I’ve purchased a decent Oly bar and a set of bumpers. (I’m making a home gym - have Trap bar, TRX, Rings, KB’s, rack etc), and am waiting for some specialized rubber flooring (17mm)
When snatching and jerking with weights (80-100kg) in your experience, will the bar be damaged significantly over time if dropped from overhead when not using an oly platform?:
On hard flooring, say concrete
On the mats stated above
They are not big weights and I know it might seem a silly question but I’m paranoid aboyut wrecking my equipment.
I live in Bangkok and it’s took me ages to find a company that will make me a good bar and sell me a set of bumpers.
I’ve purchased a decent Oly bar and a set of bumpers. (I’m making a home gym - have Trap bar, TRX, Rings, KB’s, rack etc), and am waiting for some specialized rubber flooring (17mm)
When snatching and jerking with weights (80-100kg) in your experience, will the bar be damaged significantly over time if dropped from overhead when not using an oly platform?:
On hard flooring, say concrete
On the mats stated above
They are not big weights and I know it might seem a silly question but I’m paranoid aboyut wrecking my equipment.
I live in Bangkok and it’s took me ages to find a company that will make me a good bar and sell me a set of bumpers.
As always appreciate your time and advise
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It shouldn’t. Honestly, most olympic lifting gyms I trained too basically had for platform pieces of plywood about 1" thick put directly on the floor, and in my garage I have 3/4" rubber mats on a concrete floor. The bar, provided that it’s a decent one should stay in good shape for a pretty long time. In fact I’d be more worried about the concrete than the bar But even then there is no issue.
Depending on the quality of the bumpers, they’ll go before the bar. I’ve seen some bumper plates at Crossfit that aren’t in the best of shape. They are usually the lighter weights–25 pounds for example. In their defense, their rubber could be of an inferior kind.
Thanks CT and germanicus, I appreciate your input.
My bar is pretty decent so should be OK, and I’m less worried about the bumpers as they were easier to get hold of here in Thailand. I’ll not be dropping weights every session - generally when I’m performing the clean and jerk - even then generally controlling down the the shoulders and dropping from there. Generally my main concern is the ‘bounce’ off the concrete, and my fiance moaning about the vibrations ringing around our house ;0)
But even then there is no issue.