Originally Posted by
porphyry
Awesome - I was actually tossing up between those exact two bars. For background I'm planning to build a home gym but I wanted to keep things nice and neat - one bar for her, one for me. I was thinking she could squat with a Bella or Junior bar too but if it's that awfully thin I would get her something else. Does 3mm really make that much difference? Can I just wrap some athletic tape around the center?
After Stef's comment I found a shop near here that sells 10lb/28mm Aluminum bar but I'm not sure how well that well that will work for squatting/deadlifting. I don't know if she'll ever OHP much more than 75lbs (50lbs @107lbs now) but I think a 150lb squat isn't far away. I'd like to keep this to just two bars if possible.
FWIW I'd rather not get a standard bar - space, quality and utility are my main concerns. I'd rather buy nice than twice.