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The Open Trap Bar is one of the most versatile barbells to have in your gym. Smoother pulls and being easy to load gives you an unmatched deadlift experience.
Open Trap Bar / Hex Bar 3.0 – Rotating Sleeves
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The Trap Bar, also known as a Hex Bar is one of the greatest innovations in strength training equipment.
The Trap Bar often called a Hex Bar, is one of the best specialty bars for building strength and developing power in the deadlift.
Our latest in-house designed model has three core benefits that will make training with your new trap bar a dream.
We firmly believe that if it’s a barbell, the sleeves should rotate. Unlike almost any other trap bar on the market, our trap bar features rotating sleeves. To keep the bar more compact for both storage and shipping, the sleeves are a little shorter than full-length barbell sleeves; however, the plate block has been made extra thin, allowing for a full 7 B.o.S.45lb iron plates to be loaded on each side. Fit even more calibrated plates with a maximum weight of 700lbs.
It Has a Built-in Deadlift Jack
A feature never seen before on a home gym hex bar, and is usually reserved for abhorrently expensive models. The Bells of Steel Open-Ended Trap Bar has a pair of built-in bar jacks. By rotating the bar vertically like a lever until it’s sitting on the feet of the jacks, the weight plates end up mere inches from the floor. This allows you to add and remove plates with total ease. The entire process is effortless; no longer will your trap bar be neglected and left on the sidelines simply because of the time and effort required to load and unload the bar.
An Open-ended Frame
This ingenious design offers several benefits over the traditional, closed-frame design. The most important of these being access to far more movements than before. By opening up the front end of the bar, it is now possible to use your trap bar for split squats, Romanian deadlifts, weighted carries, lunges, and more, while still being perfectly balanced for your deadlifts and shrugs.
Rotating Sleeves
We firmly believe that if it’s a barbell, the sleeves should rotate. Unlike almost any other trap bar on the market, our trap bar features rotating sleeves. To keep the bar more compact for both storage and shipping, the sleeves are a little shorter than full-length barbell sleeves; however, the plate block has been made extra thin, allowing for a full 7 B.o.S.45lb iron plates to be loaded on each side. Fit even more calibrated plates with a maximum weight of 700lbs.
As reviewed on garage-gyms.com
Specs
| Weight | 21 kg/47 lbs |
| Length | 1500 mm |
| Width | 565 mm |
| Heigth | 124 mm |
| Handle Sleeves Diameter | 50 mm |
| Warrantied Weight | 700 lbs |
The Benefits of a Trap Bar (Hex Bar)
It is considered by many to be both superior and safer than deadlifting with a traditional straight bar, as the load is centred and more balanced with a Trap Bar, which puts much less stress on the spine.
Here are just a few reasons why it should be your go-to specialty barbell:
Frequently Asked Questions
It has a 28mm diameter and a 1,500mm/59.1″ length.
It weighs 21.3kg/47lbs.
It has a black oxide coated shaft, with white zinc coated sleeves.
Yes, regular 2-inch collars and Olympic weight plates will fit this bar.
- Assuming a spring collar is used and there’s a slight amount of free space at the end of the bar, here’s the number of 45lb plates that you can fit on each side of the Open Trap Bar:
- 3.0 x 45lb Dead-Bounce Bumper Plates
- 3.3 x 45lb Conflict Bumper Plates
- 4.4 x 45lb Competition Bumper Plates
- 7.3 x 45lb Mighty Grip Plates
- 7.7 x 45lb Machined Plates
*A decimal means that additional smaller plates may also fit on top of the listed number of 45s, but not another full 45lb plate.
It has a 700lb capacity.
Typically, trap bars have extra long sleeves. Our Open Trap Bar has standard barbell sleeves in order to cut down on shipping costs and make the bar more affordable.
In the box, you’ll find the barbell itself and a generous coating of oil in order to minimize oxidation during shipping.
Covered under our Limited Lifetime Warranty guarantees that your bar will not bend under normal use, and protects against defects in material, function and workmanship.
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4.8 Based on 193 Reviews
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10/06/2021
Anonymous
USReally good bar
I really like this bar; I tend to use it for farmers carry, lunges, and as a high rep finisher at the end of a leg day. I would note, and BOS says this in the description, that the sleeves are really short, especially if you have bumper plates. if you have iron or steel plates I dont think you’ll have any problems, but I can only get up to about 400lb with my bumper plates.
10/08/2021
Bells of Steel
Hey there, Thanks for the review! The Open Trap Bar is versatile and makes loading and unloading so much easier. Some people might say loading and unloading is just as tiring as the workout... "some people" being myself. ;D Yes, the sleeves are noted as being shorter. We've had many requests, and are working on a version with longer sleeves, as the people have spoken! We're on it, and so excited! We really appreciate your feedback, and hope you're knocking your goalz out of the park. Thanks again, and happy lifting! Kat and the B.o.S. Crew
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09/03/2021
Anonymous
USOpen trap bar
This bar is outstanding. Solidly built and great looking. I have been using it for dead lifts and shoulder presses, great results
GL
09/01/2021
Gregory L.
USTrap bar
It works good. Love that you can stand it up to load weight makes it so much easier and faster.
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08/27/2021
Anonymous
USHex bar 3.0
Better option and more versatile than a closed trap more for not much more price. Quality is great. Shipping was fast and free. For all that it offers it cannot be beat. Cannot ask for more from BoS Thank you
BM
08/27/2021
Bobbi M.
CAAwesome trap bar
I was super excited to find this in stock. This is my third try at finding a trap bar I love. This was it! Excellent quality. Came fast. Love it!