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7' 45-lb PRCTZ Olympic Barbell w/ 2" Sleeve Diameter (Black, 700-lb Capacity)

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Walmart has 7' 45-lb PRCTZ Olympic Barbell w/ 2" Sleeve Diameter (Black, 700-lb Capacity) for $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter TattyBear for finding this deal.

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Features:
  • Knurling position surface for a secure grip
  • Accommodates 2" Olympic style bumper plates
  • Built to hold heavy loads with a maximum weight capacity of 700 lbs
  • Great for isolated and full body workouts including squats, bench press, and deadlifts
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    • Rating of 4.7 from Walmart customers.
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Walmart has 7' 45-lb PRCTZ Olympic Barbell w/ 2" Sleeve Diameter (Black, 700-lb Capacity) for $69.99. Shipping is free.

Thanks to Deal Hunter TattyBear for finding this deal.

Available:
Features:
  • Knurling position surface for a secure grip
  • Accommodates 2" Olympic style bumper plates
  • Built to hold heavy loads with a maximum weight capacity of 700 lbs
  • Great for isolated and full body workouts including squats, bench press, and deadlifts
No longer available:

Editor's Notes

Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price matches this recent popular Frontpage deal.
    • Our research indicates that this offer is $24.10 lower (25% savings) than the next best available price from a reputable merchant with prices starting from $93.59.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 4.7 from Walmart customers.
  • About this store:
    • Walmart Return Policy: You have 90 days after purchase to exchange or return, unless noted in our exceptions. You can return items in-store, for free by mail, or via a scheduled pickup from your home. Please provide your in-store receipt or Walmart.com order number and we will refund the purchase price and applicable taxes and fees to the original form of payment or provide a replacement.

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Jun 6, 2021 7:27 PM
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VADealGuy703Jun 6, 2021 7:27 PM
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Quote from DaveC4644 View quoted comment :
Red is permanent.
Challenge accepted! Red loctite isn't permanent. I have a wrench and arm strength that proved it.
Jun 8, 2021 2:14 PM
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PheretJun 8, 2021 2:14 PM
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I had one of these that I got used off Craigslist. I wouldn't trust it anywhere near 700 lbs. The sleeve literally snapped in half on 400lb deadlifts. It's bent as well. I welded it back together and keep it for ground work and light stuff, nothing overhead and it's still a decent beater bar. I got the cap 1000 lb barbell for around 120 a few years ago for a daily bar. They're around 175 right now.
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J03Jun 8, 2021 4:34 PM
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Quote from ash78 View quoted comment :
Rogue the t-shirt company? I didn't realize they made other stuff. Stick Out Tongue
No, Rogue brewery. They've really started branching out.
Jun 8, 2021 4:35 PM
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RickyM7855Jun 8, 2021 4:35 PM
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Any suggestions for a 6ft barbell? The cap WalMart brand is oos ☹️
Jun 8, 2021 6:22 PM
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TalentedIdea853Jun 8, 2021 6:22 PM
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Already sold the 10 bars that arrived yesterday
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Jun 8, 2021 7:03 PM
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racebumJun 8, 2021 7:03 PM
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Quote from Old_Gregg View quoted comment :
For $70 is probably safe to assume it's a bushing bar. I think Rogue bearing bars start in the $300-400 range.

Besides that bearing bars are way overrated. People only started caring about bars once Rogue started selling all kinds of fancy pants bars.

