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Ohio Power’s 29 mm stainless shaft has coarse knurling, including a knurled centre. This 20 kg model uses chrome sleeves, bronze bushings and powerlifting grip marks.
For a gym centred on squat, bench and deadlift, the shaft and grip give a clear reason to choose it. The stainless version also has an Australian buying route.
The drawbackThe coarse centre is a compromise for repeated cleans and front-rack movements. A mixed-training bar is the better purchase when those lifts are routine.
The E-Coat Ohio Bar has a 28.5 mm shaft, bronze bushings and bright-zinc sleeves. Dual grip marks and an unknurled centre give this 20 kg bar a mixed-training brief.
A chrome curl bar with deeper bends than a conventional EZ bar and rotating sleeves on copper bushings. Its 27 mm grip and several angled hand positions make it a compact accessory for curls and triceps exercises.
A$89Listed 17 Oct 2026
A 20 kg general-purpose bar with a 28 mm shaft, four needle bearings and both weightlifting and powerlifting marks. The centre is unknurled.
A$310Listed 17 Oct 2026