The AbMat Barbell Bomb is a landmine attachment that can be used anywhere.

It’s extremely lightweight and made of durable high density foam so it won’t scratch my barbells.

Simple idea by the brilliant minds at AbMat but now it’s time to put it to the test.

Let’s check it out!

Unboxing

The Barbell Bomb comes in an AbMat branded bag.

It weighs almost nothing so I was curious to see if it would work as a legit non-anchored landmine attachment.

Out of the box the bomb is made of the same durable, high-density foam AbMat products are known for.

They embossed the outline of a bomb and the product name on each side.

Right at the bottom of the bomb there’s a small hole.

The hole is there so that once you insert the barbell, there’s no air trapped inside.

This way it doesn’t create a vacuum so it’s easy to take it off the barbell sleeve.

And here’s a view of the opening.

The Barbell Bomb only works with Olympic sized barbell sleeves (2″), it won’t work with standard sized barbells (1″).

Set up is straight forward, insert the barbell sleeve into the Barbell Bomb, and I’m ready to knock out landmine exercises.

Specs

Material – Extremely durable high density foam

Weight – 4 oz

Length – 7″

Sleeve length used – 5.5″

Barbell Bomb Testing

I wanted to give the Barbell Bomb a test on multiple flooring to cover most home gyms.

So I tested it on different surfaces, different weight ranges, and different exercise tempos/speeds.

The goal of the testing was to check for movement of the Barbell Bomb.

Will it move too much or would it grip the floor?

Surfaces

Stall mats

With so many garage gyms using stall mats, testing the bomb on this surface was a no brainer.

On stall mats, the bomb did well in some exercises and in others it moves some.

Where I saw the most movement was with heavy barbell rows.

With the Barbell Bomb weighing nothing, it tends to lift at the start of the movement (it’s better if it’s pushed back against the wall).

Concrete

On concrete, the Barbell Bomb did really well.

The bomb grips the grainy surface creating a good anchor point for most exercises.

Grass

I tested the Barbell Bomb on wet grass and I was really surprised that it didn’t move much at all.

What I think happened is that the grass surrounding the bomb cradled it giving it more stability.

Vinyl

The barbell bomb did really well on laminate flooring also.

This is a non-porous surface so it’s grippy.

Tile

Here I am testing out the barbell bomb on tile floor.

This one was a bit more slippery than other surfaces I tested.

I don’t know that many people workout in tile since they could break if weights are dropped but I tested it anyway.

Wood

And finally, I tested the bomb on wood.

This is another not so common surface for home gyms but it did ok.

A few slips here and there but not bad at all.

Barbell Bomb vs Tennis Ball

You’ve probably seen people DIY a landmine attachment out of a tennis ball.

So I wanted to test a tennis ball vs the barbell bomb just to see which one would do better.

And the barbell bomb won the battle in most exercises I tried.

Of course, you can always put the tennis ball and barbell bomb against a corner or other immovable object to prevent any movement.

This was just a comparison between the two in open space.

Landmine Exercises

As far as landmine exercises go there’s a plethora of them.

Look at the videos I posted above just to get an idea of what can be done.

Anything you can do with a regular landmine attachment is possible with the barbell bomb.

Pros & Cons

Pros

Set up: Slide it into a barbell sleeve and it’s ready to use. No need to stack weight plates or anchor anything down.

Storage: I keep mine on my barbell sleeve so it doesn’t sit on the floor taking up space

Versatile: I can do many landmine attachment exercise

Cons

Light: Weighing in at 4 oz, it can move in some exercises. Place something heavy behind it to back it up. In the future, I’d like to see AbMat make a weighted bomb to anchor it down more.

Where To Buy

The only place you can buy the Barbell Bomb at this moment is at AbMat’s official website.