Smart Bench Press

Inspiration

Many injuries occur from completing a bench press in an uncontrollable manner. Therefore, safety provision should start to be implemented within fitness technology.

What it does

It counts the number of reps in full range of motion and accurately accesses the efficiency of the workout. It uses an LCD display to give you a post set analysis of the effectiveness of the workout.

How we built it

We used a Raspberry Pi Pico W, an ultrasound distance sensor, and an LCD display.

Challenges we ran into

Challenges we ran into included trying to make it more of practical use for application and precise distance values.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of the proper lcd display and the mathematical analysis to analyze the full range of motion.

What we learned

We learned about the implementation of various hardware in relation with micropython.

What's next for Smart Bench Press

What's next is using camera imaging and computer vision instead of just distance.

Built With

• micropython
• python
• raspberry-pi