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The knurling felt good in my hands and the sleeves rotated smoothly; it has everything you would want in an Olympic bar. It also had features found on a regular bar like the 2 Olympic rotating sleeves and a regular diameter, solid aluminum shaft.
The only real differences between the Aluma-Lite Bar and a full-size Olympic bar is the weight, of course, and length. The Aluma-Lite Bar weighs only 15 pounds and is only 6-feet long as apposed to the regular bars 7 feet. The 6-foot length I actually felt was better for training purposes because it brings the weight in closer to the body making it easy to keep under control. I found that the 6-foot length still fit on all of the benches and squat racks I tested it on.
To test the Aluma-Lite Bar further, I took a 7th grader who had never lifted before and taught him the Power Clean. I have taught quite a few jr. high kids over the years with normal 45 lb. bars and always found that the bar got too heavy for their hands to hold for more than 5 practice reps. Even if their leg and arm muscles werent tired, once their hands get tired, just going through the technique motions become very difficult. The 15-pound Aluma-Lite bar made this problem nonexistent. The light weight significantly reduced the time iLL{A.\R[4a$Y>}I4(MU L&]yQoye"İq6*䕞BYHdBTu99zux_Ɗkl]]W隕gMr6534atPr|I'ȧ ˣeTgQ9