The name is an obvious nod to the pattern on the 42 mm that serves as the pin that produces different camber angles.
The video opens with a pile of parts. 10 parts. I am not including the 19 mm pin, 4 bolts and 6 nuts to secure the whole thing on my rack.
This is probably the 70th thing I am designing and building from scratch.
But it still feels like alchemy when something actually translates from design into a fully functional, working, tweakable, repairable and robust product.
And it works really well. As promised, it can be adjusted to 10 different camber angles and 15 different widths. That basically means you can create 10 distinct camber angles at 15 different widths. That allows every user, regardless of proportions or constraints, to find a position that works for them. More importantly, the change in angle also allows us to recruit the different muscles in the upper back and shoulder to varying degrees, different lengths and different line of pulls.
There’s a lot to unpack up there. But I’ll break it down in future posts with more videos in different positions. But as a quick visualiser, watch how my upper back and shoulders move when I moved the bar wider apart without altering the camber angle. This altered movement of the shoulder and scapula means the muscles work differently and contribute in different magnitudes.
And this piece is 100 percent made from scrap steel.
