The Primal Strength Ceramic-Coated Dual "It's Heavy" 8-Needle Olympic Bar is a UK first. We have utilised the same, damage-proofing technology as with military-grade weaponry (rifles, machine guns etc) to apply a highly durable, ceramic coat (with a matte finish) for our best-selling "It's Heavy" Olympic Bar to ensure it stands the test of time. The bar has been engineered for multi-purpose use within heavy Power-lifting, Olympic-lifting and Cross Fit applications. When designing the "Its Heavy" Olympic Bar, we used 8-needle bearings for an extremely smooth, reduced-friction, quality, spin whilst ensuring a market-leading level of durability for heavy duty lifting. The bar is tested to a minimum of 190,000 lbs per square inch level and we machine-test each bar repeatedly under stresses of up to and including 1000kg. The military-grade ceramic coating also presents a best in class finish for Olympic bars and simply will not chip off under the heaviest use. The only possible damage or sc