Research & Engineering
Deep dives into the biomechanics, thermodynamic modelling and systems architecture behind the FORWOD engine.
Metro Retro // Issue 01: Recalculating the 2012 CrossFit Games
Every now and then, the team here at Forwod likes to take a step back from the sciencey stuff and just geek out over past feats of human physical performance. We are fascinated by ...
READ →Chad Mackay's peak on Isabel — higher than the athlete who beat him by seven seconds.
The Generalisation Trap: Deconstructing the 1955 Cadaver Heuristic
The accuracy of any digital physics engine is fundamentally dependent on the quality of its baseline inputs.
The 'Mach-7 Crash': Proportional Pacing and the Physics of Blind Telemetry
In applied kinematics, there is a fundamental difference between building a physics engine for a university biomechanics laboratory and building one for a commercial tracking envir...
Estimating Non-Linear Power Degradation in Elite Athletes
In our previous discussions, we established the mathematical architecture required to calculate absolute mechanical Work—bridging the gap between the conservative force of gravity ...
Modeling Divergence: Gravity Mechanics vs. Fluid Dynamics in Ergs
A persistent, unresolved challenge in quantifying modern athletic capacity is rectifying the extreme mechanical differences across disparate training modalities.
Fast Forwod: The Transition from Heuristic Estimation to Deterministic Kinematics
Measuring human work capacity across mixed-modal fitness presents a profound metrological gap in modern sports science.