Originally Posted by
aschaul10
After about 3 months of the NLP my fitness gear chrome bar from Dick's with a capacity of 300lb is no longer enough for my DL & Squat. I ordered the Starting Strength bar from Texas Power Bars just over a month ago, but still haven't gotten a shipping notification. In any case, it should be here soon, and I was wondering if anyone noticed a big difference in the difficulty of lifts going from clearly a junk bar to what I understand to be one of the best out there. Would you keep on the NLP as planned, repeat the last workout, or even take a little bit of weight off the bar to adjust to the new barbell? I'm hoping I can keep on going as planned without any hiccups, as I would imagine the new barbell should only make things easier, not more difficult.
These may be terrible questions, but my only experience lifting (outside of random bench pressing here and there in HS) has been with this cheap barbell, and I've never used a high quality barbell.