different bars?

Question

ok i went from a 5 ft bar to a 6ft bar an my bench pressing dropped is it cause f the longer bar i was able to do 175 with the 5 ft bar now im down to 140 with the six ft bar is it cause of the bigger bar?

Answer 1

The bigger bar should weigh more maybe that's why.

Answer 2

A 6 foot bar typically weighs 45 pounds. I can't imagine that you would have 35 pounds in the extra 1 foot of bar. I would think that you would add maybe 15 pounds at the outside for the extra foot. Which would mean a 5 foot bar weighs maybe 30 pounds. If you have access to both bars you could weigh them both for comparison.

If the 5 foot bar only weighed 10 pounds then you would be exactly where you were before. But that is pretty much impossible, there is no way that a 5 foot would weigh only 10 pounds while a 6 foot weighs 45.

The wider bar should give you a bit more stability in your lift, so I wouldn't think that it would be an imbalance issue.

Sometimes it is nerve damage. Last summer I tweaked my left shoulder and went from being able press a 85 pound dumbell in each hand down to barely being able to lift a 60 pound dumbell and that was just from 1 week's workout to the next. (Man, was I depressed.)

Answer 3

The 6 foot bar typically weighs 45lbs compared to the 10 pounds of a 5ft par. If you are not calculating in the weight of the bar in your 175, then you are exacltly the same as you were before.

Answer 4

The bigger the better.

Answer 5

yes the leverage is different now