Lumberjack Curl Bar

Name: Lumberjack Curl Bar
Brand: XMark
Rating: 4.0 (4 reviews)

XMark’s Lumberjack Curl Bar is a budget Olympic EZ curl bar built for arm and accessory work rather than as a do-it-all barbell – curls, skull crushers, and bent-over rows are its intended use. It’s a solid carbon steel bar with a 25 mm shaft (smaller than a standard 28-32 mm bar, suiting lifters with smaller hands), a black manganese phosphate shaft coating for corrosion resistance, chrome-finished sleeves, brass bushings for smooth rotation, and a no-maintenance snap-ring locking system. At 47” long with a medium-depth knurl, the one reviewer who tested it called the grip “aggressive” and praised it as strong value for the price. The tradeoff is a short 6.25” loadable sleeve, which caps how much plate can be stacked compared to a full-length bar – fine for curl-weight loads, more limiting for lifters wanting to load heavier. As of this writing the SKU shows sold out at every retailer checked, with no live standalone listing on XMark’s own site.

Buying guide

Best Barbell for Your Home Gym — July 2026

Knurl	Medium depth
Length	47"
Bar type	EZ curl bar (Olympic, 2" sleeve)
Bushings	Brass
Material	Carbon steel
Net weight	19 lbs
Manufacturer	XMark
Shaft coating	Black manganese phosphate
Sleeve finish	Chrome
Locking system	No-maintenance snap ring
Shaft diameter	25 mm
Weight capacity	400 lbs
Sleeve total length	7"
Loadable sleeve length	6.25"
Distance between sleeves	33"

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.

How it compares

	Lumberjack Curl Bar	Longhorn Camber Barbell	Eleiko Oppen Bar	Midas Open Trap Bar
GymRadar rating	4.0/5	4.0/5	4.0/5	4.0/5
Price		$399.00		$299.00
Knurl	Medium depth
Length	47"
Bar type	EZ curl bar (Olympic, 2" sleeve)
Bushings	Brass
Material	Carbon steel			steel
Net weight	19 lbs
Manufacturer	XMark	Fringe Sport	Eleiko	Fringe Sport
Shaft coating	Black manganese phosphate
Sleeve finish	Chrome
Locking system	No-maintenance snap ring
Shaft diameter	25 mm	32mm		25 mm
Weight capacity	400 lbs	1,500 lb		700 lb rated; ~400-500 lb practical loadable max per independent reviewers given the 10" loadable sleeve length
Sleeve total length	7"
Loadable sleeve length	6.25"		320mm (12.6") per side
Distance between sleeves	33"

4.0/5 · 4 GymRadar reviews

Reviews by source

Expert	4.0/5	4 reviews
Youtube	4.3/5	2 reviews

XMark’s Lumberjack Curl Bar is a budget EZ curl bar built for arm and accessory work – curls, skull crushers, bent-over rows – rather than as a do-it-all barbell. Its standout dimension is value: the one reviewer who put it through a month of use called it “a really good value for your money,” singling out the aggressive, grippy medium-depth knurl and brass-bushed chrome sleeves for a bar in this price range. Its weakest dimension is versatility: a short 6.25” loadable sleeve leaves plenty of room for curl-weight loads but caps how much plate a lifter can stack compared to a full-length bar. Coverage is thin – one reviewer’s channel and a 4-review manufacturer rating, no independent editorial or community verdict – and the SKU shows as sold out at every retailer checked, so durability beyond the first month of ownership is unverified.

+Functionality: EZ curl shape reduces wrist strain on curls, skull crushers, and bent-over rows (YouTube: Discovering Strength)
+Build quality: aggressive, grippy medium-depth knurl with brass bushings and chrome sleeves (YouTube: Discovering Strength)
+Value: "a really good value for your money" at its ~$85-102 price point (YouTube: Discovering Strength)
+Build quality: arrived securely packaged with no shipping damage (YouTube: Discovering Strength, unboxing)

−Versatility: short 6.25" loadable sleeve limits how much weight can be stacked versus a full-length bar (YouTube: Discovering Strength)
−Durability: no long-term wear data -- both video sources are within the first month of ownership
−Functionality: single-source signal -- no independent editorial or community review found beyond one YouTube channel
−Value: SKU shows sold out at every retailer checked, raising doubt about ongoing availability