Starting Strength

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• Power racks :: Bolt-together rack :: Welded rack plan
• Bars

Power racks

Bolt-together Rack

Available for sale from Brown Bros. Welding in Wichita Falls, TX. Contact Johnny Brown at 940-855-1911 to order.

For more information about the rack, see the discussion thread on the SS Forums.

Welded Rack

Some errors were spotted in the previous version of the power rack plan (see here for discussion).

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Bars

"Bars are the place to spend money, if you have it. If you don't, raise it somehow, because cheap bars are potentially dangerous, unpleasant to use, and a bad investment. Cheap bars will bend...even under normal use. Cheap bars should be - but somehow ever are - an embarrassment to their manufacturers and the gyms that keep them. You can do better, and you should."

If you're in the market for a new bar, we recommend the 20kg Burgener & Rippetoe bar, sold through Rogue Fitness. If you're considering used equipment, you should watch this video: