Wow it was hard for me to believe that the 28mm training bar had bushings when you spun the sleeve on it. I currently have and enjoy the Echo Bar as I mainly do Oly lifts but if I ever decide to upgrade, I’m sold on the Training Bar. Awesome review on the Rogue Bars.
I figured out how to order stuff. I set my alarm clock to Ohio's time zone where I think the beginning of Rogue's day is and I check, order, and go back to bed. Repeat until you get everything.
What's your take on the grip and knurling? Is it actually slippery? I was looking into the e-coat because of the low maintenance but I don't want something that is too slippery.
Fourth video of yours I've stumbled on.....great info! Liked and Subscribed. Have a Rogue Chrome/SS Ohio barbell 28.5 20kg on imminent arrival - cancelled my Synergee Regional Barbell as I couldn't wait till end of December to get and it seemed a was a specialized Olympic bar - but from another video of your, very interested in actually seeing what the Synergee's are like. But alas, I'm very excited to my Rogue Chrome/SS Ohio bar, I do deads, bench, squat, some Olympic with just the bar, just wanted an all purpose bar, and glad in the end I went with Rogue.
In the midst of this pandemic, Rogue has released a few barbells with stainless steel shafts and grey cerakote sleeves. Not sure why cerakote would be allocated only to the sleeves where it can scratch up/chip away most readily.
I used to have the Titan Atlas bar I sold it in this quarantine. My stainless steel Ohio Bar 28.5mm comes in Monday. I want exact feel of knurl. I don't want to deal with rust, chipping, or slipping.
I‘m a olympic weightlifter, who try to find a good (not perfect) bar. I‘m in the 340-350kg total range. Did you think the Ohio Bar is „good enough“ for my needs?
Why do so many bars lack centre knurling, even if it’s more passive? I feel like I absolutely cannot get a bar without centre knurling for squats, but that requirement actually pushes me away from the more generalist bars. The Chan bar could be good, but the outer knurling is spread further apart, so that feels like it could be too much for my beginner OHP…
@@AMRAP I suppose that’s a valid point. The first, cheap bar I got has passive knurling. I want to buy a bar that will last some time without me needing to upgrade or find I need something like knurling or markings. What weight does centre knurling tend to come into play where grip on your back is concerned? Many thanks for the reply!
@@luke9119 my take on it is that it isn’t that important, at least up to in the 400s…but it might also depend on the squat. For high bar I don’t think it make as much as a difference, low bar it might if you’re really really sweaty and don’t like squatting with shirts on. Don’t get me wrong, I think it helps a tiny bit but I think with proper squat technique it’s not a must have. If you never cared to do Oly or CrossFit, you might as well just go with a power bar. If you have any shred of thought you want to try oly, get an Ohio. I’d also say that for OHP the chan spacing is fine, I don’t like how wide it is for deadlifting though
this is sort of a dumb questions,but i just received my rogue bar 2.0 which has a 28.5mm diameter. what plates do you think could pair well along with it?
I'm thinking to get a Ohio Black Oxide just because that is what my gym has and I know I can work with it. The Cerakote coating looks tempting, but how is the knurl? I will be sharing the bar with my wife so don't need an aggressive knurling. I'm pretty sensitive to such a thing and I've had issues squatting with bars with excessive knurling. How do the two compare? Thx for the review.
Well if you’re squatting the Ohio doesn’t have center knurling but the Ohio power bar does tho it’s a little more expensive. The knurling isn’t any more aggressive with cerakote than with anything else at least not for me; it almost feels like a raw metal barbell. if you have an issue with bars rusting I’d go cerakote or stainless over black oxide if not any other coating is fine. The only coating I have issues with is zinc because when your hands sweat it gets extremely slippery.
I have no clue when customs are going to be in stock, it’s been a long long time. I would just get the Ohio now personally...if anything goes bad with the bushing I’m sure they’ll warranty it.
Opinion on the B&R 2.0?? Just ordered it bc it sounded like a well rounded bar. What are your thoughts vs Ohio bar? I’m mainly doing powerlifting. Thnx.
@@AMRAP I thought composite bushings were supposed to be even more durable than bronze bushings (at least that's what American Barbell claims). Did Rogue switch the Ohio bar stainless from bronze to composite just to cut costs or something?
As Many Reviews As Possible Thanks again for the Feedback... because of Composite bushings - would you rather go Ohio... also - not a good bar to deadlift because of too much whip ?!
Jason H I been wanting this bar for awhile... but after seeing the video ... I didn’t know about the bushings - I still want the bar but I got feedback on not good to dead lift with ... max dead lift I was going to do is just heavy reps of 225... want to know if it would wear out the bushings if I keep dropping
Erik Tulumello I been dropping the deadlifts and from overhead CrossFit workouts- still good :) and the Matt Chan bar doesn’t scrape the crap out of your legs from the wider space of the Knurling Anyway- I only dead up to 275 right now
As Many Reviews As Possible I am trying to decide between the Cerakote California Bar and the AB Stainless Gym Bar. There’s the 28 vs 29 issue also. Don’t really wanna spend the money for a separate deadlift bar in 27 mm and thought that the 28 may be a solution. Do you know of a really good 28 mm in SS that’s not $700 ? The competition SS from AB fits the bill but the price. Ugh
Hello :) what is the coatage of the black bar plz ? Black zinc or e coat ? What is the blackest choice pls ? I know ecoat is shinny pretty much than the black zinc but it looks like pretty much dark i think ;)
