I have no clue why this is called the “football” bar. But from the point of view as a coach and personal trainer, it is a great piece of equipment to have in a gym or training center.
It looks like a normal barbell except that it has handles that are diagonal to the bar (see pic below) this allows the hands to be in a position that puts less stress on shoulders.
Shoulder injuries are a problem. In fact it is so prevalent that I just had a staff education session to teach our trainers more about how to handle personal training clients with current or former shoulder injuries.
Here Are Our Trainers Learning How To Find And Release Trigger Points That Cause Shoulder Pain
The grip of the football bar allows exercise to be performed with less stress on shoulders, preventing injury.
I got 4 of these football bars for our new training center (the biggest and best private gym in Singapore) due to be open in August 2009!
Also, because of the number of people with pre-existing shoulder injuries (they didn’t get them from training with us!) this kind of modified bar is a necessity. It allows training “around” the injury so that the rest of the body doesn’t get weak. We can train and get strong even while a client is going through our 16 week shoulder rehab program that fixes the causes of the injury.
We work from very simple to very advanced injury prevention routines that “bullet proof” your shoulder from future injury and make you stronger than ever. Golfers, tennis guys and anybody who does anything where pushing, throwing or swinging is involved can benefit.
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