Legacy Athlete app connection and training

Connect the encoder over BluetoothCopy Anchor Link

1. Switch on the encoder.
2. Check the UP/DOWN switch and set it to UP, so the encoder reads upward movement.
3. Make sure the encoder is in Bluetooth mode. When it turns on, its screen shows BT (rather than WIFI). If it shows Wi-Fi, change the mode from WIFI to BT before continuing.
4. Open the app. A Vitruve V icon with a red dot in its upper-right corner means no encoder is connected. Select that icon.
5. Wait for your switched-on encoder to appear in the list, then select it.

The encoder's indicator light is red at first and turns green once it is connected to the app.

If the encoder does not appear in the list, check that it is on and in BT mode, then select the V icon again. For current hardware troubleshooting, see Encoder troubleshooting.

Place the encoderCopy Anchor Link

Find a suitable magnetic or metal surface, such as the rack, to place the encoder on, and secure the encoder to the barbell with the provided velcro strap. Placement guidance for current hardware is in Connect and place the encoder.

Start and finish a workoutCopy Anchor Link

1. Position the encoder on a suitable surface (a rack or metal surface).
2. Fasten the encoder to the barbell securely with the provided velcro strap.
3. Power on the encoder and connect it to the app.
4. Select Start in the app.
5. Choose an exercise.
6. Enter the load.
7. Wait until the encoder screen shows GO before you start your repetitions.
8. When you have finished, select END to open the RESUME screen, then save or discard the workout.
9. Optionally, rate your perceived exertion (RPE) on the bar shown at the end of the workout.

Your workout is stored once you select END and then SAVE. If you close the app without saving, see recover unsaved workouts.

Choose automatic or manual set startCopy Anchor Link

Read the workout screenCopy Anchor Link

The main workout screen shows every set and rep performed, lets you enter the barbell weight, and opens settings.

• Back: moves through the menu without pausing the workout. Select Continue to return to the exercise. Some settings cannot be edited while a workout is unfinished.
• Select Exercise: switches exercise when you perform several exercises with the encoder. Turn the encoder off before you select a new exercise, then turn it back on, to avoid false rep counting.
• Last 3 Trainings: shows the maximum Mean Velocity (MV) achieved with the same load in your last three workouts. No records means you have no previous workout with that load.
• V: shows the encoder's connection status.
• Current Load: sets the weight you intend to lift.
• Rest timer: by default counts the time since the last set. When the rest setting is enabled, it shows a countdown and then announces the athlete's name followed by five beeps.
• 1RM: shows the estimated 1RM from the lift performed, when the exercise has an RM equation. Nothing appears if the exercise has no equation or if the 1RM filter is excluding the rep. Select the 1RM to open a weight to lift slider that calculates today's load from a percentage of the estimated 1RM.
• SET header: shows the set number, weight used, average mean velocity, and fatigue. Select it to change the weight, add a comment, or delete the set.
• Rep rows: each rep shows rep number, mean velocity (m/s), peak velocity (m/s), mean power (W), range of motion (inches or cm), and estimated 1RM when calculated. Swipe a rep left to edit or delete it.
• START/RESUME: when it shows Continue in red with a red border around the screen, the encoder does not register reps. Use this state while you move the unit, to prevent ghost reps.
• END: opens the RESUME screen with the whole workout, where you save or discard it.
• Rate of Perceived Exertion (RPE): a wellness question you answer at the end of the workout.
• Camera: records the lift with the velocity shown on the video and saves the reps.
• Gear: opens the workout settings described below.

Workout settingsCopy Anchor Link

Select the gear icon to open a screen with two buttons, Training settings and Filters. Enabled options such as fatigue, feedback, and rest show their own icons at the bottom right of the exercise screen.

Training settingsCopy Anchor Link

• Feedback: spoken feedback of the main metric. The iPhone or iPad says the main metric aloud.
• Fatigue: velocity loss, as a percentage. Intra-series fatigue is the velocity loss within a set; between series fatigue is the velocity loss across sets.
• Velocity-Zones: set an upper and/or lower velocity limit. Reps outside the zone turn the bar green and trigger beeps. Enable the option and save the settings for it to take effect.
• Rest: a countdown that starts after each set and signals when to lift again.
• Countdown: while it is running the encoder does not record reps. Useful for getting into position, for example for pull-ups.
• Eccentric: shows both the concentric and the eccentric phase of the movement.
• Automations: enabled (default), you do not need to select Start Set before each set. Disabled, the set finishes automatically after a time you specify without reps.
• Metrics: choose the main metric (for example MPV) and the secondary metrics (for example fatigue, peak velocity, ROM).
• RPE: after the workout, a window asks for the session RPE.

FiltersCopy Anchor Link

Both filters can be set per exercise.

• ROM Filter: stops unwanted movements from being counted as repetitions, using a range-of-motion threshold you can customize. Use it to discard un-racking movements, or to measure a specific portion of a complex movement. The default is 8 inches; see editing an exercise.
• 1RM Filter: with light weights or high velocities, 1RM estimates are inaccurate. Limiting estimation to medium and low velocities improves accuracy.

Train without an internet connectionCopy Anchor Link

You can train in the legacy app without an internet connection.

1. While you still have internet access, select the top-left button on the main screen to switch to offline mode. The app needs internet the first time so it can download the data it needs onto the device.
2. Train as usual while offline.

In the legacy Vitruve Teams app the process is the same, except you choose which athletes' data to download to that device; see Legacy Vitruve Teams training.