🚨 Online Symposium 8th April 🚨 Free for members, with workshops and presentations focused on upskilling within biomechanics. ✅ open-source markerless algorithms ✅ Functional Data Analysis (FDA) ✅ applied biomechanics in elite sport ✅ annual conference details + Q&A

End-of-semester means some "free" time to tinker with #biomechanics projects, like this "bullet time" animation of a discus throw 😀 Happy holidays, everyone.

Our lab is off to Tucson, AZ to collect data at the 2024 North American Open Finals. Come find us if you want to geek out about #biomechanics of #weightlifting, like this amazing 200kg jerk by 81kg lifter Dae Hee Kwon from South Korea at this year's World Jr Championships.

One of the most impressive lifts from the 2024 IWF Jr WC's in Leon, Spain. This was Guan Ling Chen's 98kg snatch from the 55kg A session. Totally amazing. @DaneChamps and I talk a bit more in depth about weightlifting in this podcast, recorded in Leon! https://t.co/lcTV1yE9YP

Upgraded our hammer throw #biomechanics analysis. Added a ball force vector to better understand patterns of force application. The increase in the tangential force during double support is pretty cool to see. Also include single/double support phases and high/low points.

Putting the final touches on my presentations for the European Shot Put Conference this weekend in Tallinn, 🇪🇪. And yes, one of them will focus on the discus😀

I recently had the opportunity to travel with @USWeightlifting to Leon, Spain, for the @iwfnet Jr World Champs to conduct in-comp biomechanical analyses. It was an amazing experience. Thanks to so many people, but especially @MarcosASoriano1 for your help and hospitality.

Congratulations @NayunAhn_Ahnna on the first publication from your dissertation! Really cool study on muscular effort during the sit-to-stand task in young and old adults. https://t.co/NrEnhiNDjG @MUMike24 @ProfCaraLewis

It's hammer #biomechanics time! The tracking is not quite there yet, and it took us longer than expected to get to this point, but thanks to our amazing grad student Emma Patterson for her perseverance. We're super excited. Happy Friday!

First "to-do" upon returning to the office after summer break and watching Rojé Stona throw 70m in the men's discus final in the Olympics was to go back and analyze his 69m throw at Throw Town Ramona earlier this year.

Come join our Program in Exercise Science! https://t.co/kjYwbUvZzG @JobsinSportSci

Part 4/4 on the #biomechanics of Mykolas Alekna's discus throw WR is now freely availabe at @hmmrmedia Just in time for the men's discus final at the Paris @Olympics. https://t.co/FZCUXETkXR

I am happy, grateful, and humbled to share my promotion to full professor at @MarquetteU and appointment as director of our exercise science program. Thanks to all who helped along the way. Let's continue to light flamethrowers rather than curse the darkness and #BeTheDifference

Part 3/4 on the #biomechanics of Mykolas Alekna's discus throw WR is now freely availabe at @hmmrmedia. And it's on one of my favorite technical aspects, the orbital path of the discus! So have a look and let me know if you have any questions. https://t.co/3nbWQkwhfH

Part 2/4 of our #biomechanics report on Alekna's discus WR throw is now up on @hmmrmedia. It examines foot contact patterns and sub-phases of the delivery - perfect for anyone who's ever pondered the importance of double support during the delivery😀 https://t.co/aQgx0Hq7Qo

We are super excited for the release of part I of this series on the #biomechanics of Mykolas Alekna's WR discus throw just in time for the @Olympics. Thanks go to too many people to list here, but they're mentioned in the report! https://t.co/Ijfpnf6XMX

Early morning trail run up the #Gaisberg merits an extra bowl of the best @KelloggCompany breakfast cereal ever - #Chocos!!! Hopefully it'll also help minimize DOMS for the remainder of @isbs_conference

Slowly making my way to @isbs_conference in Salzburg via the scenic route. I think @MatteoGenitrini passed me twice ... Looking forward to seeing everyone soon! #Zirleseck #WillersAlpe

We packed up cameras and force plates and drove to Pittsburgh for @USWeightlifting Nationals. Emma and @WandaSihanath even put together a poster & QR code with cool #weightlifting #biomechanics stuff. Anyone in Pittsburgh who wants to talk shop let me know, I'll buy coffee!

Quick follow-up to my last post on GRFs during #weightlifting exercises. For us the catch phase = time between peak (-) and 0 velocity i.e., the catch "starts" when the lifter is able to slow the "fall" of the bar & GRF exceed SW (not when GRF "spikes" and feet make contact).