I have both types and use my cheap bushing bar 90% of the time because I like the knurl and diameter better. Honestly couldn't care less about the spin or whatever bearings get me

Edit. More like $600 range for a Rogue bearing bar…!
The best deal I have seen over the past year have been the rogue boneyard bars. I picked up one for 199 and it was basically an Ohio bar with a tiny little scratch in the black coating about a quarter of an inch long if that. American made great bronze bushings. A higher weight capacity than I will ever accomplish even with my old man trt. For someone who doesn't mind spending a little more than $70 but also doesn't want to go ultra high end the boneyard bars are an excellent value depending on which ones they have in stock. You do sometimes have to camp and watch because it changes weekly, sometimes daily
Jun 8, 2021 7:04 PM
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racebumJun 8, 2021 7:04 PM
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Quote from RickyM7855 View quoted comment :
Any suggestions for a 6ft barbell? The cap WalMart brand is oos ☹️
Check york barbell. They have a really nice low cost 6 ft

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Jun 8, 2021 7:21 PM
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Sharkbait_416Jun 8, 2021 7:21 PM
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Quote from Old_Gregg View quoted comment :
For $70 is probably safe to assume it's a bushing bar. I think Rogue bearing bars start in the $300-400 range.

Besides that bearing bars are way overrated. People only started caring about bars once Rogue started selling all kinds of fancy pants bars.

I have both types and use my cheap bushing bar 90% of the time because I like the knurl and diameter better. Honestly couldn't care less about the spin or whatever bearings get me

Edit. More like $600 range for a Rogue bearing bar…!
No offense -- but I feel that you're probably coming from a perspective where the cost of a bearing bar and high tensile strength steel are not a concern. If most of your lifts are 45-185lbs, this bar might be ok for you, but for deadlifts, Olympic lifts, heavy squats, etc., this bar is garbage. Even reracking a heavy benchpress will bend one of these aluminum bars, and the lack of bearings means that the sleeves have a higher risk of breaking.

I'm one of the stronger guys in my gym. SBD total is 1,480. By no means a pro, but stronger than the average gym-goer.

The barbell is the most important tool you have in the gym. You can cheap out on weight, dumbbells, cables, bands... literally anything else.. Don't cheap out on a barbell. It's holding the weight. Get a high tensile-strength bearing barbell. It's a long-term investment. I own 4 Rogue barbells and a variety of other specialty equipment. Rogue is top of the line, but I started with an X-Mark Lumberjack that still holds up. If knurling is your concern, get a bare-steel barbell.

Anyone saying "this is a good barbell" is a beginner or a liar. I'm sorry for being blunt, but I don't want to encourage people to waste their money. Most people get these bars for free with a weight-set purchase and never use them or throw them away because they break or bend. Start deadlifting 225lbs or more, where the barbell is taking an impact, and the bolts will break. I've bent these bars. They're disposable. A quality bar will last many years.
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Jun 8, 2021 7:37 PM
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yerfdog2314Jun 8, 2021 7:37 PM
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Quote from Sharkbait_416 View quoted comment :
No offense -- but I feel that you're probably coming from a perspective where the cost of a bearing bar and high tensile strength steel are not a concern. If most of your lifts are 45-185lbs, this bar might be ok for you, but for deadlifts, Olympic lifts, heavy squats, etc., this bar is garbage. Even reracking a heavy benchpress will bend one of these aluminum bars, and the lack of bearings means that the sleeves have a higher risk of breaking.

I'm one of the stronger guys in my gym. SBD total is 1,480. By no means a pro, but stronger than the average gym-goer.

The barbell is the most important tool you have in the gym. You can cheap out on weight, dumbbells, cables, bands... literally anything else.. Don't cheap out on a barbell. It's holding the weight. Get a high tensile-strength bearing barbell. It's a long-term investment. I own 4 Rogue barbells and a variety of other specialty equipment. Rogue is top of the line, but I started with an X-Mark Lumberjack that still holds up. If knurling is your concern, get a bare-steel barbell.

Anyone saying "this is a good barbell" is a beginner or a liar. I'm sorry for being blunt, but I don't want to encourage people to waste their money. Most people get these bars for free with a weight-set purchase and never use them or throw them away because they break or bend. Start deadlifting 225lbs or more, where the barbell is taking an impact, and the bolts will break. I've bent these bars. They're disposable. A quality bar will last many years.
Harsh, but true. This barbell is fine for someone who is just starting out and/or is just lifting casually. But anyone who is even semi-experienced should stay away from these if they can and buy a Rogue, Rep, or similar quality barbell. A bar doesn't need needle bearings to be high quality, but the tensile strength, coating, knurling, bushing, and sleeve construction all make the world of a difference.

