Croc Lock™ Collar

The Croc Lock™ Collar works. It's built like a tank. It has a million uses...and this is all just the start. If you've been around big-time strength training for a while, and train in a powerlifting gym, you know somewhere in the gym is a bucket or a tool drawer filled with broken "specialty bar" collars. Ones that got in the way after you missed that last attempt...or ones that got trapped between the weight in the floor. You know what we're talking about—we've got a bucket just like that out in the S5 Compound.

What is a Collar?

What barbell collars are

Collars (clips) lock the plates onto a barbell’s sleeves so they can’t slide or rattle off — a safety essential, especially for pressing and Olympic lifts. The common types: cheap spring clips, quick lock-jaw / quick-release collars (the everyday favorite — fast and secure), and competition collars (precision-weighted, 2.5 kg each, for calibrated meets).

What to look for

A secure clamp that won’t creep under drops or high reps, quick on-and-off operation, and a fit for your bar’s sleeve diameter (standard Olympic is 50 mm). For most home gyms, a pair of lock-jaw-style collars is the right balance of speed, grip, and price.

How it compares