For the first time, a bar that can be taken apart appeared in Germany, somewhere in the middle of the 19th century. And they introduced it at the Olympic Games in 1896, and since then only a collapsible bar has been used in competitions. The bar with the bar, which is cranked, was invented by the German inventor Berg in the early 20th century. It was first used in a competition at the European Championship, which took place in 1929. Later, at all international competitions they use a bar with rubberized discs.
In the Olympic neck, the main thing is weight
The Olympic vulture is used for strength training in many sports. When performing strength exercises, you can not make a mistake, picking up weight! After all, every kilogram is able to affect the quality of the exercise. It is very important to know, especially for beginners in power sports, how much the Olympic vulture weighs. As well as other vultures, locks, fixing the "pancakes" on the bar, and the wheels themselves.
This information is important for one simple reason. Even for professional athletes, it matters! A mistake will certainly entail consequences. You cannot do the required number of times or approaches. You will do the exercise incorrectly or poorly. And in the worst case, your activity may end in trauma.
Therefore, remember everything about the Olympic vulture: weight - 20 kg, and locks - 2.5 kg each. Next come the rubberized discs, the so-called pancakes. In the set, their mass corresponds to the color. Red weighs 25 kg and blue weighs 20 kg. Yellow weighs 15 kg and green weighs 10 kg. Small disks have a mass: 2.5; 1.25; 1 and 0.5 kg. Olympic standard wheels start at 10 kg. However, we are interested in the Olympic vulture. Its dimensions are 2.2 m in length and 28 mm in diameter. The inner diameter of the discs is 51 mm. Vulture can withstand a mass of more than 600 kg.
Training bar
The training bar is made according to European or American standards. The difference in the diameter of the neck: European 30.48 mm, American 25.4 mm. In this case, the length of the neck can be 1.2-1.8 m, and weight - up to 10 kg. The standard bar neck is 25 mm in diameter and 20 kg in weight. In this case, the diameter remains the same over the entire length.
Vulture for powerlifting
There is also a bar for powerlifting with a slightly larger diameter - 29 mm. This bar is characterized by greater rigidity, which, in turn, reduces vibrational movements when performing squats or deadlifts. The spring properties that the Olympic bar has are extremely dangerous when performing exercises in the sports discipline of powerlifting. At that moment, when the bar is removed, the athlete may begin to “pound”. But this bar makes it possible to lift more weight.
Track for the athlete
In weightlifting athletes use the springy property that the Olympic bar has. This facilitates the exercise at the moment when the ends of the neck oscillate upward. The bar becomes a little lighter in these fractions of a second.
Now about the bar for squats. According to the WPC specification of the Federation of Powerlifting, the diameter of the bar for squats does not exceed 32 mm. Its length should be no more than 2400 mm, and the mass with locks is 30 kg.
Female Vulture
There is also a female Olympic vulture. It is different in size. In length, it is shorter by 15 cm, and 3 mm narrower in diameter. Its weight is 5 kg less. Accordingly, its length is 2.05 m, weight - 15 kg, in diameter 25 mm. A bar with a T-bar is used to train back muscles. Disks are put on one end of the neck, the other is fixed.
Trap Vulture
The trep-neck, or, as it is also called, diamond-shaped, was invented with the aim of carrying out deadlift with bent legs. The main advantage of this method is that the load is on the muscles in the front of the thigh. Therefore, this method of performing deadlift serves as a good substitute for squatting with a barbell on the shoulders. A bar with a Z-bar is used to train the muscles of the arm, biceps and triceps.
Tips and tricks for beginners
If you are a beginner athlete and you do not have the opportunity or desire to practice in the gym, you want to develop physically at home or on your site, then you will not find a better acquisition than the Olympic vulture.
The above types of bars are needed by the owners of gyms or the organizers of specialized sections. For example, weightlifting, bodybuilding, fitness, powerlifting.
It is important to remember the dimensions of the neck (its length is 2.2 m). Therefore, not in every apartment it can be freely placed. Well, a complete set of discs, large and small. All this will give you the opportunity to perform almost the entire range of exercises with different weights. This bar is enough for you for life!