Texas vs Ohio Power Bar | The Best Powerlifting Barbell 

Grew up in a hot and humid gym with patina on the bars and metal weights banging around and every dude was built. Now a bunch of skinny cross fit guys flood the internet with shiny bars , special coatings, and colorful bumper plates. This is the best and most practical review I have seen in the last two weeks of researching as I decided to build home gym and lift once again . Thanks

My gym is primarily a power lifting gym. We have TPB for most of the bars. Some of them are deadlift bars, most are power bars. I have a Rogue Ohio power bar at home. The patina on the bars in the gym gives it character, none of them are rusting. A good amount of competitive lifters are packing 500-700+ lbs in there, not a single barbell is permanently bent.

best video I found man 10/10

Some more close up shots of the two bars would have been cool

Trivia question of the day: how many times do I say "with that being said..." in the video?

I got the texas! Thanks for rev

Great video! I just ordered my Texas power Bar

If you're using this for deadlifts, that .5mm variance in diameter makes a difference when you only have average sized hands.

Great review, totally agree with you 👍

I feel like the Texas bar has more spring out of the hole. Don't know if the stiffness has anything to do with that? I can tell the difference in the grip size and knurling between the two and the texas bar is my choice as well

The biggest difference in my gym to me is the sleeve length with the ohio one I bang the plates on the sides of the rack cause I unrack a little weird doesn’t happen on the texas one

I think for someone who competes in powerlifting in the IPF the Ohio power bar is the way to go since you'll simply train more comp specific. The Texas power bar would be to whippy compared to your eleiko bar on the platform due to the smaller diameter, less tensile strength and shorter sleeves.

Texas bar is a great value with chrome/chrome. It’s over $100 cheaper than rogue. With bar steel, it’s not much difference where rogue is $5 cheaper in shipping.

Depends on your use, personal preference and if you compete in any specific powerlifting federation and personal preference. I can personally feel the difference between a 28.5mm and a 29mm bar. If you squat or deadlift heavy enough you’ll be able to tell the difference between 190k and 205k tensile.

Great video

If thier ipf specific barbells, then they should be the same. The only difference would be the knurling.

Does the price include shipping? If not, does that change the price comparison?

Shipping with Rouge is so fast, and only 25$. Both of my Rouge bars are stainless steel. Texas power bars don't have that option 😢

Hi buddy👍

I actually don’t like the Texas power bar . It has a twist it messes up my bench and deadlifts I have Ohio bar and it’s perfect