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I'm trying to get a 2nd barbell for the Wife and for future use, I'm noticing that around 90% of the ones I look at don't have the central knurl. And the ones that do are hundreds of dollars more expensive. Why would most barbells not come with it? Is it purely a cost saving during manufacture? I'm am looking in Australian stores which may mean that the government has taxed centre knurls. But aside from that is there a reason besides manufacturing cost to have 90% non knurled?
Mark Rippetoe
You got me. I always knew that Australia was a weird place, but I had no idea it extended to center knurls.
ryanpatrick990
For quite some time the only vertical pressing movement I did was the seated dumbbell press before beginning Starting Strength. Since incorporating the standing barbell press I've noticed my traps are much more involved in the vertical pressing now than they were with the seated dumbbell press. I can feel their involvement much more during the exercise and I was just curious as to why this could be?
Could it be that you are now pressing correctly, which involves a tremendous amount of trap contraction? As described in the book?
Yes, after thinking about it, I think concentrating on shrugging into the top position of the press is what is engaging my traps much more than in the seated dumbbell press.
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