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Reading a joint properly and building a programme that survives Hyrox fatigue use the same eyes. PT Manager is where both live
From the FASTER syllabus: this article is taught in full in PT Manager, free with any FASTER course →
In short: Reading a joint's real range of motion and checking a borrowed Hyrox plan both come down to watching properly and reasoning from what you see. PT Manager's Live Analyser reads the movement in the room, and the programme builder holds the reasoning behind every session, so neither skill has to be re-done from memory each time.
Reading a joint properly and building a programme that survives Hyrox fatigue use the same eyes. PT Manager is where both live
The short version
Today's earlier posts covered two different problems that turn out to be the same skill. One was reading whether a client's joint moving differently from the diagram is how she is built or a real injury risk. The other was checking whether the Hyrox plan a client found online holds up before you build sessions around it. Both ask you to watch properly and reason from what is true in front of you.
The same read, twice today
A joint's range of motion and a borrowed training plan look like unrelated problems until you notice what they share. Neither one has a single correct answer sitting in a textbook. Both need a trainer who can watch, reason and decide, the exact skill HMAC eyes is built to teach: seeing movement with precision instead of describing it approximately, and doing it live, on the person in front of you.
Key Takeaways
- Reading a joint's range of motion and checking a client's borrowed plan are the same underlying skill, watching properly and reasoning from what's true, applied to two different problems.
- PT Manager's Live Analyser lays a live skeleton over a client and reads joint angle and depth as it happens, backing up the eye you have already trained.
- Adding a real client to PT Manager unlocks once you've passed a course, so this morning's joint-reading post and today's Hyrox post both plug straight into the same system.
Where PT Manager fits
The Live Analyser turns the joint-reading skill into something you can see confirmed on a screen. One camera, a live skeleton over the client, joint angle and depth readable from across the room, useful the moment a call on range of motion is close. The programme builder does the equivalent job for the Hyrox client's borrowed plan, once you've run it through research and decided what to keep, it holds the reasoning behind every session so you are not re-deciding the same thing from memory each week.
How it opens up
PT Manager opens the day you sign up with FASTER, so you can explore it and build it around your own business straight away. Adding real clients unlocks once you have passed a course, whichever route got you there, the Certified PT course from scratch, or a specialist or Coach course like Speed for Sport if you are already qualified. Either way, the courses themselves are taught visually and hands-on, listening, reading, writing or dictating your answers, whichever way you learn best, because a skill built on watching movement is easier to learn by watching it than by reading about it.
What to do next
If you are already certified, Speed for Sport adds the change of direction skill from today's Hyrox post. If you want the reading skill from this morning's post as well, Field-Based Biomechanics builds it further. Either way, PT Manager runs from the moment you sign up and stays free once you've passed.
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Also worth a look: Speed for Sport, for change of direction that holds up under fatigue.
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Set-up
- Import clients Bring a whole client list across in one go.
- My quotes Daily lines your clients see — yours, not stock.
- Programme templates The programme shapes you reuse — a session or twelve weeks. Pick one for a client, get your own copy.
- Exercise library Every exercise with FASTER coaching detail.
- Money Products, payments and who owes what.
- Send from your own email Connect your own email service so invites arrive from you, on your domain.
- My brand & client view What your clients see when they walk in — views, header, accent, logo.
- Your enrolment pack What every new client gets the moment you enrol them — your forms, ours, or a mix.
- Products and services What you sell — blocks, packages, memberships and one-offs, with their prices.
- Insurance Your policy on record — provider and expiry. Client features unlock while it is valid.
- My menu Switch any tool on or off — for your menu, your home and your whole account.
- Your website A free website on your own web address, filled from PT Manager. Or just the client sign-in door on your domain.
- Your public page Your verified Trainer Register listing, linking out to your own site and socials.
Business day to day
- Clients Your client list — invite, open a client, manage their space.
- Clubs Group your clients — a board they share, a programme or a monthly price if you want one.
- Challenges A dated push everyone logs against — for everyone you train, or for one club.
- Calendar Sessions, classes, capacity and bookings.
- Reminders The dates your business can't let lapse — insurance and first aid, nagged ahead of time.
- Nudges Who needs a nudge today — opportunities, one tap each.
- Who needs chasing Every conversation about money, in the order to work through them.
- What needs doing Your own list, in your own words — the jobs you keep meaning to get to.
- Till Sell at the desk — cash, card or on their phone — and download the sales sheet.
- What you are making What is coming in every month, what was paid in the last 30 days, and what sells.
Templates and systems
- Forms & interviews PAR-Q, consent, consultations and your own forms.
- Coaching room The coaching tools shelf — wheels, journeys and resources in one place.
- Radar wheels Build a life or performance wheel a client fills in — see change over time.
- Nutrition by FASTER Nutrition sheets and habits without meal-plan pretence.
- Pathways Automated coaching journeys you assign to clients.
- Programmes Start a programme — a session, a month, 12 weeks or a season — and find the ones you have built.
- Games & drills planner Build game-based sessions and drills.
- Sport screens Pick a sport — the shots to film, the analyser, and a ready-made radar of the qualities that matter.
- Movement screen → radar Read joint angles off the analyser — they auto-score and fill a radar wheel.
- Assessment builder Build and run client assessments and re-tests.
- Tag analytics Every tag across your clips, grouped and exportable.
Client
- AI prompts Your reusable prompt library for coaching copy.
- Before & after Side-by-side progress comparisons.
Trainer tools
- Exercise generator Fresh exercise ideas from constraints you set.
- FASTER dice & wheel Spin-and-roll session variety for groups and games.
- Movement demonstrator A 3D model of the FASTER movement patterns — body or skeleton view, prime movers lit up, live joint angles.
- Client video analysis Your media library — client folders and your own. Pick a clip to analyse.
- Movement by FASTER (HMAC) Human movement analysis charts — see how a client moves.
- Live analysis Mount your phone and coach live — skeleton, reps, angles and depth in real time.
- Tell a group One thing, to the right people — and you see exactly who it reaches first.
Media centre
- Video builder Reels, stories and client report videos, in your own branding.
- Image builder Branded posts and cards for your socials, at the right size.
- Shot list builder Every shot with its size, angle, lens, location, people, kit and sound; sorted into shooting order, ticked off on the day, printed or sent as a sheet.
- Storyboard builder Plan a video shot by shot: what the camera sees, what is said, the move and the cut.
- Script writer Write what you will say, with the word count and how long it takes to say.
- Teleprompter Read your script off the screen at your speed, and film yourself behind it.
- Video and image organiser Everything you have made and every source you can pull from.
- Ad builder Make your own ads, coached as you go, in your branding. As many as you like, no fee, no cap.
Frequently asked
Does the Live Analyser replace learning to read a joint by eye?
No, it backs up the read you already have. It shows joint angle and depth on screen in real time, which matters most on the call that is close to the line.
Does PT Manager check a client's training plan for me?
Not automatically, that is the research and design skill Motor Skill Application Specialist teaches. PT Manager is where you hold and run the programme once you have made that call.
When does adding a client to PT Manager unlock?
PT Manager opens the moment you sign up with FASTER, so you can explore and build straight away. Adding real clients unlocks once you have passed a course, either the Certified PT route from scratch or a specialist or Coach course if you are already qualified.
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