The shaft of the Freedom Bar is finished with Cerakote—an advanced ceramic-based coating first popularized in the gun industry for its remarkable durability in thin applications. This unique finish can deliver superb abrasion/wear/corrosion resistance over time—100X that of standard black zinc—and it’s available here in a special Red, White & Blue design with the Rogue logo in the center of the shaft.

This steel is manufactured in the US and has proven to be one of the best steel variants for a multi-purpose barbell.Each barbell shaft is ground and polished prior to machining which allows the bar to have a very smooth finish.

Built to International Weightlifting Federation standards for women’s competition barbells, the 15KG Freedom Bar offers a slightly condensed size from standard men’s bars without sacrificing any of the performance elements. We assemble the Freedom Bar here in Columbus using a snap ring design and quality composite bushings, which act as bearing surfaces between the bar sleeve and bar shaft, producing normal “whip” during Oly weightlifting but enough stiffness to hold for heavy powerlifting. The knurling has also been carefully refined over the years for a firm but non-abrasive grip (there is no center knurl).