My Honest Review on Bullrock’s Best Deadlift Bar in India

Where most standard Olympic barbells are around 7 ft, most deadlift bars tend to be a shade over 7.6 ft. Not only is the bar itself longer, but the distance between the collars tends to be greater than what you’ll find on a regular barbell.

These two factors push the weight out further, allowing the bar to have more whip.

The deadlift bar is typically of a thinner diameter compared to other barbells. Where a power bar, like Bullrock sabertooth bar, is usually 29 millimeters, a typical deadlift bar is only 27 millimeters.

👌This thinner shaft has two main benefits: 

1. It allows more bend or whip because the steel is not as thick, and 
2. The thinner shaft also allows for a much better grip for average people or people with small hands. 

✔️ Speaking of grip, the last feature associated with deadlift bars is the knurling.

Knurl on the deadlift bar is usually on the more aggressive side to prevent grip issues and these deadlift bars typically do not contain a center knurl as during the lift sometimes the bar can and will drag against your shins and legs.💢

Having this area be free from knurl will help keep your legs safe from the chewing up of skin and hair in that area. 

➡️ Now there are some bars, however, that are specifically labeled as Sumo. On these particular bars, you’ll typically only find a center knurl with the outer sides knurl free. This is due to how someone would set up pulling sumo verse conventional, with the main idea of keeping the legs safe from getting chewed up by the knurling. 

Besides, just the knurl, length, and diameter is also the LOOK. They almost always have a black zinc shaft and raw steel sleeves and that’s exactly what this deadlift bar has. (Not always necessarily) 

➡️ Regardless if you’re talking about the power bar, the squat bar (which Bullrock 29 MM Sabertooth bar can be used, as both), and the deadlift bar, they must always have that same finish. Though, you must check for even better finishing options like phosphate or cerakote, if the option is available.

When you take a look at its overall length that is 7.6 ft/ or 2300 mm (which should be normally 7 ft) and the distance between where the weights are actually loaded on the collars on Bullrock deadlift bar, it’s going to have the greatest area (56″) in between, compared to any other barbell. (51.5″)

Which is kind of similar to an analogy that best fits here is, take an example of a diving board if you’ve ever been on one when you first get on it right where it’s centered or screwed in. The board is pretty stiff but as you walk out further and further away from the center point, there the board will Bend more and more. And if you weigh more, the board will BEND even more.😀

The same premise works with these deadlift bars, as well. Getting the weights further out and heavier weights is going to add more and more flex or bend in this deadlift bar. 

That’s why oftentimes you see people who use deadlift bars will traditionally put a bumper plate on the first plate on the inside to further distribute the weight off.  

In addition to being longer, Bullrock Deadlift Bar India actually has a very thick collar, which again allows you to add some more weight. In comparison, this bar roughly has an inch and a half shorter sleeves on either side. 

Sticking with the sleeves here you’ll also notice that this bar uses a 4 bronze bushing design which gives it an adequate, reliable, safe spin that is required for an ideal deadlift exercise. Which is an industry-standard these days. 

Because of the thickness of the collar compared to any other bar, or say the Rogue variant of deadlift bar (found only in the USA). This allows the weights to be out even further, so I would think that this specialty barbell is actually going to give you a little bit more bend or flex than the rogue version. 💯

That’s one of the things that sets these apart, so you combine the weight distribution with the thinner shaft of 27 mm itself. By reducing 2mm diameter (almost 6mm circumference) compared to power bar that is of 29 mm makes an incredible difference in your grip which directly spikes your overall performance. 

You will get a lot of bend or flex in the deadlift bar, especially as the weights get heavier and heavier. You’ll actually find the bar can bend quite a bit before the weight even breaks the floor.

Also, the grooves on the sleeves which you see in almost all bullrock barbells will help you keep weight plates in place, and not sliding, but you must always use Olympic bar collars for additional safety.

What makes this bar iconic are its end caps. You see, the big Bullrock brand name outline inside, and under it clearly mentioned that this is a deadlift bar of 27 mm thickness and of 20 kg weight. It’s really nice because if you have a bunch of different bars from Bullrock India, you can easily identify which bar is which. 😀

Hopefully, that’ll lead people from not benching or squatting with these, although I have seen them in some instances, which isn’t the right thing to do most times. 

✔️ You also see it is made of high-grade spring steel and snap ring construction, which I think those are easier to get on and off if you need to do maintenance work. But you shouldn’t have to do maintenance on a bar like this ever.

