BARBELLS 

Bells of Steel creates storage solutions for your home or commercial gym that won’t break the bank. Our best-selling Bar & Plate Tree will maximize your gym space by storing all of your weight plates (and a couple of bars), with plenty of extra room as your collection grows. And with our bar storage, you can turn that chaotic pile of barbells into an organized arsenal that you’re proud to show off!

BARBELLS

Bells of Steel creates storage solutions for your home or commercial gym that won’t break the bank. Our best-selling Bar & Plate Tree will maximize your gym space by storing all of your weight plates (and a couple of bars), with plenty of extra room as your collection grows. And with our bar storage, you can turn that chaotic pile of barbells into an organized arsenal that you’re proud to show off!

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Types of Barbells

There are, to be perfectly honest, an unreasonable amount of barbell sizes and weights, finishes, knurling patterns and other options. It can be downright overwhelming to make a decision. So that’s why we stock a simple four types of straight barbells, and only a handful of specialty barbells, to make your choice easy.

Confused about which barbell to buy? Watch our barbell buying guide!

Bells of Steel produces top-quality, feature-rich, warranty backed barbells that will last a lifetime in your home or commercial gym. We design our barbells in-house based on our expertise, along with feedback from customers like you. Our mission is to deliver you the absolute highest quality to price ratio possible. To put it simply, we provide you with the best barbell for the money.

Why they’re the Best Garage Gym Barbells for your dollar

Bells of Steel produces top-quality, feature-rich, warranty backed barbells that will last a lifetime in your home or commercial gym. We design our barbells in-house based on our expertise, along with feedback from customers like you. Our mission is to deliver you the absolute highest quality to price ratio possible. To put it simply, we provide you with the best barbell for the money.
High tensile strength machined steel For prevention of bending and wraping over time.
Federation compliant barbell knurl marks
So if you compete, you will be lifting with familiar barbell knurling dimensions and will not go over the barbell grip width limits when bench pressing.
Reliable and consistent barbell knurling For a superior grip for setting new personal bests and preventing hand tears.
Over 1,000 lbs max weight on all our bars
Unique ribbed weight plate sleeves To prevent plates from falling off your barbell sleeve while working out. These are just a few reasons why our bars are the perfect fit for your gym. Our apocalypse surviving barbells are ready to handle the most massive workouts you can throw their way. You’ll be delighted with the quality and astonished with the price. We stand behind our products 100% and all barbells come with our 30-day money-back guarantee and industry-leading warranty.

Frequently Asked Questions

Bells of Steel produces top-quality, warranty-backed barbells that will last a lifetime in your home or commercial gym. Our best-selling Olympic Weightlifting Barbell and Onyx Powerlifting Cerakote Bar cost around $300. The Barenaked Powerlifting Bar 2.0 and our Utility Bar costs $250. Check out the wide selection of barbells on our Barbells page.

Bells of Steel has a multitude of weight bars to help with your training. We have power bars (Barenaked Powerlifting Bar and Onyx Powerlifting Cerakote Bar), utility bars (Cerakote Utility Barbell and Multi-Purpose Olympic Barbell), and Olympic bars (The B.o.S Bar 2.0 and Women’s Barbell 2.0). You can also check our wide selection of Specialty bars and Industrial barbells on the website.

A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment that can be loaded with weights. Different types of barbells are used in various settings but mostly for weight training, bodybuilding, weightlifting, and powerlifting.

Before the word barbell first emerged in the 19th century, there was the word dumbbell, “weighted bar used for exercise,” from which the bell ending was borrowed for barbell. It has also been traced to 1870 when Madame Brennar’s Gymnastics for Ladies was among the first to use the term “barbell”. She got the idea by calling it an ‘appliance that partakes partly of the ‘Wand,’ and part of the Dumb-bell.’ She was one of the first entrepreneurs to use it.

Short barbells, or “Shorties,” are typically shorter than standard Olympic bars. They are lighter and smaller than most other bars, and most of the time they are called curl bars because they are used mostly for bicep curling. Our Bells of Steel EZ Curl Bar will help you build the perfect bicep peaks without straining your wrists and elbows.

The IPF (International Powerlifting Federation) and the IWF (International Weightlifting Federation) have set forth barbell standards for what a barbell has to be for use in competition. These standards are largely implemented in Bells of Steel bars. A men’s bar weighs 20kg/44 pounds and for a women’s bar, it’s 15kg/33lbs.

Having both is ideal. Dumbbells are great fitness equipment for isolating muscle groups. However, barbells also offer a wide range of exercises, especially if you are training for more strength and functionality. All in all, it depends on your fitness goals.

Yes, when it comes to mass gains, barbells are your best bet. With a barbell, you can lift heavier weights and incorporate progressive overload into your training. Barbells are more convenient and easier to use than dumbbells when you’re adding a lot of weight. Another advantage of using barbells is that you can work more muscle groups simultaneously and you have greater stability as you perform your deadlifts, bench press, or squats.

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