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Sliding Grip Barbell

The Butterfly Bar

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Unlock a new level of workout efficiency with the Butterfly Bar, your go-to sliding grip barbell. Available in 22, 33, and 44 lbs, this innovative barbell with sliding grips adapts to your unique arm span, ensuring a tailored workout every time. Perfect for a myriad of exercises including bench presses, rows, and curls. With our glide grip barbell, experience the pinnacle of workout versatility. The Butterfly Bar's slide grip feature promotes a natural movement, reducing strain and optimizing muscle engagement. Elevate your training regimen with the barbell that slides to your needs, and experience a transformation in your workout routine today.

Explore the innovative realm of the Butterfly Bar, a premium sliding grip barbell crafted for precise muscle engagement and versatile workouts. Unlike traditional fixed grip barbells, the Butterfly Bar showcases a distinctive sliding grip mechanism, allowing a customizable grip position along the bar's length. Experience the smooth, stable transition of grips courtesy of the integrated ball bearing system, ensuring accurate grip adjustments during exercises. The bar's sleeve mechanics, embedded with needle bearings, facilitate fluid rotation during bench presses or curls, redefining traditional weightlifting standards. The adjustable grip positions enable targeted muscle activation, elevating exercises like bench presses, rows, and shoulder presses to a "Fly" motion for a more comprehensive workout experience. Delve into the nuanced muscle engagement and upgrade your strength training regimen with the Butterfly Bar—where advanced mechanical engineering harmonizes with functional fitness brilliance.

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Butterfly Bar - Redefining Weightlifting through Sliding Grip Innovation

Unsurpassed Adaptability, Exceptional Performance

Discover Butterfly Bar: a blend of innovation and enthusiasm, bringing ideal strength training visions to life. For the discerning, this sliding grip barbell is your gateway to surpassing limits.

Intricate Craftsmanship: Embedded in innovation, every element of the Butterfly Bar embodies precision. The sliding grips aren’t just a feature; they’re a revolution, ensuring precise muscle engagement.

Harmony of Design & Function: With a refined design symbolizing strength, Butterfly Bar is an engineering wonder and a visual pleasure. Its ergonomic build and smooth mechanics are a tribute to our pursuit of perfection.

Excellence Reimagined: Our commitment shines in the unparalleled quality of Butterfly Bar. Crafted with superior materials and keen attention to detail, it stands as a beacon of durability and exceptional craftsmanship.

Beyond a Bar: Butterfly Bar goes beyond weightlifting; it raises the bar. It's a voyage, a commitment to self-enhancement. Ideal for elite fitness centers or home gyms, it pledges unmatched performance.

Elevate your workout regime, feel the distinctiveness, and let Butterfly Bar drive your fitness expedition. It's more than evolution; it's a fitness revelation. Step into the future of weightlifting with Butterfly Bar.

The Butterfly Bar: Advanced Mechanics and Functionality

The Butterfly Bar is a groundbreaking evolution in the realm of barbells, distinguished primarily by its dynamic hand grip system. Here's a detailed breakdown of its mechanics:

  1. Sliding Grip Mechanism: Unlike traditional barbells that offer static grip points, the Butterfly Bar is equipped with two flexible grip elements. These grip elements can traverse along the bar, moving from the center to the extremities. This translational motion is facilitated by a meticulously designed rail system embedded within the bar's structure.
  2. Bearing System: The handles utilize a ball bearing system, which ensures that the sliding movement is smooth, consistent, and free from any lateral wobbles. Ball bearings are known for their ability to reduce rotational friction and support radial and axial loads, making them ideal for this application.
  3. Sleeve Mechanics: The sleeve of the bar incorporates needle bearings. Needle bearings are specialized roller bearings with high length-to-diameter ratios. They manage friction effectively, ensuring the bar rotates smoothly around its axis. This is particularly crucial during exercises where the bar needs to rotate in the user's grip, such as during benchpress or curls.
  4. Functional Advantages: The ability to adjust grip positioning mid-exercise allows users to target specific muscle groups with enhanced precision. This translational movement, combined with the traditional lifting motion, adds a layer of complexity to exercises, making them more comprehensive. For instance, exercises like bench presses, shoulder presses, and rows can be performed with a "Fly" motion, where the hands converge at the center at the beginning and diverge towards the ends during execution.
  5. Optimized Muscle Engagement: This dynamic grip variation, combined with the rotational freedom provided by the bearing systems, ensures that the muscles are engaged more effectively throughout the movement. It offers a more nuanced muscle activation pattern, allowing users to hit target muscle fibers more efficiently.

In essence, the Butterfly Bar marries advanced mechanical design with exercise science, resulting in a tool that revolutionizes traditional weightlifting exercises.

44 lbs Bar:

Length: 86.61 in. / 2200mm
Weight: 44 lbs / 20kg
Max. Load: 330 lbs / 150Kg
Shaft (Spindle) Diameter: 1.10 in. / 28mm
Shaft (Spindle) Length: 51.57 in. / 1310mm
Coating: Black Ceramic
Sleeve Diameter: 1.97 in. / 50mm
Loadable Sleeve Length: 16.34 in. / 415mm
Shaft Material: Premium Grade Alloy Steel
Handles: Ball Bearing
Sleeve: Needle Bearing

33 lbs Bar:

Length: 59.06 in. / 1500mm
Weight: 33 lbs / 15kg
Max. Load: 220 lbs / 100kg
Shaft (Spindle) Diameter: 1.10 in. / 28mm
Shaft (Spindle) Length: 37.80 in. / 960mm
Coating: Black Ceramic
Sleeve Diameter: 1.97 in. / 50mm
Loadable Sleeve Length: 9.45 in. / 240mm
Shaft Material: Premium Grade Alloy Steel
Handles: Ball Bearing
Sleeve: Needle Bearing

