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PT Manager's Live Analyser Shows A Progression Working And Backs The Number Up
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: PT Manager's Live Analyser lays a live skeleton over a client on camera and reads rep count, joint angle, depth and tempo in real time, readable from three metres mid-set. It gives a trainer the same consistent read every rep, so a chosen progression, more range, a slower tempo, a held bottom position, is seen actually happening, and the number behind it can be trusted rather than guessed at.
The short version
Today's first post covered checking whether a client's number can be trusted. Today's second post covered fourteen ways to progress one exercise without teaching a new one. PT Manager's Live Analyser is where a trainer watches both of those turn from an idea into something happening in the room, live, on camera, while the client is still moving.
Key Takeaways
- Live Analyser lays a live skeleton over a client and reads rep count, joint angle, depth and tempo in real time, readable from three metres mid-set.
- It gives the same consistent read every rep, cutting down two of today's first post's four risks, measurement error and observer bias.
- Range, tempo and held positions, three of today's second post's fourteen progressions, are exactly what the skeleton tracks through a rep.
Seeing the number instead of estimating it
A trainer counting depth or tempo by eye is doing the job the four checks from earlier warned about: two different sessions, two different guesses, however careful the eye. Live Analyser reads the same joints the same way every time, mounted once, watched from across the room. The skeleton shows solid where the tracker is sure and faint where it's guessing, so a trainer knows exactly when to trust the trace and when to check by hand instead.
Seeing the progression instead of assuming it landed
A slower tempo, a deeper range, a held bottom position, three of the fourteen progressions from earlier, all live inside the same rep, and all three are easy to believe happened without checking. Side-on for a squat or a hinge, front-on for a press, the camera reads joint angle and depth through the whole movement, so the progression chosen is the progression a client did.
Where this fits
None of this replaces the trainer's own eye or the checks that come before it. It gives both a second read, consistent, live, and readable from across the room while coaching continues.
What to do next
Today's first post covered trusting a number. The second covered fourteen ways to progress one exercise. PT Manager is free the moment you sign up with any FASTER course, and its Live Analyser is where both of today's ideas get watched happening in real time.
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Does Live Analyser replace the checks from today's first post?
No. It supports them. A consistent camera read removes one source of measurement error and observer bias, but the same test still needs to be repeated and compared to know if a result holds up.
Which of the fourteen progressions from today's second post can it actually see?
Tempo, range and held positions are the clearest on camera, since the skeleton tracks joint angle and depth through the whole rep, not just the start and end.
Do I need special equipment to use it?
A phone, mounted to film side-on for a squat or hinge, or front-on for a press. That's the whole setup.
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