The key for most setups is to make sure the bar has at least a 51 shaft between the inside collars.
Bench press bar length.
An olympic bar mounted on a bench press bench a men s olympic bar is a metal bar that is 2 2 metres 7 2 ft long and weighs 20 kilograms 44 lb.
Most gyms usually provide standard olympic bars in bench press and squat racks.
It shouldn t affect your form too much.
All of our women s bars made for olympic weight lifting but fine for bench pressing too have shorter sleeves on the ends but the usable shaft is the same length as 7ft bars.
That s the one i d go with regardless of how tall you are.
A six foot bar has more options.
The outer ends are 1 96 inches 50 mm in diameter while the grip section is 28 millimetres 1 1 in in diameter and 1 31 metres 4 3 ft in length.
You can only go so wide on a 3 foot bar a 4 5 is about wide enough so get the 6 foot and have plenty.
For a bench press rack.
It won t flex fracture or deform easily.
It has a decent length of 7 feet and handles olympic weight plates with a diameter hole of 2 inches.
Even landmine exercises work best with a 7ft barbell including landmine twists rows and presses although shorter athletes do fine with a 6ft long barbell too.
This is generally the length of barbell you should get to do most barbell exercises in a gym including squats deadlifts and bench presses.
Cap barbell classic is a good bench press bar.