User Friendly: Jacob Tober on MetricVBT

Our guest this week is Jacob Tober of MetricVBT. Jacob joins us from Australia to give us the inside track on his company. They are creating a very user friendly app for your workouts in the gym.

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Maximise your workout effectiveness by monitoring key metrics like velocity, power, range of motion and tempo with just your smartphone.

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