The Perch Blog

Jacob Rothman and his co-founder created Perch, a company with the goal of making the world a stronger place. Perch enables athletes and coaches to effortlessly quantify weight room performance through a camera enabled device and software. This provides groundbreaking insights to their clientele through the use of AI in their tech stack.

One of the most helpful parts of VBT is that coaches and athletes can autoregulate using velocity based training, learn more in this blog post!

perch product updates for the mid-year of 2023 from quarter 1 and quarter 2

Load velocity profiles are important to track progress and use VBT or velocity based training effectively. Learn more in this blog post!

Asa part of this interview, we had the pleasure of interviewing Jacob Rothman, co-founder of Perch. Jacob Rothman was an MIT varsity athlete when he herniated a disc in his back during a routine workout. While recovering from his injury, he started to brainstorm ideas for a device that could help athletes better quantify workouts in the weight room

Perch – the first and only piece of weight room technology built for athletes and coaches – has announced a weight rack integration launch with Life Fitness and PLAE, giving users of the equipment an opportunity to elevate their weight room experience by quantifying performance with velocity-based training.

VBT or velocity based training can get complicated, so we wanted to keep the benefits simple in this blog post!

One of the most prevalent uses of AI in fitness is for form correction, and Perch combines a 3D camera with machine learning to capture complex movements. University of Georgia Football has been using Perch for a few years now, see the impact it has had on their program

Strength training has been around for centuries, learn how it has evolved into today's version and the future of technology in strength training

The introduction of technology for athletic performance has been incredibly helpful to improve health, wellness, and performance for all athletes.

Perch – an MIT-developed, Al-backed weight training platform that is helping a growing number of professional and collegiate athletic programs improve overall performance in the weight room and on the field – recently announced Miami Dolphins cornerback Byron Jones as an investor.

The journey through life offers many twists and turns. For 2016 MIT graduate Jacob Rothman, his journey has helped him become a revolutionary in the sports and tech world. Rothman first fell in love with sports, specifically baseball, in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was one of the most popular sports where he grew up.