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Ask What They Felt, Then Let The Live Analyser Show What Actually Happened
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: Today's first post gave the four-step method for working out which muscles an exercise trains, run on a kettlebell swing. Today's second post covered guided discovery, asking a client what they felt on a rep instead of telling them what to do next. PT Manager's Live Analyser lets a trainer run both at once: ask the question, and while the client answers, the live skeleton overlay is already reading the hip angle, the depth and the tempo, so the trainer has the client's own words and an objective read of the same rep, at the same time, rather than having to choose between listening and watching.
Two posts, one moment on the gym floor
Today's first post ran the four-step method on a kettlebell swing and named the glutes and hamstrings snapping the hip straight as the thing worth watching closest. Today's second post made the case for asking a client what they felt on a rep instead of talking them through every part of it. Both are real skills. Put together, they leave a trainer with a question worth asking and a body part worth watching, at the exact same moment, on the exact same rep.
Where both things happen together
PT Manager's Live Analyser lays a live skeleton over a client mid-set and reads the joint angle, the depth and the tempo as it happens, side-on for a squat or a hinge. A trainer can ask "where did you feel that one" and watch the hip angle on screen while the client is still answering, so the client's own description and the number behind it arrive at the same time instead of one being checked against a memory of the other five minutes later.
Why that beats picking one or the other
Asking without watching means trusting a client's felt sense of a movement they've done maybe a dozen times in their life. Watching without asking means a trainer never finds out what the client noticed, which is the part guided discovery is built on. Doing both live means neither one has to be taken on trust. The client's answer either matches the hip angle on screen or it doesn't, and either way a trainer has learned something real about that specific client's kettlebell swing.
What to do next
PT Manager opens the moment you sign up with any FASTER course, and the Live Analyser is there from the start. Adding real clients unlocks the day you pass one. Movement Trainer (AFT), £375, is today's second post in full, teaching guided discovery this feature is built to work alongside. Read more at PT Manager.
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See what the course covers →Frequently asked
Does the Live Analyser replace asking the client questions?
No, it sits alongside it. The question gets at what the client noticed; the skeleton overlay gets at what the joint actually did, and a trainer benefits from having both rather than trusting either one alone.
Do I need special kit to run it?
No, it runs on the phone or tablet already in a trainer's kit bag, side-on for a squat or a hinge like a kettlebell swing.
How does this connect to today's earlier two posts?
The kettlebell swing post named the hip snap to watch for, the guided discovery post gave a question to ask about it, and the Live Analyser is where the answer to that question can be checked against the hip angle live.
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