The shaft is the thing that everybody really cares about. Though I have already given you a hint of it above, but there are more things about the shaft that shouldn’t be missed. 

Bullrock deadlift bar is 27 millimeters in diameter, this one is coated with phosphate on shaft and hard chrome on sleeves, which prevents oxidation’s wear. 

The knurling on here is also very aggressive, which should be expected when you’re talking about a bar that’s specifically made for a lift that’s dependent on your grip, only so aggressive, not the most aggressive, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

Because this bar will eat into your hands as is and anymore it could get pretty ugly. So the terms grip and rip could really come into play here. 

Especially if you pull with a hook grip, your thumbs will not like you very much using this bar consistently.  📢 I think one of the things that I’ve seen with the black zinc in general, as those knurlings are typically dulled a little just because you’re dealing with the steel and then the black on top and then your hand itself. 

So you will see there’s an extra layer between yourself and the steel, but I don’t think anyone will have any complaints with the knurling on here.❌

Telling you more about the knurling, you’ll notice that it’s just in this region where you grip the barbell for deadlifts. It’s not extended out to the sleeves. That’s because you should not be gripping a deadlift bar out here like you would on squats or some Olympic lifts. So, no Knurling near the sleeves. 

That’s also why you don’t have any Center knurling because this bar shouldn’t be on your back. It’s just where you would grip the bar. I think it works out very well. It does have knurl marks or powerlifting marks, i.e., 1.2 MM IPF-4 Knurl Type, which I find a bit interesting. 

I don’t think they’re necessary only because at least personal experience is when I set up for a deadlift I typically use the start of the knurling to really gauge where I’m going to be gripping, but they are here.  

✔️ I find that most people probably prefer the more aggressive shape of the knurling on the Deadlift bar, similar that you find here i.e., 1.5 MM aggressive volcanic knurl, which has more points per square inch that is helpful in increasing the surface area for friction & digs so you get a better grip, but this doesn’t rip your palm skin either. 

The deadlift is a game of showing brute strength. Where the world record for heaviest deadlift is 501 kg (1,104.5 lb) and was achieved by Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Iceland). We can’t expect the bar to break at 500 kgs point, that would be a terrible scene. 

That’s why Bullrock Deadlift bar India, has a bar that is made of high-grade spring steel and snap ring construction, which gives it a 210K PSI tensile strength rating and a max load of 1500lbs/ 680 kgs💯, more than any world record has ever been made. I am not exaggerating about this brand at all, but being true to what the specs say. 

✔️Whatever bar you choose to get with it’s going to be good overall, but if you are asking for the best one, I do believe it’s the Bullrock Deadlift Bar, for serious deadlifting. 

Looking at its practicality and quality build. I say Bullrock Deadlift Bar is the best, if not the only best deadlift bar available. But that also doesn’t mean it’s the right bar for you necessarily.

And when it comes to bars on the market, there aren’t many choices here in India as of now, other than what Bullrock Barbells are offering, but still really pale in comparison when you compare it to the number of bars that are available for Olympic lifting or Powerlifting. 

📢 Personally, I consider the Bullrock Deadlift bar to have a slight edge here, because of its exclusiveness and also because it covers all 3 basics of being a good deadlift bar we discussed firstly, possibly you will face no issues here! 

✅ Given the fact that they have the thickest collars, which means the weights are pushed out a bit further than other comparable bars. Thus giving you potentially the most whip of any bar out there. (The obvious reason because people buy deadlift bars.)

That is the Bullrock Deadlift Bar Review, I think when it comes to deadlift bars in general, this one is the king. 💯

Yes, deadlift bars are almost 2 to 3 mm thinner on the shaft than most power bars. The bullrock deadlift bar in India is 27 mm in diameter because it supports getting an additional whip during heavy loads, which allows the lifter to get an initial bend quite a bit before the weight even breaks the floor.

Most people want to know “how heavy is a deadlift bar?” The deadlift bar isn’t heavy. They weigh exactly the same as any Olympic or power bar does, which is 20 kgs. Despite many conceive wrong after seeing them that they are heavier because of their added length and size of collars.

Yes, the barbell weight squat be counted in your total weight lifted. If you were lifting an empty barbell, you’d be lifting (how much the barbell weighs) in kg or pounds.

Yes, you absolutely can. But this wouldn’t give that bend/ or whip, which is beneficial in the deadlift movements.