barbell
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Use in Olympic weightlifting
- Men's bar
- Women's bar
- Bumper plates
- Powerlifting
- Non-competition equipment
- Collars
- Pads
- Other types of barbells
- Berg prototype "Olympic" revolving barbell
- "Standard" or "One Inch" barbells
- Dumbbells
- EZ curl bars
- Fixed barbells
- Thick-handled barbells
- Triceps bars
- Trap bar/hex bars
- Safety squat bars
- Swiss Barbells
- See also
- References
thumb|upright=1.35|A man performing a squat (exercise)|squat with a barbell loaded with four [[weight plates on each end]]
A barbell is a piece of exercise equipment used in weight training, bodybuilding, weightlifting, powerlifting and strongman, consisting of a long bar, usually with weights attached at each end.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “barbell” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.