The smaller 15kg version measures 25mm in diameter, while the 20kg version is a 'true' Olympic barbell, meaning it has a 28mm diameter. Both versions can hold up to 1,500 pounds of weight, ...

Indian junior powerlifting champion Yashtika Acharya, 17, has died after a barbell weighing 595 lbs crushed her neck in a gym accident, ... (270 kg) apparatus broke her neck during practice, ...

20kg = 44 pounds. 30kg = 66 pounds. 40kg = 88 pounds. 50kg = 110 pounds. ... If you want to lift 185 pounds, how many plates do you put on each side of the barbell, and what sizes?

Yashtika Acharya, a 17-year-old national powerlifting champion, died tragically in a gym accident in Bikaner. A 270 kg barbell slipped and fell on her neck during training, causing a fatal fracture.

He’s been working hard ever since, and the now 11-year-old is getting ready to break the national deadlift record for his weight class by lifting a 105-kilogramme barbell. Related Topics Russia ...