Swiss bar
Swiss bar · Swiss bars
A bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handlesA bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.
Meaning
1 sensesA bar to lift weight plates upon including additional vertically aligned handles.
Origin
Apparently in reference to the neutral Swiss foreign policy, as the most observable differApparently in reference to the neutral Swiss foreign policy, as the most observable difference in performing a bench press with this bar is the neutral grip; perhaps reinforced in view of the complexity of a Swiss Army knife or even the stereotypic holes in Swiss cheese.
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Forms
plural: Swiss bars| Singular | Swiss bar |
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