Would this be able to allow you enough room to use an olympic sized barbell for bench pressing? And does that safety bar allow you to have full range
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Yup I use it for bench all the time with my Olympic set. I take the safety bars off though because it's too high. There is still a "safety bar" when you bench it's just that the frame itself fulfills the role. I have long arms I'm 6'4 and it's been adequate.
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You certainly can use an Olympic sized barbell for bench pressing since the width of the rack is easily adjustable. The height of the safety bar is adjustable too. The only limitation to full range motion is the individual user's bench height and arm length.
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Yep, it's more than wide enough for an olympic barbell. I use it for benchpress all the time. I wish the pins went a little lower though. I usually remove them. With the pins removed the white safety bars are 22.5" high. With my bench that is the perfect height that will catch the bar if I fail, but still allow me to touch my chest with the bar on normal reps. I have an incline bench that is a tad shorter than it should be when set to flat though. The pins at the lowest point are about 26.25" high for what it's worth.
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hell yeah works best with a 7footer. If your bench is 20 inches high it higher its perfect height for the safety bars for bench press. Mine is only 17 inches so I just put a couple blocks of wood under it works great.
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The more important question is the lenght of your bar. I would suggest a 7 footer wether standard or olympic size. The longer your bar, the more you can adjust the posts to open up and this will give you more elbow room. A 6 foot bar may also work but it could be awkward that you would be concerned your elbows rubbing against the horizontal bars of the side posts. A longer bar would also give you room to adjust your weight plates so they won't hit the catch hooks when racking the bar back in place. Now in regards to the safety bar, this would depend on the height of your bench plus the size of your chest. The exact height of the first hole for the safety bar is 26 and 1/4 inch. (This is the lowest the safety bar would go). So the height of your bench plus your chest should be at around 26 inches or just a little less to give you full range when lowering the barbell and a little clearance between your chest and barbell when you need to use the safety bars.
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Yes, you can use an Olympic bar (72 inch or longer). However, the plate storage pegs on this stand are made for standard weights. The olympic weights will fit on the pegs, just not tightly like olympic weight size pegs.
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Probably not, most 6 foot bars have around 47 inches of space, 5 feet olympic bars would likely be less than the required
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dear karen, the rack measures 48" outside to outside.if your bar measures 48" between,it is going to be very close and i do not think that i would chance it,i myself went ahead and bought an Olympic ( 7'-0") bar.it works fineelana
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It would feel weird using this for benching. You wouldn't be able to grip the bar wide enough and would build your muscles unbalanced compared to a straight bar. when you go to a straight bar you wouldn't be able to lift as much and would probably do so without good form if you were to use this for benching.
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No, this bench has a max weight limit of 300lbs. In this case the barbell weight used would exceed the bench limit.
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One of the benefits of the Valor Fitness BD-9 is the fact that you can move them where you need them to go, so you will be able to use a 5 ft Olympic barbell in between them.
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Unless you are squatting 100lbs and less, this bar would not be the one I would get if any squatting above 100lbs is your aim. I would only squat lightweight with this (my wife) and me (for warming up and just stretching), so I just clean it off the floor. It is a nice bar for curling and pressing but I think I am going to just go ahead and buy the Olympic bar , so I can only recommend to buy the Olympic full bar and especially if you are buying a rack. I am not sure if that answers your question but my opinion.
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Buy a power rack and a separate bench. Yes, it'll cost you more but at least you'll be able to reach the rack pins when you're flat benching and you get to adjust the squat position. My wife was unable to unrack the bar for squats and I had to squat half the way down. The safeties are also completely useless. I actually just threw this whole setup on the dump
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you definitely CANNOT use an Olympic bar. It only has a TOTAL capacity (including the user) of 300 pounds.
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If you already have a bench and a barbell the hooks rest on the barbell bar. Without a bar to rest on it defeats the purpose they were designed for. I use my 7' barbell bar on my squat rack and adjust the height of the bar to how I need the bench positioned (decline, flat or incline). They work great and make dumbell bench pressing as easy as any barbell bench press.
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yes u can use it for that, as long as u don't go over the wt limit (u + lifting wt) the bench has a 400-450 limit
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This barbell is fitted for 2" Olympic Plates only. If it were a 1" standard bar it could be used in combination with 2" plates although it wouldn't be ideal. I would search "CAP 1" Barbell" or something similar on Amazon and see what pops up.Thanks,MichaelMatters of the Cart
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To be honest I think it will bee too close for comfort. From collar to the end of the threads is, about a foot or more alone. Meaning it has more room for weights than any buyer expects in my opinion. From collar to collar (the center) is the exact length of almost every stainless easy curl bar (not long) I can barely get a wide grip on it. (I'm 5'11"). If I were you I would not buy this for a bench man. Don't do it. Get it if you need a straight bar strictly for curls and french presses. With the outsides of my hands touching the weights I get a halfway decent overhead press but I say that because I do mine just alittle outside of shoulder width. Don't bench with it man. DONT!! Sorry I don't have a measuring tape but I feel u need the info. *WeTryYouWin*
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If you are short you probably don't want to use this as a bench. It is specifically designed to be a squat rack with the plated racks having multiple settings upwards, not downwards. I'm not a short guy so using the rack also as a bench is fine. It is however, the squat rack if you are looking to do squats. The racks adjust upwards and the resting bars do too. Just to give you an idea, the last pin for the rest bars is directly behind the support where the rack bars meet the support bars. This is a squatting rack.
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Yes, you can use an olympic bar. I use a Rogue 45 lb male barbell and works just fine.
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I measured and it looks as if a 6 foot bat would work fine, depending on the number of plates on the bar. But keep in mine that this is built for a Olympic bar though.