Human Flag Trainer With Counterweight Support and Adjustable Grip
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Solution Overview
Problem
Common street workouts, such as the human flag, planche, and muscle-up, require significant physical strength and are difficult for ordinary exercisers to perform due to the lack of adequate exercise devices that provide sufficient support and adjustability for varying body proportions.
Innovation Solution
A human flag exercise device comprising a frame unit, support pad unit, assistance unit, and grip bar unit, which allows for adjustable positioning and provides upward support through counterweights to assist users in achieving and maintaining the human flag position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional exercise devices are used for human flag training, then the device structure is simple, but the device cannot provide sufficient support and adjustability for varying body proportions
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into multiple independent modules: a frame unit with adjustable support pad, an assistance unit with counterweights, and a grip bar unit with multiple grip rods at different positions. Each module can be independently adjusted to accommodate different body proportions and training needs, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
Solution Approach 2:
The support pad is designed to be movable along the frame unit, allowing dynamic adjustment of its position to match different user body proportions. The grip bar unit also features multiple grip rods at varying heights and positions, enabling dynamic adaptation to different user requirements while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure.
2Strength
If bodyweight training is used without assistance, then the training intensity is high, but ordinary exercisers cannot achieve the required physical strength
Solution Approach 1:
The assistance unit incorporates counterweights that can be adjusted to provide upward support force, offsetting a portion of the user's bodyweight. This reduces the effective weight the user must support during human flag exercises, making the exercise accessible to ordinary exercisers while still allowing for progressive strength development as the counterweight assistance is gradually reduced.
Solution Approach 2:
The device allows adjustment of multiple parameters including the counterweight magnitude, support pad position, and grip bar height. These parameter changes enable the exercise difficulty to be tailored to the user's current strength level, making the exercise easier to perform initially while providing a pathway to develop greater physical strength over time.
3Adaptability or versatility
If fixed position exercise devices are used, then the device structure is simple, but the device cannot accommodate different body proportions
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into multiple independently adjustable modules: the support pad can move along the frame unit, the grip bar unit has multiple grip rods at different positions, and the counterweight system can be adjusted. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized for different user body proportions without requiring complete structural redesign, balancing adaptability with structural simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device enables users to perform the human flag with less strength, maintains stability, and is adjustable to fit different body proportions, enhancing training effectiveness and user-friendliness.
Implementation Method 1
provides upward support through counterweights to assist users in achieving and maintaining the human flag position
Data Source
AI summary
A human flag exercise device includes a frame unit, a support pad unit, an assistance unit, and a grip bar unit. The support pad unit is movably mounted to the frame unit and movable relative to the frame unit in an up-down direction, and includes a support pad module. The assistance unit is mounted to the frame unit and connected to the support pad unit. The assistance unit is operable to urge the support pad unit to move upward. The grip bar unit includes a grip frame that is mounted to the frame unit and that is operable to move relative to the frame unit in a left-right direction. The grip frame is spaced apart from the support pad module. The grip frame includes a plurality of horizontal grip rods that are spaced apart from each other in the up-down direction and that extend in the left-right direction.