Muscles and Management
Muscles and Management
Episode #51 The Future of Technology in Training and Tracking Metrics with Exsurgo CEO Greg Lutton
*SHOW TIMESTAMPS FEATURED AT THE END*
In this episode Gerry welcomes on Exsurgo (strength training and sports performance technology company) CEO Greg Lutton to discuss all things training, measuring metrics in training and the impact that can have on sports performance and maximizing athlete potential.
To start, Gerry has Greg bring us through his background. From his own career in sports, to attending Harvard and even designing video games, Greg explores his background and how the combination of sports, strength and conditioning and tech (video games) impacted his venture into strength training technology/devices.
From there, Greg talks about Exsurgo, and how he and Max Schmarzo (Strong By Science) first came together to create easy to use, affordable and effective technology to measure the vertical jump. The conversation then turns to the future of Exsurgo and their goals for training technology and the implications training tech can have on measuring athlete readiness, injury reduction and more.
All that and more on this episode of Muscles and Management!
Show Timestamps
8:40- Background of Greg Lutton
13:12- Greg’s Experience off The Field and how it Impacted Him
16:45- “Strong by Accident”
19:40- Non-Contact Injuries
22:00- You Cannot Get Fast by Doing Nothing!
24:30- Competition Breeds Improvement
26:10- “Everybody Wants The Best. But They Don’t Want to Work to be The Best”
27:53- Losing
30:00- Greg’s Failures and How They Shaped Him on His Path of Using Tech with Athletes
44:22- Greg’s Start with Exsurgo
53:25- Different Tools to Measure Vertical Jump
59:20- Greg’s Thoughts on Where Technology is headed in Training
1:05:20- Using Tech to Avoid Overtraining
1:14:50- Where Does Tech Belong in Sports?