22 lbs Bar:

Length: 47.24 in. / 1200mm
Weight: 22 lbs / 10kg
Max. Load: 110 lbs / 50kg
Shaft (Spindle) Diameter: 1.10 in. / 28mm
Shaft (Spindle) Length: 35.43 in. / 900mm
Coating: Black Ceramic
Sleeve Diameter: 1.97 in. / 50mm
Loadable Sleeve Length: 5.51 in. / 140mm
Shaft Material: Premium Grade Alloy Steel
Handles: Ball Bearing
Sleeve: Needle Bearing

Once you place an order, your custom barbell begins its crafting journey. Please allow up to 4 weeks for the meticulous handcrafting process. After completion, we immediately dispatch your order. The shipping options include Standard Shipping (35-45 business days) and FedEx Express International (20-30 business days), both inclusive of the production time. Given the size and nature of our product, we use specialized freight shipping.

The Butterfly Bar - Your Gateway to Advanced Weight Training

The Butterfly Bar transcends the realm of ordinary barbells, offering a groundbreaking innovation that will elevate your weight training routine to new heights. Its standout feature is undoubtedly the unique sliding grip system, setting it apart from conventional barbells.

The sliding grip system empowers you to precisely adjust your grip position during your workout. Unlike traditional barbells with static grip points, the Butterfly Bar allows you to effortlessly shift your grip along the length of the bar. This translational motion system is achieved through a meticulously designed rail system seamlessly integrated into the structure of the bar.

The handles themselves employ a ball bearing system, ensuring a smooth, consistent, and wobble-free transition of grips. Ball bearings are renowned for their ability to reduce rotational friction and provide support for radial and axial loads, making them the perfect choice for this application.

The sleeve mechanics of the bar incorporate needle bearings, specialized roller bearings with a high length-to-diameter ratio. These needle bearings effectively manage friction, ensuring that the bar rotates smoothly around its axis. This feature is particularly crucial during exercises where the bar needs to rotate in your grip, such as bench presses or curls.

The benefits of the adjustable grip system are manifold. It allows you to fine-tune your grip position during your workout, enabling more precise targeting of specific muscle groups. These translational movements, combined with the traditional lifting motion, introduce an additional layer of complexity to exercises, making them more comprehensive. For instance, exercises like bench presses, shoulder presses, and rows can be performed with a "Fly" motion, where the hands converge at the center at the beginning and diverge towards the ends during execution.

This dynamic grip variation, coupled with the rotational freedom facilitated by the bearing systems, ensures more effective muscle engagement throughout the movement. It offers a nuanced muscle activation pattern, allowing you to efficiently target the desired muscle fibers.

In essence, the Butterfly Bar marries advanced mechanical design with exercise science, resulting in a tool that revolutionizes traditional weightlifting exercises. If you're looking to elevate your strength training routine and enhance the efficiency of your workouts, the Butterfly Bar is the answer. Experience the future of weight training and unlock the limitless possibilities it offers.

Traditional Barbell
vs
The Butterfly Bar

No Movement: Traditional barbells have a static motion, which can result in a less fluid and less controlled exercise experience.

Limited Range: Limited to basic exercises, restricting the range of muscle groups targeted, leading to a less diverse workout.

 ❌ Produces Strain: Traditional barbells can cause increased joint stress, potentially leading to discomfort and injuries, especially for beginners or those with pre-existing conditions.

Unnatural Muscle Engagement: Static motion doesn't optimize muscle engagement, possibly leading to less effective muscle development.

Monotony & Repititive: Traditional barbells can lead to monotonous and repetitive workouts over time, making the training experience feel dull and uninspiring.

✔️Movement: Unlike the steady non-existent motion of a traditional barbell, the Bar's synchronized movement ensures a smooth and controlled exercise experience.

✔️Versatile Range:
allows for a wider variety of exercises, targeting diverse muscle groups and enabling a more comprehensive workout regimen.

✔️Joint-Friendly Approach: The controlled movement of the Bar minimizes joint stress, making it a suitable choice for users of varying fitness levels.

✔️Enhanced Muscle Engagement: The synchronized movement of the Bar amplifies muscle engagement, leading to more effective muscle development.

✔️Compact Efficiency: With its compact design, the Bar offers a full-body workout possibility making it a space-saving solution.

No Movement: Traditional barbells have a static motion, which can result in a less fluid and less controlled exercise experience.
Limited Range: Limited to basic exercises, restricting the range of muscle groups targeted, leading to a less diverse workout.
 ❌ Produces Strain: Traditional barbells can cause increased joint stress, potentially leading to discomfort and injuries, especially for beginners or those with pre-existing conditions.
Unnatural Muscle Engagement: Static motion doesn't optimize muscle engagement, possibly leading to less effective muscle development.
Monotony & Repititive: Traditional barbells can lead to monotonous and repetitive workouts over time, making the training experience feel dull and uninspiring.

✔️Movement: Unlike the steady non-existent motion of a traditional barbell, the Bar's synchronized movement ensures a smooth and controlled exercise experience.
✔️Versatile Range:
allows for a wider variety of exercises, targeting diverse muscle groups and enabling a more comprehensive workout regimen.
✔️Joint-Friendly Approach: The controlled movement of the Bar minimizes joint stress, making it a suitable choice for users of varying fitness levels.
✔️Enhanced Muscle Engagement: The synchronized movement of the Bar amplifies muscle engagement, leading to more effective muscle development.
✔️Compact Efficiency: With its compact design, the Bar offers a full-body workout possibility making it a space-saving solution.

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