Does The Bar Make The Difference?

[MuleFootball]

I have heard this many time before the bar makes the difference? What do you people say? I say it does matter if your strong your strong it doesnt matter about the bar. Also, what do you prefer on deadlift? 1. Straight Bar or 2. Hexagon Bar?

[Taekwondo Guy]

the bar weighs 20 kg (olympic bar) so i'd say that makes a difference regardless of strength as you are adding 20kg ontop of your lifts everytime.

hexagon bar? never heard of this... i used straight

[tampabay3990]

id use the hexogon bar...it feels better on my back than a strait bar. but i think you were talkin about the width of the bar? if so then i think it does make a difference because it effects your grip strength in your forearms..i get less weight with a thicker bar.

[StarvinMarvin]

yeah, Hex bar works great for me. I like it better than Staright

[Caferacer]

Originally Posted by tampabay3990

id use the hexogon bar...it feels better on my back than a strait bar. but i think you were talkin about the width of the bar? if so then i think it does make a difference because it effects your grip strength in your forearms..i get less weight with a thicker bar.

Thats because a hex bar has the weight centered different and you start from high if you use the raised handles.

In my experience people only like the hex because they can throw around more weight. I used to be the same way, but correct deads hit the back 10X better then hex deads IMO.

[lbs for lbs]

Originally Posted by Caferacer

Thats because a hex bar has the weight centered different and you start from high if you use the raised handles.

In my experience people only like the hex because they can throw around more weight. I used to be the same way, but correct deads hit the back 10X better then hex deads IMO.

agreed... think about it in a scientific matter. Physically, the weight is front heavy.. and when you do deadlifts, your lower back is positioned towards the back side. This means your lower back has to do that much more work to pull up the weight which your body is hanging onto on the frontside.