Does anyone use speciality bars instead of a standard barbell? Is the advantage of them that your hands are in a neutral position and it prevents internal shoulder rotation? What are the disadvantages from using them over a standard barbell for the main lifts?

I assume your talking about a swiss bar or what is also known as a football bar?

Yeah, Swiss bar, safety squat bar and trap deadlift bar.

[image] samdemur: What are the disadvantages from using them over a standard barbell for the main lifts? Wendler covers a bunch of them here: [image] 6 Specialty Bars for Strength and Size A conventional barbell is fine, but if that's all you use you're missing out on strength gai…

Different bars are good for progress and longevity and motivation Longevity because they change the angles at which stress is distributed through your joints so they don’t repeatedly get beat up in the same way Progress because they can put focus on a specific weak point on a lift and introduce a …

I hate them all, I can never get the feeling in the target muscle group I want. I keep trying them every so often and after a couple sets I nope out of them and return to the straight bar. Try them and see if they work for you; if they do then use them.

Different bars different pros and cons and purposes. Really can’t generalise.

I use trap bars for my loaded carries. I use shorter bars for my over head carries so I don’t hit anyone. There is also a kind of barbell that has a bend of sorts in the middle so you can have a fuller range of motion. I use that for my incline press to get a better stretch in my chest. I suppose…

I have used all three. I like the trap bar - I’ve never had any issues pulling with a straight bar, so I don’t use it often, but when I do it feels fine. I definitely feel it more in my quads. I’ve started teaching my dad how to deadlift. He is a 37 year old bricklayer, and due to the extremely str…

I love them all. Havent used a trap bar in a while. Been benching with a Duffalo bar lately, and good mornings on a Elite FTS SS Yoke. Saw a video where a dude set up a Kabuki Transformer bar for Zerchers, which looks fun. I tried good mornings on a rackable Cambered Bar, but my gym just puts it in…

Anyone Use Specialty Bars?

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Yogi1 February 21, 2019, 11:01pm 11

I’m sick of all you assholes talking about how great the SSB is.

I don’t have one.

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