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Physicists Probe the Barbell ‘Whip’ Elite Lifters Use to Their Advantage
Key Takeaways
- A Penn State graduate student used modal analysis to measure how Olympic barbells vibrate and bend.
- The study compared bars and loads using accelerometers and hammer taps on suspended barbells.
- Higher bending modes showed a surprising frequency increase at higher loads.
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DT Editorial Team··via arstechnica.com