I'm by no means the strongest guy in the gym, but it's not hard to tell the difference between one of these cheap bars and a high quality bar.
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Jun 8, 2021 7:59 PM
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tennesseean_87Jun 8, 2021 7:59 PM
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Quote from Sharkbait_416 View quoted comment :
No offense -- but I feel that you're probably coming from a perspective where the cost of a bearing bar and high tensile strength steel are not a concern. If most of your lifts are 45-185lbs, this bar might be ok for you, but for deadlifts, Olympic lifts, heavy squats, etc., this bar is garbage. Even reracking a heavy benchpress will bend one of these aluminum bars, and the lack of bearings means that the sleeves have a higher risk of breaking.

I'm one of the stronger guys in my gym. SBD total is 1,480. By no means a pro, but stronger than the average gym-goer.

The barbell is the most important tool you have in the gym. You can cheap out on weight, dumbbells, cables, bands... literally anything else.. Don't cheap out on a barbell. It's holding the weight. Get a high tensile-strength bearing barbell. It's a long-term investment. I own 4 Rogue barbells and a variety of other specialty equipment. Rogue is top of the line, but I started with an X-Mark Lumberjack that still holds up. If knurling is your concern, get a bare-steel barbell.

Anyone saying "this is a good barbell" is a beginner or a liar. I'm sorry for being blunt, but I don't want to encourage people to waste their money. Most people get these bars for free with a weight-set purchase and never use them or throw them away because they break or bend. Start deadlifting 225lbs or more, where the barbell is taking an impact, and the bolts will break. I've bent these bars. They're disposable. A quality bar will last many years.
Rogue's power bars meant for deadlifting and squatting don't use bearings, they use bushings. I'm also not sure this is aluminum.

Not saying it's a great bar, but would consider something like this for people who will never be really strong, but want to stay as fit as possible while aging, etc. Maybe better to just get the Dick's set. Not sure how much better this bar will be. I love my Rogue B&R bar and the knurling and everything is way better than the Dick's bar I started on.

I'm shopping for my mom, who wants to do some basic strength training for general fitness and don't know if this would suffice or if it'd be better to grab a boneyard Bar from Rogue.
Jun 8, 2021 8:34 PM
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Old_GreggJun 8, 2021 8:34 PM
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Quote from Sharkbait_416 View quoted comment :
No offense -- but I feel that you're probably coming from a perspective where the cost of a bearing bar and high tensile strength steel are not a concern. If most of your lifts are 45-185lbs, this bar might be ok for you, but for deadlifts, Olympic lifts, heavy squats, etc., this bar is garbage. Even reracking a heavy benchpress will bend one of these aluminum bars, and the lack of bearings means that the sleeves have a higher risk of breaking.

I'm one of the stronger guys in my gym. SBD total is 1,480. By no means a pro, but stronger than the average gym-goer.

The barbell is the most important tool you have in the gym. You can cheap out on weight, dumbbells, cables, bands... literally anything else.. Don't cheap out on a barbell. It's holding the weight. Get a high tensile-strength bearing barbell. It's a long-term investment. I own 4 Rogue barbells and a variety of other specialty equipment. Rogue is top of the line, but I started with an X-Mark Lumberjack that still holds up. If knurling is your concern, get a bare-steel barbell.

Anyone saying "this is a good barbell" is a beginner or a liar. I'm sorry for being blunt, but I don't want to encourage people to waste their money. Most people get these bars for free with a weight-set purchase and never use them or throw them away because they break or bend. Start deadlifting 225lbs or more, where the barbell is taking an impact, and the bolts will break. I've bent these bars. They're disposable. A quality bar will last many years.
Yeah I don't think I said this was a good bar or anything about this particular bar. I was just saying 99% of people don't need bearing bars in response to the bearing question.

