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.
Bench press bar length.
It has a decent length of 7 feet and handles olympic weight plates with a diameter hole of 2 inches.
A six foot bar has more options.
The women s bar is a tad smaller than an inch in diameter.
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.
For a bench press rack.
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.
Cap barbell classic is a good bench press bar.
It won t flex fracture or deform easily.
The center of the bar is 1 310 millimeters or 51 inches in length and the sleeves are 320 millimeters or 12 5 inches.
The key for most setups is to make sure the bar has at least a 51 shaft between the inside collars.
It shouldn t affect your form too much.
That s the one i d go with regardless of how tall you are.
This is generally the length of barbell you should get to do most barbell exercises in a gym including squats deadlifts and bench presses.
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.