LEEWAY Olympic Barbell Bar 7 feet| Weight Bar for Weightlifting, Powerlifting, CrossFit, Gym Home Exercises rod (49mm Outer Diameter) For 2" Plates with Barbell Clamps (Olympic Barbell 7.1 ft- 20Kg)

It's a solid olympic bar. True to size and dimension. The bearings are also of good quality and the play is optimum. At this price point, it's an excellent purchase. I use it regularly for all compound exercises. Holding well till now. Highly recommended.

I bought it in the month of January 2023 and now it's April. I was a bit skeptical before buying it. But the build quality is genuinely good. To my surprise the Bar was 20.3 kgs.The bar is great. It has diamond knurling. It isn't extremely sharp but is 1.2 mm and hence does the work really well when you are deadlifting heavy loads.

The media could not be loaded. Since second lockdown I was looking for a good barbell for home gym. But unfortunately any good barbell comes around about 18-20k rupees. Too expensive for home gym! I am not a heavy lifter and focus on hypertrophy so I wanted an economic barbell which can do the job and at the same time it should be safe. Came across Leeway's Austin 2.0 barbell for 9.5k only. This was a good price as per the flagship barbells in the market. I used it couple of days and it seems out this barbell is promising. I like this barbell but has some cons too. I will list pros and cons below.**Pros**:1. Look and feel premium quality2. Loves the black oxide coating. It doesn't protect from rust but definitely gives a good feel to hold the bar. Knurl feels natural unlike when it is coated with hard chrome (which is better to protect from rust)3. Grooved sleeves are big yess!4. Moderate sleeves spin which I like for hypertrophy5. Knurling is super good. It is standard 1.2 mm volcanic knurl which gives you a perfect grip to hold the barbell for heavy weights. Knurling is neither too light nor too aggressive6. Whip is moderate7. 28 mm shaft diameter is what I was looking for.8. Center knurl!Not a pros for the bar but have to mention that packaging was good.Cons:1. Bar seemed to be a bit longer (1.5 cm) than the actual length claimed (attached a picture).2. There is no mention of PSI value for the rod. It would be great if manufacturer provide PSI value. Though weight capacity is mentioned.Final verdict:This bar is super good for hypertrophy and home gym. As claimed it can hold upto 220 kg and it is a lot unless you are a heavy weightlifter/powerlifter. No bar is available in this price range with this quality. This bar is better than those bars you see in your local gym.But, if you are a serious heavy weightlifter/powerlifter and you do 300kg or 400 kg deadlift or squats then this bar is definitely not for you. I would recommend to got for better bar with PSI value between 190K-220K.Last but not least, this bar is made in India and this is an Indian company :D

The bar is similar to 5k bar. You will get a cheap quality paint on it which comes off within a week. Price is crazy high and product is basically a 5k bar plus red/black colour. Customer Service is bad and unprofessional, perfect example of hiring lazy people making reputation fade away. The whole buying experience has been bad with this company i spent around 25k so i can tell you not worth it. Quality wise not good plus customer service is even worse because of lazy and unprofessional staff.

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Solid packaging but the clips wont fit the barbell. Surely wont be doing any olympic movements with it good for squats.

We can’t find better Deadlift at this price. Quality of paint(power coating) is good.It is better to purchase this rod . I am using this in my commercial gym set up.

I like it