AURUM Coaching App
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Lesson Overview

The Training App is your real-time window into what the client is actually doing. During every session, it displays live output data, power curves, and feedback indicators that tell you whether the effort is optimal — and give the client immediate visual confirmation of their own performance. This lesson covers how to read and act on what you see during and after a session.

Learning Objectives

  • Interpret the four power curve types during a live set
  • Use the green/orange biofeedback indicators to guide effort
  • Read the inner and outer circle displays and what they represent
  • Explain the session summary metrics to a client after training
  • Use Output Normalized to compare progress across different ROM settings

Live Biofeedback: Green & Orange

During a session, the app shows the client real-time output feedback through two colour states. This is the primary motivational and coaching tool during the 60 seconds of each exercise.

Green — Above Target
The client is producing output above the target threshold for this exercise. Green is the goal. Use verbal cues to help the client sustain this level: "Hold it, keep pushing."
Orange — Below Target
Output has dropped below target. This often signals fatigue, loss of focus, or backing off too early. Prompt the client to re-engage: "One more rep, don't stop." Orange is feedback, not failure.

Inner & Outer Circle

The app's main display shows two concentric rings during a set. The outer circle represents the target output level (based on the client's previous best for this exercise). The inner circle shows the client's current output in real time. When the inner circle fills toward the outer, the client is on target. When it falls short, they are below. This visual is client-facing — turn the WACOM tablet toward them so they can see their own effort live.

Session Summary Metrics

After each session, the app generates a summary with the following metrics. Use these in your debrief with the client — they are the core of the AURUM value proposition.

Output (Total)
Total mechanical work done in the session, measured in joules or watt-seconds. The primary progress metric. Compare session-to-session to show the client they are getting stronger.
Output Normalized
Output adjusted for range of motion. If the client's ROM changes between sessions, raw output numbers are not directly comparable. Normalized output corrects for this, allowing fair session-to-session comparison.
Max Force
The single highest force value recorded in the session, across all exercises. Represents peak neuromuscular output. Tends to come from leg press in most clients.
Weight Equivalent
The force output converted into a familiar "kg lifted" figure. Useful for clients who come from a gym background and relate to weight-based progress. Not a literal weight — it is a translation of the output data into relatable terms.
Balance
Left-to-right symmetry score for bilateral exercises. A significant imbalance (e.g. >10–15%) indicates muscular asymmetry worth addressing through coaching cues or, over time, unilateral work.
Workout Streak
Consecutive sessions completed without a break longer than the recommended interval. Use this in client conversations to reinforce consistency — it is one of the strongest behavioural levers for long-term retention.

Power Curve Types

The power curve displayed during each exercise tells you how the client is applying force across the movement. There are four recognised patterns — each has a coaching implication.

Pine Tree (Christmas Tree)
5 descending peaks — high force on rep 1, progressively lower as fatigue sets in. This is the ideal strength training curve. Means the client is giving maximal effort from the start and fatiguing correctly.
Parallel (Flat)
Consistent output across all 5 reps — no decline. Expected on the Torso Extension (controlled core tension, not explosive loading). In other exercises it typically means the client is holding back. Cue: "Give more on each rep."
Funnel (Building)
Output increases across the 5 reps. Seen in injury management protocols where a cautious ramp-up is appropriate. Can also mean the client warmed up into the exercise. Not always a problem — context-dependent.
Erratic / Explosive
Irregular peaks with sharp spikes on the concentric and near-zero on the eccentric. Classic sign of a gym-trained client using momentum. They push hard, then release — the opposite of what the AURUM protocol requires. Needs active coaching correction.