Pendlay NexGen HD Olympic Weightlifting Bar

Weightlifting non-competition bar. Great for CrossFit athlete who wants the best bar, or anyone not planning on competing. A cost-effective version of the Pendlay PNB. This bar doesn't conform to competition specs. It has slightly less spring than the PNB.

Environment: All - Clubs, college and high school gyms, home.

Exercises: Best for cleans. Fine for heavy deadlifts and bench presses if you like the spring. Bad for heavy squats due to spring and no center knurling.

• 7ft Long
• Bright Zinc Finish
• 28.4mm Diameter
• 166,000 PSI
• 3500lb Static Test
• Bushing Sleeves
• No Center Knurling
• Medium Depth Knurling

Product Specifications

• Next Generation HD Bar.
• 20kg / 44lb
• 28.4mm diameter.
• Moderate whip (flex).
• Dual bushing design inside each collar.
• Dual snap ring design inside each collar.
• Bright zinc coating throughout the bar. Bright zinc absorbs into the steel reducing the risk of chipping.
• single piece collar construction - only barbell company in the world to use this method.
• high performance gel lubricant inside each collar. No more leaking hydraulic fluid.
• Perfect knurling with distinct entry and exit point. No cheese graters here! No fade in and out.
• Knurl points set for Olympic Weightlifting.
• Perfectly weighted, extremely strict weight and dimension tolerances.

166,000 PSI Tensile Strength. This is a "true" number direct from the steel mills material certification sheet. There are three definitions of tensile strength; yield, ultimate and breaking. Barbell material is tested by yield strength. Yield is defined as the stress at which material strain changes from elastic deformation, where recovery occurs, to plastic deformation, causing it to deform permanently. The higher the yield strength the more rigid the material is because it took greater pressure to permanently deform the material. Therefore having outrageous yield strength defeats the intended use of the material, which is to provide whip (or flexibility) in olympic lifting movements. The material used is one of the strongest cold rolled steels available, but specific types of processing are avoided that can further increase the tensile strength. The tensile strength in this bar obviously provides more than enough strength but the key to the material is its flexible. Any yields higher starts to get into rigid material which become useless in the world of olympic weightlifting.

Static Test - They take each bar and support it on the ends in v-blocks. They apply 3500 lbs of pressure in the center of the bar and deflect it 6 inches. They consistently return to true center within .000/.006 inches.

Dynamic Testing - It is very hard to dynamic test a barbell in a way that mimics the actual use. The only true way a bar is dynamically tested is by the bar being used for its purpose, olympic weightlifting. To date the manufacturer has tried to bend the bar and has not been able to do so. They have yet to have any bars returned because of bending.

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