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PT Manager's Timer Laps Every Station, So Your Eyes Stay On The Carry
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 method for finding which muscles a loaded carry trains. The second explained why a functional circuit block chains a swing, a carry, a push and a pull back-to-back with minimal rest. PT Manager's Live Analyser carries a timer that laps and snapshots splits on its own, camera on or off, so a trainer's attention stays on the carry's ribs and the client's line rather than four separate stopwatches.
Two posts, one gap in the middle
Today's first post named the muscles working through a loaded carry, and why the ribs staying level over the pelvis matters more than the grip. The second explained why a functional circuit block chains a swing, a carry, a push and a pull back-to-back, with only the walk between stations as rest. Neither post, on its own, tells a trainer how to run all four stations without four separate stopwatches on the go.
A lap for every station, without resetting anything
PT Manager's Live Analyser carries a timer built for exactly this. Set it going once and it laps and snapshots a split on its own, camera on or off, working through a swing, a carry, a push and a pull in turn without a trainer needing to start and stop a phone between each one.
Watching the carry while the clock runs itself
The same screen carries a skeleton-only tracking mode alongside the timer, following the joints on any exercise rather than only the squat, press and hinge presets. On the carry that sits second in today's circuit, that's the readout that answers today's first post's question, whether the ribs are staying level over the pelvis as the station wears on. With the lap handled automatically, a trainer's attention is free to watch that line rather than split between four stations and a stopwatch.
Signing up and passing are still different moments
PT Manager doesn't wait for a certificate before a trainer can open the Live Analyser and get familiar with it. That starts the day someone signs up with FASTER. What passing a course adds is real clients, so the same timer that's free to practise with today is the one running in a paying session once Movement Trainer (AFT), covered in today's second post, is passed.
What to do next
Today's first post covered reading a loaded carry. The second covered why four stations get chained into one functional circuit block. PT Manager is where both get coached in real time, open the moment you sign up, with the full toolset switching on the day you pass a course.
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See what the course covers →Frequently asked
Does the timer work for a whole circuit or just one exercise?
It laps, so each station of a circuit, the swing, the carry, the push, the ropes, gets its own split without a trainer resetting a separate stopwatch each time.
Does the Live Analyser only read squats, presses and hinges?
Those three have dedicated rep-count presets, but a skeleton-only tracking mode follows the joints on anything, including a carry or a sled push, which is why it fits a functional circuit block.
Do I need to have passed a course to use it?
PT Manager opens the moment you sign up. Adding real clients, the part that matters for coaching a paying session, unlocks once a course is passed.
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