Barbell flex test! Cheap Amazon bar tested to failure.

[@markhalstead2386]

I would love to see a Rogue Ohio Bar Test.

[@MacStrengthCo]

I'll do it. Not to failure but maybe just to the supposed weight rating of 700 kgs.

[@themadears]

@@MacStrengthCo please to failure

[@nacyowen5714]

Love this! Instead of the F Scale you should create the Mac Scale and report how much weight a barbell can withstand from every manufacturer. I'm curious how much a 190k barbell can hold though. It seems like this cheapo bar can already hold more than any human can lift.

[@MacStrengthCo]

yes. This cheap bar really surprised me! If I get enough interest I'll put an ohio bar on the test rack.

[@mikeworkman1759]

Just ordered this from Walmart for a beater landmine bar! $30, can't find better deals used on marketplace for that price! Especially for my intentions with just landmine usage.

[@MacStrengthCo]

totally! how do they even make money on it?

[@TaterNate12]

And now you have an Amazon special duffalo bar. :)

[@MacStrengthCo]

with plates falling off it constantly. ha ha. it's really hard to load even for that goofball picture I took.

[@DingusSquatfordJr.]

This is the best way to advertise the pair of Rogue collars, lol. In math and in a perfect world, the Ohio Power Bar's 29MM diameter Stainless steel shaft boasts a tensile strength of 200,000 PSI and can hold 1690 lbs static load before failure occurs. And that's when you lift the bar with one hand in the middle. It can handle roughly 30%-45% more weight in the deadlift position, depending on the width of the grips. And the wider grip it is, the more weight it can take. It is not a perfect world. I'll guest the limit of the Ohio power bar would be 1900-1950lbs.

[@nacyowen5714]

Where did you get this numbers from, is there a chart somewhere? How much can a 190k Ohio bar hold?

[@MacStrengthCo]

Do you want me to test one and find out?

[@DingusSquatfordJr.]

@@MacStrengthCo, haha, I'd like to see you figure it out! By the way, the calculation assumed you have the chains(loads) added on the middle of the sleeves, not the edges. : )

[@DingusSquatfordJr.]

@@nacyowen5714 In math(very rough calculation), the 190k psi barbell can take a little more than 1600 lbs.

[@MacStrengthCo]

@@DingusSquatfordJr. I need to find 2000lbs in calibrated plates! Rogue told me the bar is designed to handle anyway you put on the sleeves fully loaded with calibrated plates. You might know more on this but I think the max sleeve area is around 700kg in plates?

[@babygiantbarbell1014]

Wow this one was worth the price of admission!

[@MacStrengthCo]

😂

[@GigeeterJeeter]

Dude, you were walking way tooooo close to that bar...if it snapped that thing would have taken your head off!

[@MacStrengthCo]

Nothing safe about the whole thing. 😂

[@mediumspeedsomedrag9885]

Man, next time wear safety glasses bro. I was visibly cringing 😂😳

[@MacStrengthCo]

safety is way over rated! ha ha..

[@Arbigale]

Well for the average dude this is good enough, haha not all people is eddie hall😅😅😂😂

[@MacStrengthCo]

i was impressed honestly. $20 barbell did well.

[@Ease54]

The description says it's aluminum.

[@MacStrengthCo]

The bar is steel. Im schooled on materials so trust me on this one.

[@OhioKropps]

Bottom Line - save your money and buy a budget bar.

[@OhioKropps]

Bad for our local economy in Columbus where they make the Ohio bar.

[@MacStrengthCo]

Depends. The knurling was terrible

[@MacStrengthCo]

I have a feeling the Ohio bar will hold its own .

[@steverapos3904]

Landmine bar! Fun video, thanks

[@MacStrengthCo]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@chrismiller5168]

I bought a bar off amazon one day. It didn't kill me, but you could tell it was a piece of crap. Learned my lesson right there to just pay upfront for something good instead buying crap I will replace down the road

[@MacStrengthCo]

good landmine bar to have.. but quality is in the knurling.

[@h-k7804]

The collars are the most impressive thing in this video

[@chriskim457]

....It's a CAP barbell isn't it.... Edit: NVM I found it. It's a Weider bar.

[@MacStrengthCo]

your right! Good eye. Weider bar.. $29 special

[@keithhoneycutt2324]

Look at all that orange 👀👍

[@MacStrengthCo]

Soon to be "RED"... ha ha...

[@keithhoneycutt2324]

@@MacStrengthCo 😢😢😢🤣

[@LoveMountainAdventures]

Everyone probably saw that the model number was shown below the weight rating...

