ERGON: Utvecklingen av en ergonomisk träningsbänk för ökad funktionalitet
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 15 credits / 22,5 HE credits
Student thesis
Sustainable development
The essay/thesis is mainly on sustainable development according to the University's criteriaAlternative title
ERGON: The development of an ergonomic weight bench for increased functionality (English)
Abstract [en]
In Sweden, 21.4% of all residents have some type of membership at a training facility. This corresponds to approximately 2 million inhabitants. Within every single training facility there is some type of training bench. The training bench has been a standard in the training industry for a very long time. Despite this, no major development of this product has taken place. The biggest improvement was the introduction of adjustable seats and backrests. Apart from this, the training bench has not changed. This created an interest to investigate potential areas of improvement.
The purpose of this thesis is to explore which exercises are difficult to perform on a training bench, while also looking at other elements that may hinder the user from a good experience and thus develop and update the bench to better fit today's user needs. This includes functions a training bench needs to become more user-friendly, ergonomic and facilitate training.
The implementation of this work was a linear, iterative design process. The design process I carried out during this project mainly consisted of four phases. Research, idea generation, prototyping and testing.
The result is the concept "ERGON: The ergonomically adapted training bench" adapted and optimized for ease of use through different features such as adaptive dumbbell racks, shelves for private use and a small slit at head level of the backrest to facilitate the use of hairstyles such as ponytails.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023. , p. 43
Keywords [en]
design, industrial design, bench, weight bench, ergonomics, gym, training, exercise, gym equipment
Keywords [sv]
design, industridesign, gym, träning, tyngdlyftning, bänk, träningsbänk, gymbänk, ergonomi, gym utrustning
National Category
Design
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-43062OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hig-43062DiVA, id: diva2:1800099
Subject / course
Design and styling
Educational program
Industrial Design
Supervisors
Examiners
2023-09-262023-09-252023-09-26Bibliographically approved