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09/20/2022

Perch Raises $4M for 3D Strength Tracking
09/19/2022

Train smarter with this Cambridge startup’s weight room tech
A new technology is coming to the weight room.
Founded by three MIT athletes, Cambridge-based Perch uses computer vision and machine learning algorithms to monitor an athlete’s movements during exercise in the gym. The startup recently raised a $4 million round from investors like Bradley Bloom, Ledgeways Ventures LLC and Byron Jones, who plays cornerback for the Miami Dolphins.
09/14/2022

Weightlifting Camera and Data Company Perch Raises $4 Million Funding Round With Miami Dolphins’ Bryon Jones Among New Investors
09/13/2022

Perch is Changing the Game of Velocity-Based Training
04/13/2022

Spotlight: Perch Offers a New Type of Fitness Tracker
12/09/2021

To protect and progress: Glenbrook South student-athletes lifting faster, smarter, thanks to new weight room tech
This school year Glenbrook South implemented a new piece of equipment in its weight room designed to monitor and improve training results without beating people up.
The MIT-developed Perch system consists of a 3D camera that straps to a weight rack -- it's on all 14 racks in Glenbrook South's weight room -- and a computer application.
11/12/2021

Training Like The Pros: Glenbrook South Using MIT-Developed Tech
06/27/2021

Exclusive: Saints Install Perch’s 3D Camera Technology
The New Orleans Saints have become the latest client for the 3D camera technology in their workout facility. The technology helped to propel LSU to their 2019 National Championship.
Perch co-founder Jacob Rothman recently met with the New Orleans Saints and head strength and conditioning coach Dan Dalrymple. Perch installed their 3D camera technology inside the team's workout facility in Metairie.06/25/2021

How the Saints are using 3D cameras and motion tracking in the weight room to gain an edge
06/23/2021

Terps Install 3D Cameras On Weight Racks To Assure Safe Lifting
06/16/2021

LSU Football Trainer Jack Marucci Transitioning to Director of Performance Innovation
05/15/2021

Meet Perch, the new weight room staple that’s becoming a game-changer in the SEC and beyond
Jacob Rothman wasn’t a massive college football fan. He was just your standard MIT graduate/ex-college baseball player who wanted to change the way people lifted weights.
But when longtime LSU strength and conditioning coach Tommy Moffitt made the Tigers the first collegiate or professional sports team to roll the dice on Rothman’s new velocity-based training program “Perch” in 2019, there was suddenly an obvious rooting interest for the team on the Bayou.
05/10/2021

Perch Weight Room Tech Added to More NFL, College Football Facilities
05/07/2021

Weight Room Technology Boosts Sports Performance
04/05/2021

MIT spinoff brings artificial intelligence to the weight room
03/01/2021

Pro And College Teams Use New Workout Device That Enables ‘Smart’ Weight Racks
02/01/2021

Perch is Reinventing the Weight Rack and Helping Athletes Train Smarter
06/16/2020

LSU Football Strength Coach Tommy Moffitt Recaps First Week of Workouts, How Technology Has Helped in Return
06/03/2020

An Inside Look at the Technology That Will Help LSU Football Return to Peak Physical Condition
12/04/2019

LSU Is Winning the Weight-Room Arms Race With Real-Time Data
07/18/2019

Perch, A Techstars Startup, Is Lifting The $30 Billion Fitness Industry To New Heights
05/17/2019

LSU football’s new power play: How strength AND speed is giving a true measure of Tigers
10/02/2018

Meet the 10 startups in Techstars NYC’s summer 2018 class
08/10/2018

These exercise startups are sweating it out
04/24/2018

Perch: The Future of Strength Training
01/10/2018

Perch Looks to Reinvent the Rack with Smart Tech
09/20/2017

Perch – A Camera/Tablet Combo Making Gains for College Athletes Everywhere
06/16/2017

Pushing the limits of athletic performance
06/13/2017

Perch Uses 3D Cameras Attached To Weight Racks To Help Athletes Train Smarter
01/18/2017

This MIT Startup’s 3D Cameras Analyze the Performance & Health of Athletes
01/18/2017

Introducing: Perch, The Startup Using Machine Learning In The Gym For Smart Workouts
