Arch Nemesis Tricep Bar

Your small gym just got a mighty upgrade: The Arch Nemesis Tricep Bar is like that freakishly handy multi-tool your dad won’t stop talking about: it’s a tricep bar, landmine handle, and cable attachment all in one gloriously grippy package. You can use it for your favorite tricep bar exercises, but this isn’t just a bar for triceps! Throw it on your cable machine for lat pulldowns and seated rows or a landmine attachment for landmine rows and viking presses. Plus, it’s compact, lightweight, and won’t hog space like its big bro (the original Arch Nemesis). Even better? It fits standard 2-inch barbell collars, so you won’t need to invest in weirdly sized clamps.With moderately knurled tubing and two grip options (angled wide + straight narrow), this bar delivers versatility without the wallet workout. And at just 15.5lbs (7kgs), it’s easy to throw your new lil buddy around (please don’t).

Buying guide

Best Barbell for Your Home Gym — July 2026

What is a Barbell?

What a barbell is

The barbell is the center of a strength gym — the bar you squat, press, deadlift, and clean with. A men’s Olympic bar is 20 kg (44 lb) and 7.2 ft long (15 kg / 6.5 ft for women). The specs that matter: knurl (the grip texture — aggressive for pulls, milder for high-rep work), shaft diameter (28–29 mm for barbell lifts), sleeve rotation (bushings are fine for slow lifts; bearings spin fast for the Olympic lifts), tensile strength (~190k+ PSI resists bending), and coating (bare steel grips best but rusts; stainless and Cerakote trade grip for corrosion resistance).

Which one to buy

For general lifting, a multipurpose bar (28–28.5mm shaft, dual knurl marks, no center knurl) does squats, bench, deadlifts, and the occasional clean off one bar — this is the right first barbell for most home gyms. Choose a dedicated power bar (29mm, stiffer, aggressive center-knurl grip) only once you know you’re training squat/bench/deadlift specifically and want the stiffest, grippiest tool for that job. A dedicated Olympic weightlifting bar (needle bearings, more whip) is worth it only if you clean, snatch, or jerk regularly.

Beyond your main bar, specialty bars solve specific problems rather than replacing it: a safety squat bar shifts load off sore shoulders, a trap/hex bar takes stress off a cranky lower back on pulls, and a curl bar’s camber reduces wrist strain on isolation work. Add them once you know which problem you actually have.