Thank you for visiting the Free Squat Weightlifting Made Easy website, produced by SFSW.
This website offers numerous interactive features for you to play with as you explore our product.
Enjoy your exploration
On Monday, March 19 you can explore our exhibit along with those of other Mechatronics students at the Davis Center from 1:00 to 5:00pm.
This project is SFSW’s submission for the Mechatronics Engineering Fourth Year Design Project, which encompasses MTE481 and MTE482. Mechatronics Engineering incorporates electromechanical design concepts with complex control logic to enhance the system design experience, and the field primarily focuses on automation and robotics. Mechatronics Engineers are very creative, which enables us to build some cool products!
Monitors the position of joints including the back to ensure they are in a good position, and this system identifies whenever the weightlifter enters a bad position. Furthermore, heuristics enable the system to quickly identify which joint went into a bad state.
Alleviates the weightlifter of the squat bar after they enter a bad state, this prevents injuries. Although momentary strain will occur, removing the weight allows the users to recover naturally. Without this system recovery typically results in injury after the weightlifter loses control of the squat bar containing the weight.
Tells users where they are going wrong, which allows users to mitigate minor errors in their technique. This utility teaches free squat weightlifters better form, allowing them to learn effectively. Lifters have different techniques that work well for them, and the system incorporates these differences when calculating injury prone regions. These injury prone regions are updated throughout the lift, ensuring the recovery system responds only when it has to.
Free squat weightlifting is a great rehabilitation tool to recover from anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries, ankle fractures or other leg injuries. Free squat weightlifting forces the key muscle areas in the leg to be activated simultaneously, the hips, hamstrings, Gluteus Maximus, quadriceps, calves and stabilizing muscles in the upper body.
Why aren’t more people doing this amazing exercise?
When done properly, free squat weightlifting is not injury prone, rather it is beneficial. However, many athletes find it difficult to learn how to properly free squat weightlift without the active guidance of trainers. What’s worse is that beginner free squat weightlifters can quickly injure themselves by losing control of the weight. Technique is critical to properly lifting the weight. For instance, athletes that bow out their knees or bring them too close together create added strain on their ACL, causing it to tear over extended repetitions.
Imagine if joints can be simultaneously monitored, allowing the system to respond whenever the lifter enters a bad position. This automated training device can greatly reduce injury, and allow professional trainers or physiotherapists to believe in free squat weightlifting again!
