Comments on: Make your own fat bar

By: Make your own sled

Make your own sled — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 13:04:27 +0000

[...] out how to make a thick bar out of a standard Olympic bar, a piece of drainpipe and some [...]

By: World’s Strongest Man: the 1990s

World’s Strongest Man: the 1990s — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 14:02:01 +0000

[...] how to make a fat bar (for axle deadlifts, cleans and presses). [...]

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Top 10 most popular posts on The Garage Gym Online — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:10:49 +0000

[...] How to make a fat bar, where I talk about the first fat bar that I built [...]

By: Introducing: zercher squats

Introducing: zercher squats — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:21:03 +0000

[...] do them, I used the fat bar that I made a few weeks ago. I read somewhere that a larger diameter bar makes the lift less [...]

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:29:46 +0000

Thanks, Pat. It’s a bit big, though…

By: Pat Hodgson

Pat Hodgson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 22:00:19 +0000

Superb Chris! (in Hardcore Black too, Grrrrrrr!!!!)

Pat.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 13:18:08 +0000

Thanks for your comment, Mike, and the kind words. I have since found that 2.75″ is a bit too fat for my (admittedly small) hands so I may try and use some smaller diameter pipe (probably waste pipe) if I do another one. I have seen various diameters of wrapping so I would hope to find something that would fit.

I would say that the wrapping gets progressively harder and harder to get the PVC over, the further along you go. By the end, I was getting a better workout than I ever will with the bar!

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:49:39 +0000

Very slick Chris.Just today I was looking for a way to do this.I was already looking at the pvc but couldn’t figure out how to center the bar in the middle of it.The wrapping is a great idea.I’m going to be using one of my old olympic bars that I’ll take the end off to put on the pvc.I’ll be using what we in the states call schedule 40 pipe which is very thick walled so the wrapping should work perfectly.I’ll share this idea with some other people I know.Thank you very much.