase again.