Muscle activation tracking with Power

How to use Power

1. Choose your exercise and sensor placement

Open Power and choose the exercise you're about to perform - such as Squat, Push-up or Pull-up. Power automatically shows sensor placements relevant to that exercise, right on the same screen - for example, Push-up suggests Triceps or Deltoids. If the muscle you want isn't listed, choose Other. Then select the Puck you're wearing.

2. Position yourself in the camera

Set up your phone so the camera can see your body and movement. Start your session and begin exercising.

3. Watch your muscle work

As you exercise, Power tracks your movement visually and measures the electrical activity of the muscle under your Puck. When your muscle activates, you'll see it glow in real time on your body in the camera view. Power also tracks your reps and records your EMG and movement data throughout the session.

See what happened after your workout

When your session ends, Power lets you explore the workout you just performed. Scrub backward and forward through your session to see:

• Your muscle activity - explore the complete EMG time series and see how activation changes throughout your workout.
• Your movement - view synchronized acceleration data from the Muscle Puck.
• Your motion replay - Power saves a pose-based stick-figure representation of your movement. As you move through the timeline, the stick figure moves through your workout with you.
• Your reps - compare reps detected visually with reps detected from muscle activity.

This lets you explore something you normally can't see: what your muscle was doing inside each movement.

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