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An innovative, portable alternative to battle ropes, perfect for use at the gym or at home.
PowerFlex look towards designing a product to replace Battling Ropes and their deficiencies of being bulky, noisy, cumbersome to shift, one weight per rope and, of course, take up a lot of gym real estate. They have succeeded to do this and much, much more… under the PowerFlex brand.
PFX Battle Bars is a set of flexible bars with weighted ends, the combination of which creates “Accelerated Forces” during training, these accelerated forces during training substantially increase an athlete’s Power & Strength like no other available training product.
Through this “Velocity Based Training” format, they enable an athlete to throw flexible weighted PFX Battle Bars in any direction, at any velocity, through almost most any exercise routine, safely.
The “Accelerated Forces” generated from the Battle Bars are totally unique to the world of fitness and offer almost unlimited fitness and sports specific exercises and routines.
PFX Battle Bars are awesome to train with and can be marketed to all fitness categories including gyms, boot camps, hotels, martial arts, UFC, golf, tennis, physio and much more.
PFX Battle Bars are the only Accelerated Force fitness product to increase an athlete’s power without heavy weights.
PowerFlex with its distally weighted flexible bar creates Accelerated Forces during training therefore substantially increasing an athlete’s power.
Sports – Power related, Golf, Tennis, Baseball, Boxing, Athletics, MMA, Martial Arts.
PowerFlex training bars help with throwing/hitting related sports where production of power and control of limbs and/or instruments through segmented movement are essential. The weight and free moving nature of the bars allow for production of force to initiated in specific and purposeful positions. The flex nature of the bars then requires a deceleration/control aspect of movement in relation the force produced and the abruptness of coming to a stop and/or changing force vector.
PowerFlex Battle Bars are an integral pathway to strength and conditioning training for sports such as golf, tennis, cricket, and softball/baseball as force can be produced and utilised through the oblique sling and in full range of motion with a lag/drag effect.
HIT Training
Intensity is an easily controlled variable with PowerFlex Bars. This can be dictated by range of motion, force, speed, or weight of the bars and can therefore be used for both high and low intensity training modalities.
HIIT Training
The broad range of movements available with the PowerFlex bars along with the easily controlled intensity allow for HIIT training to be quite simply utilised. Creativity and programming of this training will be up to the individual’s creativity and wants/needs of training. The versatility of the PowerFlex bars will allow for this to be an enjoyable and worthwhile endeavour.
Muscle Response
– Concentric & Eccentric
The free-flowing nature of the PowerFlex bars which allow for acceleration, deceleration and change of direction allow muscles to go through both concentric, eccentric, and isometric stimulation within a single set if desired. This is an exciting prospect for athletic trainers and strength and conditioning coaches for coaching athletes in these modalities.
Compound Training
The versatility of PowerFlex bars allow for both compound and isolated movements to be performed. These can be performed separately or in a single set if desired.
Functional Training
The free-flowing nature of the PowerFlex bars also movement in and direction and/or plane, paving the way for a multi-directional functional movement.
Conclusion: Velocity-based training is a highly effective and versatile training modality that allows trainees and coaches to adjust load and volume based on an incredibly accurate metric. It provides more flexibility in your workout, accounts for “bad” and “good” days and provides you with a new form of training that focuses on muscle speed as well as strength. If you’re looking for a way to shake things up, switching from percentage-based training to velocity-based training could be an excellent way to improve your training performance and see results in a whole new way.
For more information visit: www.powerflexfit.com
Images shot at Bodyfit Redfern
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