Whats up with these barbells?

[HelloImJohnnyCash]

I'm in between towns right now because of college. I usually head back to my home town for a couple of days a week. Because of this I end up training at 2 different gyms. The gym I train at when I'm at school has these thick reinforced barbells that don't seem to bend no matter how much weight I put on them. At my home gym they use standard 45lb barbells that really start to bend around 405lbs.

Does any one know how much these reinforced barbells weigh?

[BigBuck6]

They are probably the 70lb'ers we use in power-lifting....

[F4iGuy]

Be thankful you don't have the barbells with ball bearings on either end. They suck.

[HelloImJohnnyCash]

They are def heavier than 45lbs but no way they are 70lbs.

I actually kind of like using these barbells for benching and squatting. They do suck for dead lifting though... no way to pull the slack out on heavy lifts.

[thenextcutler]

a gym with heavy duty bars like that must have a scale, go stand the bar up on its end on a scale...