My cheap bushing bar isn't this bar to be clear. I don't even know what it is so could be much different than this one but I know I've pulled 500+ lbs with it no problem and squatted 4+ plates with mine…I'm just saying if you're looking at a $70 bar you probably don't need to be worrying about bearings vs bushing.

I literally have a Rogue bearing bar lol. I just don't care bc it's not that big of a deal in real life.
Jun 8, 2021 8:54 PM
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lhscouchmonsterJun 8, 2021 8:54 PM
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Quote from racebum View quoted comment :
The best deal I have seen over the past year have been the rogue boneyard bars. I picked up one for 199 and it was basically an Ohio bar with a tiny little scratch in the black coating about a quarter of an inch long if that. American made great bronze bushings. A higher weight capacity than I will ever accomplish even with my old man trt. For someone who doesn't mind spending a little more than $70 but also doesn't want to go ultra high end the boneyard bars are an excellent value depending on which ones they have in stock. You do sometimes have to camp and watch because it changes weekly, sometimes daily
could not agree with you more. I'm guessing that is out of the price range of one of these since its the bottom of the barrel.

i found a bot that will tell you when specific boneyard bars come in stock and snatched a deadlift bar for like half off. I couldn't even find a blemish on the bar.
Jun 8, 2021 9:45 PM
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LHGJun 8, 2021 9:45 PM
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Quote from lhscouchmonster View quoted comment :
could not agree with you more. I'm guessing that is out of the price range of one of these since its the bottom of the barrel.

i found a bot that will tell you when specific boneyard bars come in stock and snatched a deadlift bar for like half off. I couldn't even find a blemish on the bar.
The blemish is almost always a very slight issue with the knurling pattern. Apparently Rogue's knurling is kind of hard to do. It doesn't really affect grip strength and, if you don't have a perfect Rogue bar to compare it to, it tends to be not visually very noticeable.

After getting some chalk and some time with the bar, it's all going to look the same anyway.
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TonyGJun 8, 2021 11:14 PM
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whats a good boneyard bar for basic bench?

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TheBigAlphaMaleJun 9, 2021 12:15 AM
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Quote from Sharkbait_416 View quoted comment :
No offense -- but I feel that you're probably coming from a perspective where the cost of a bearing bar and high tensile strength steel are not a concern. If most of your lifts are 45-185lbs, this bar might be ok for you, but for deadlifts, Olympic lifts, heavy squats, etc., this bar is garbage. Even reracking a heavy benchpress will bend one of these aluminum bars, and the lack of bearings means that the sleeves have a higher risk of breaking.

I'm one of the stronger guys in my gym. SBD total is 1,480. By no means a pro, but stronger than the average gym-goer.

The barbell is the most important tool you have in the gym. You can cheap out on weight, dumbbells, cables, bands... literally anything else.. Don't cheap out on a barbell. It's holding the weight. Get a high tensile-strength bearing barbell. It's a long-term investment. I own 4 Rogue barbells and a variety of other specialty equipment. Rogue is top of the line, but I started with an X-Mark Lumberjack that still holds up. If knurling is your concern, get a bare-steel barbell.

Anyone saying "this is a good barbell" is a beginner or a liar. I'm sorry for being blunt, but I don't want to encourage people to waste their money. Most people get these bars for free with a weight-set purchase and never use them or throw them away because they break or bend. Start deadlifting 225lbs or more, where the barbell is taking an impact, and the bolts will break. I've bent these bars. They're disposable. A quality bar will last many years.
80% off the people on here will never bench 225 or deadlift 315. This bar will work fine for them imo. Esp at 70 bucks. I respect your opinion but I feel this bar can work for lots of people on SD.

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