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Straight bar or curl bar? (lemmy.world)
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So, I have those powerblock weights. They go up to 50lbs.

I'm thinking of getting a bar attatchment that turns the dumbells into barbells.

They have 2 different styles.

A straight bar, and a curl bar.

I can only get 1 of them for now. Eventually I'll get the other. But which one should I get? What's the difference?

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[–] argueswithidiots@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Personally, I would get the straight bar first. The EZ curl bar is great, but was designed specifically to target biceps. I've used them for tri exercises too, but I think you'll get more mileage out of a straight bar. You can bench, curl, squat, lunge, etc with a straight bar. Some things would be ill advised to attempt with an EZ curl.