cross equip - olympische Trainingsstange 7kg

Holding the position instead of fighting 20 kg

You know the scene from every beginner class: the barbell sits on the shoulders, the elbows drop, the wrist folds back. Not because the technique is missing – but because 20 kg is simply too much for that position right now. With 7 kg it doesn't happen. The athlete holds the position, you correct the movement, and the next rep lands.

That's exactly what the Olympic Training Bar is built for: youth and kids training, the first steps into Olympic lifting, and rebuilding after an injury. The knurling runs across most of the grip area – you can grip narrow, wide or anywhere in between without hitting a bare patch. The sleeves turn with the bar, so on the clean it follows the movement instead of twisting your wrist. And for advanced athletes it sits ready for warm-ups and technique drills, where what counts is a high number of clean reps rather than load.

The 50 mm is the same – the length isn't

There's exactly one measurement this barbell shares with the big ones: the 50 mm sleeves. Bumper plates, technique plates, iron plates – anything with a 50 mm bore goes on. Everything else is different, and we'd rather list it here than have you find out while unpacking.

At 182 cm the training bar is 38 cm shorter than the Weightlifting Training Bar 20 kg, and between the sleeves you get 125 cm instead of 131 cm. For smaller athletes that's an advantage: it sits better in the hands, it moves more easily, and it simply takes up less room – in storage and while you train. But if you want to drill the exact grip width you'll use on a competition barbell, you won't find it here – those 6 cm of shaft are missing.

The second difference matters more. The training bar is made of aluminium, holds up to 90 kg and is not built for dropping. Letting it go overhead is not for this bar – you set it down under control. For technique work, warm-ups and light loads that's plenty. If you want to drop, you need a steel barbell.