Flexi Bar

This is Flexi Bar, my final bachelor project. I am a CrossFit coach and have experienced that a lot of people have shoulder injuries, one of the most common injuries, according to research.

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What can I design for those people with a shoulder injury to stay active? The answer is Flexi Bar. Flexi bar is there to help people with a shoulder injury to be able to make a back squat again, which is otherwise challenging. Flexi Bar exists out of two separate handles that you can fit on every barbell. The handles are adjustable in degrees, this way for every person there is a grip position. Not only does changing the handles in degrees give the many options to hold, but the long handles also make it easy for everyone to grab. By its adjustability on every barbell and its numerous options for holding it differentiates itself from existing injury barbells. Due to the barbells being separate Flexi Bar can more easily be transported.

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This way I want to keep people active without creating more injuries.