[@MacStrengthCo]

Full credit to the company they put a weight rating on it "after" I had ordered it which was interesting. The bar far exceeded it which was impressed me. This bar had the "weider" brand on it.

[@temptingfate759]

Say perhaps you or someone on this channel may be able to answer a quick question for me. I have never stored a bar with plates loaded. Currently I have a Rogue Ohio Power Bar with one 45lb on each side temporarily loaded and stored on my Rogue Bench Press. If I leave the bar loaded like that for about 4 months will it slowly warp an Ohio Bar??? Some quick background why I would do this....I broke my leg, detached my ACL, and tore my MCL two weeks ago skiing. The Surgeon says I can lift but no load can be placed on the leg. By leaving the bar partially loaded, I can build up the weight using 10s while still on crutches and bench press with safety bars etc. My desperate attempt to stay in shape as I heal...is 90 lbs stored on a racked bar going to warp it over the next few months if anyone knows???

[@MacStrengthCo]

no you are fine. Barbell metal will not warp with 90lbs on the bar especially supported on the rack. The metal doesn't care how long the weight is on it as long as it's below the tensile breaking point.

[@temptingfate759]

@@MacStrengthCo Thanks I really appreciate the answer.

[@joecowan3719]

My strength of materials teacher would be so proud of you 😅

[@MacStrengthCo]

ha ha.. this is what happens when a gear head starts reviewing equipment

[@TrainerBigMike]

Best beater bar imo

[@MacStrengthCo]

way stronger than expected

[@PaulieHo]

Your IG promotion of this worked lol, this is the type of quality content I love to see. One thing I'd like to see in tests like this is for the bar to come down in between weight jumps to see if it bent at all or if it returned to perfectly straight.

[@MacStrengthCo]

it was perfectly straight until the 1200lb pull. I think thats a good idea to keep that footage. I'll incorporate that into my next tests. Rogue's ohio bar is next up!

[@PaulieHo]

@MacStrengthCo very interested to see that too as that particular bar has been on my wish list for awhile!

[@temptingfate759]

Pure entertainment!!! Thanks

[@MacStrengthCo]

This was a fun one to film!

[@scooobyj8714]

Wow. That is impressive.

[@MacStrengthCo]

yes it was! lol

[@dirtdog5045]

The straps for the win

[@MacStrengthCo]

those are REP FITNESS safety straps.

[@rodolfomedini9931]

Yes a barbell where the packaging has the same weight capacity as the bar it came in. No knurl it's stamped.

[@MacStrengthCo]

that bar impressed me for how much weight it took. your right no knurling at all.

[@rodolfomedini9931]

@@MacStrengthCo I commented before watching would be curious how it would fair if used a little more dynamically like repeated deadlifts in the 400-500 range which is likely the upper threshold/beyond the ability of those who'd get the bar. The worst and scariest thing about the bars is the nut at the end, those always become loose and can be a failure point. Having a sleeve come off or shift mid-lift would be scary and dangerous AF. My first bar was that type of bar and it bent* on me on the sleeve so it became hard to remove plates. I was always was* tightening up the nuts.

[@MacStrengthCo]

@@rodolfomedini9931 I've seen those bars in commercial gyms and your always tightening up the hex nut on the end. For $30 it's impressive but I've seen the same bar for $150 on amazon so you really need to be careful when shopping for bars. Under repeated use I would expect it to do ok up to 400lbs but any major dropping would likely bend it. The knurling is smooth so not a great bar in terms of hands on use.

[@rodolfomedini9931]

@@MacStrengthCo Sounds about right. I would never use that type of bar again just for safety purposes that was about 15 years ago so way less options and information readily available compared to today. I was working overnights at a group home while commuting to law school regularly so was broke. Loctite did not work for me with those nuts they always came loose. I did cleans (never dropped always followed the bar) which was the main reason for a home gym as all the gyms by me wouldn't allow that. I could only deadlift in the mid 400s not because I wasn't stronger it was because I didn't have enough plates to do more. The craziest part about that home gym I had some really nice ivanko equipment sprinkled in during undergrad they remodelled our wrestling weight room and I managed to snag a couple pairs of damaged ivanko 15kg ivanko bumpers and a ivanko curl bar they were discarding. That free stuff was likely worth more than the rest of the equipment I had. Still have that curl bar. Thanks for the content sorry for the long winded tangent.

[@Josh_TXGarageStrength]

I think it would be cool to see how the Rogue Ohio Bar stands up to a max weight test. I’d put money on it not failing or bending at all, but it would be cool to see.

[@MacStrengthCo]

Rogue ohio bar to 700 kgs would be interesting. i think ill do it