About Toronto Barbell

   Hi! My name is Mark Roskell. Toronto Barbell is a small business I started up in mid 2005, mainly to service the powerlifters across the eastern shores of New South Wales, AUSTRALIA,  with some functional, yet heavy duty and most importantly, SAFE training and competition equipment. One of the most important aspects to Toronto Barbell is this - I am committed to not only competing drug free, but a whole drug free lifestyle! You can easily tell this by looking at the symbol I designed for this business.

   Although Toronto Barbell originally started to bring safe training equipment to the powerlifters as mentioned above, any athlete from any sport who wants to develop a bigger, faster, and stronger physique will benefit greatly from the equipment produced here. And it can be done right in their own home as the equipment I fabricate is built so athletes can train alone with maximum safety and minimum worry. That’s how I built all my gym equipment - so I could train with full bore intensity without the fear of a bar / machine collapsing on me.

   This website will be updated periodically whenever there is a new piece of equipment from my laboratory. I am always trying to come up with safer ways of doing both new and traditional exercises with the home training athlete in mind. 

   Feel free to email me with any questions regarding any products here on this website, or any other questions that come to mind. If you have any  ideas that you would like me to invent for your personal gym just email me and I’ll do my best to make your dreams come true.

   I compete with Powerlifting Australia Ltd., which is affiliated with the International Powerlifting Federation. Powerlifting Australia is also the only powerlifting body within Australia recognised by the Australian Sports Commission, and is also the only powerlifting body in Australia subject to drug testing by A.S.A.D.A. 

Check back often for updates on some of the unique and purpose built gym equipment that comes out of my laboratory!

Stay strong. I hope the equipment here helps you achieve your goals.

Yours in sport,

Mark John Roskell