TrueCoach is growing and we couldn’t be more excited. This the first in a series of posts where you'll get to know a little bit more about the newest members of the TrueCoach team. We'll kick this off with Jack Forrest, Senior Web Developer and TrueCoach's resident bashtronaut. How did you first get into software development? Building MySpace layouts for friends was my gateway drug. After that I found a few …
Why We Chose Boulder
Anyone that has done even a minimal amount of research about Boulder, Colorado knows that Bon Appetit, Men’s Journal, Movoto, USA Today, several local venture capitalists, serial entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley, and dozens more have taken a turn at the microphone to pitch it as a fantastic place to live. When the Techstars Chicago program ended in October, we knew we wouldn’t be staying in the Windy City …
The Ultimate 2016 CrossFit Games Breakdown
Since 2012, I have enjoyed the spectacle of the Reebok CrossFit® Games more and more each year. Both as a spectator and a coach, the events themselves have become more grandiose, the athletes are much more capable and the design and layout of the events have consistently improved. From a coaching standpoint, the Open, Regionals and Games are what my planning revolves around for many of my clients. Almost all of …
From Fourth Grade To TrueCoach
A complete bundle of nerves, my friend Casey and I sat down to an open laptop in Orlando for a Google hangout with Troy Henikoff, Brian Luerssen, and Dan Willoughby in Chicago. In a matter of minutes, they were smiling and nodding on our screen, confirming TrueCoach’s acceptance into Techstars Chicago. Time stood still for a moment. We were speechless. It was the best kind of validation. Casey and I have been …
TrueCoach Partners With OPEX
We're extremely proud to announce our partnership with OPEX Fitness, a leader in the coaching and coaching of coaches space. Their name speaks for itself - they've worked with tens of thousands of clients worldwide, written over a million programs, produced over 50 CrossFit Games competitors, 500 CrossFit Games Regionals competitors, and their leader, James (OPT) Fitzgerald, was the champion of the inaugural CrossFit …
The Challenge Of Distance Coaching
Article by guest contributer, Greg Deitz. One of the many hats that I wear is to work with some athletes remotely. This presents an all new level of difficulty to an already difficult field of strength and conditioning. It is not simply writing down a program and saying go. There is and always will be one central challenge to any distance coach and that is the ability to monitor and actually coach their …
TrueCoach Partners With Central Athlete
Before writing the first line of code for TrueCoach, we knew that a powerful and high-quality exercise library with great demo videos was going to be a key feature for both coaches & their clients. We analyzed the existing video libraries on the market, and noticed a few problems: poor to mediocre quality, horrendous form that put clients at risk, or, really great & in-depth content, but too long for the …
Programming To Scale
Article by guest contributer, Sean Pastuch I have always heard of athletes talking about their remote coach, like the man behind the curtain or a mythical creature there is this seemingly wise person out there writing programming that turns average people into savages. When I started digging deeper into what kind of work is being programmed for athletes, I noticed that there is really nothing revolutionary out …
Online Coaching – The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
Article by guest contributer, Pat McCarty As a coach and programmer, my week is spent in an ever-flowing river of data. I send out programming to my coaching clients, they receive it, they do the training, they video some of the movements, upload the video to their blog, log their results, I review the results, and the cycle begins again. In fact, my ability to be effective as a coach depends on technology. There …