Topic: Open Source Software

[Paul LaDuke]

Chris,

Thanks for your insights. 

The first thing I am going to work on with this particular lifter is the set up.  He does a lot of things right, but his hips are too low.  I am going to raise his hips about 3" to increase his back angle.  If he can maintain that back angle through the first pull and keep those lats tight as you pointed out, the bar path should come into him and fix most of his problems.  Once we correct the set up and first pull, I will video again and see what we get.

I don't want to video every lift because that will just lead to paralysis by analysis.

Have a Merry Christmas!

[Chris Betancourt]

Definitely. What I do is watch the video, develop a strategy to correct issues, and then come back in a few months and repeat.

[Andy Dick]

I played with the software last night and I love it!  Chris LeRoux had told me that the bar was moving away from me at the start to move around my knees and this helps it be a lot more apparent to see when you track the trajectory.  Being pretty much self coached I think this will help me a lot.  Also, and FYI with the program you can draw a verticle line through the bar over the video to get a reference and it works prety well.