The good news is that Walmart just cut the price on its bestselling Olympic bar—it's over 70% off and even ships for free.

Luckily, there are a number of Olympic weight sets on the market for home-gym users looking to put on muscle and build strength.

Yes, you count the bar Let’s start with the basics. When you tell somebody how much weight you lifted, that weight includes the total poundage that you had in your hands. The bar is part of that.

The mythical “women’s bar”: It is a real type of barbell, but unless you compete in one specific strength sport, you probably have some misconceptions about exactly what it is and why it exists.

The good news is that Walmart just cut the price on its bestselling Olympic bar—it's over 70% off and even ships for free.