Push, makers of wearable technology for the weight room, received a strategic investment from the owners of the San Francisco 49ers.
Push and the 49ers have been collaborating on a data research initiative aimed at empowering the 49ers training program during the team’s offseason program.
“Over the past two decades, sport technology has moved past the research lab setting to reach the training room where wearable technology helps teams gather data daily, resulting in practical recommendations for improved performance,” said Rami Alhamad, CEO, Push. “The 49ers performance staff recognizes this opportunity, and their feedback has been instrumental. There is huge potential for our technology to have a major impact in the NFL, where professional athletes are constantly looking for ways to maximize performance.”
Push technology currently markets two product offerings: Push Vital Assessment and Push Band.
The Vital Assessment was developed with feedback from the 49ers performance staff and is an all-in-one athlete readiness assessment solution, which captures key data about the athlete’s subjective and physiological readiness.
The Band is a water-resistant, sweat-wicking armband worn just below the elbow, capturing highly sampled motion data during training from the athlete and then leverages advanced algorithms to analyze and interpret the athlete’s effort during training.
The data is designed to be collected over months of training to answer key questions about an athlete’s progression.
“We see great value in the metrics that Push technology is able to provide in the management of our training process,” said Mark Uyeyama, director of human performance for the San Francisco 49ers.
