[quote]Simon Forsyth wrote:
I assumed that because all the Olympic bars I have used here in Australia were 25lbs.
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They are 25 KILOS, not 25 pounds. Oly bars are usually 15 kg at 5’ and 25kg at 7’ - in other words, even the shortest oly bar is more than 25 pounds.
Dude! all your lifts just went up!
Original poster, nice work, if you do some work on your appearance e.g shoulders/arms and just make the whole package nicer, you could look real good.
Ok I stand corrected I weighed the bar at the closest gym I could find (shitty health club type gym) and it was roughly 25lbs. So I went to the closest sports store and weighed one and it was closer to 25kgs.
I never tried to come across as an arsehole and for my bodyweight I am relatively strong with a 400+ deadlift 75kg overhead press for 12 reps and coming back from knee surgery so I cant say how strong my squat is right now.
I am happy for the guy that he is lifting what he says and I think I have pointed out where I was wrong and why…
I admit I was wrong so anyone who wants to try and rip into me go for it. I always applauded the guy anyway, and just for clarification I don’t care about him.
Isn’t an official olympic bar, i.e. one that is used in the Olympics exactly 20kg? - i.e. 44lbs.
Any that are 21.6kg, or 45lbs or anything other than 20kg are not a proper olympic bar. Makes little difference in the real world, just being pedantic.
A 7 foot “olympic style” bar would always be in the region of 20kg or 45lbs.
http://www.eleikosport.se/eng/Product.asp?PageNumber=85&Product_Id=18
Official competition bar from Eleiko - 20kg.
Nice lifts, but if you criticism on the physique we can be concise by saying you need a dramatic change in body comp to be anything worth mentioning. You have the size and strength, but if you want to be aesthetic you need to start pushing away from the table for a bit.
Good lifts. I assume your a weight man on your track team. Talk to the person that coaches the sprinters. He can give you some high intensity running workouts that will help speed your metabolism, buidl muscle and add explosiveness. Good luck.
Proper 7’ Olympic bars weigh 20kg.
The chinese make shitty 15kg 7’ bars - bewary of them on ebay and in el’crappo gyms etc.
I have never personally seen a 25kg 7’ bar though, was this an old standard?
To the OP, love the hang clean vid, that is impressive ;).
Your body at the moment looks like shit from a BB point of view but you’re a machine so don’t worry about it, just get even stronger! 
Any chance of posting a heavy squat on vid???
Regards,
mike
Hi man, isolate muscle groups, especially your arms and shoulders, I can’t see your delts at all…
Yeah and try practicing positions to show your muscles, and you will get much better photos.
Then try learning a proper benching technique and you will add about 30kg…