Ohio Deadlift Bar

Ohio deadlift bar knurl the knurl on the ohio deadlift is just a hint more aggressive than the standard ohio power bar.

Ohio deadlift bar.

The rogue deadlift bar is 90 5 inches in length overall with 15 5 inch sleeves. This great whip helps powerlifters to deadlift from a more advantageous position. The powerlifting knurl marks on this bar are a bit deeper more aggressive than our ohio power bar but machined in the same pattern. Sorry folks it s no longer sold at 1985 prices.

Rogue actually mentions that it is the same pattern as the ohio power only with a hint more depth which looks and feels about right to me. The bar weighs 20kg and the sleeves spin via bushing rather than bearing. The shaft is built to a tensile strength of 190k psi and the same bronze bushings are used inside the sleeves. The bar evaluated for this review is bare steel.

With a diameter of 27mm and 190k psi tensile strength it bends more than the ohio bar. The powerlifting knurl marks on this bar are a bit deeper more aggressive than our ohio power bar but machined in the same pattern. Basically this bar is the gold standard for deadlift bars and i can t recommend it highly enough. There is no center knurl.

Like all rogue bushing bars the ohio deadlift bar includes sleeves with a quality snap ring construction far superior to the cheaply produced bolt and pin style sleeves of some other brands. Like all rogue bushing bars the ohio deadlift bar includes sleeves with a quality snap ring construction far superior to the cheaply produced bolt and pin style sleeves of some other brands. The ohio deadlift bar has been specially designed for deadlifting. The 20kg bar has a shaft diameter of 27mm.

It is the standard that other bars seem to be trying to copy over the last 35 years or so texas deadlift ohio deadlift etc and from my understanding they have managed to copy the dimensions pretty well but none have quite the same knurling. The thinner bar shaft also contributes greatly to the feeling of grip security. The rogue ohio deadlift cerakote bar in a red finish the materials used in the deadlift bar are very similar to those used in the power bar. 1985 ad thanks to rickey dale crain for sharing this with me.

The okie was the first deadlift bar made to these kind of specs originally sold as the oklahoma deadlift bar in 1984. It comes in both bare steel and a bright zinc or black zinc finish.