Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Office Hours with David Meltzer
Episode: Jacob Rothman, Dr. Otto Janke, Andrew Bryant, Bill Snyder
Description: Jacob RothmanHe was a member of MIT’s varsity baseball team when he herniated a disc in his back while doing a warm-up set of squats. He believes he could have avoided injury if he had lifted the weight properly, but he couldn’t always have a strength coach looking over his shoulder, so he & some fellow MIT student-athletes – Nate Rodman and Jordan Lucier – decided to build a coach of their own, a digital version that could visually monitor every lift.Dr. Otto JankeDr. Otto Janke has been immersed in helping people t...