Luke - Founder of EVOLVE MVMT

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Profile

45 year old male

Exercise

Runner (ex-cross country/triathlete, ex-1:36/mi pace)

History

Luke has a history of various lower limb injuries, including a long-term issue with his left knee. This has ranged from lateral meniscus (cartilage) damage to patellofemoral pain (kneecap-related pain), which flares up with increased training load.

Using EVOLVE MVMT

EVOLVE MVMT provided insight that 20 years’ physio experience, 10 years of physio study, 28 years of sub-elite running and 17 years of product development did not prepare him for.

The Data Explained

Running Flat

Luke is achieving an average score of 5, both right and left leg performance in very similar with scores in the 4’s and 5’s.

The left leg is underperforming compared to the right.

Running Uphill

Luke's average score has improved to 6.1, as there is less demand on shock absorption when running uphill. Little variation left to right and scores in the 6’s.

Running Downhill

Luke's average score has decreased to 3.0 due to greater effect of gravity and increased need to decelerate. The left leg is performing very poorly and bottoming out with 1’s.

It took higher stress to see that the left leg is quite vulnerable to injury. 

This shows that the left leg performance is concerning and needs rehabilitation (i.e., strength and control work).

The Outcome for Luke

Using EVOLVE MVMT, Luke discovered a surprising weakness: his left leg was absorbing shock very poorly when running downhill—despite performing well on flat ground and uphill.

“Even after 17 years of developing and testing, I had no idea this was happening until I used the new running version of EVOLVE MVMT.”

This insight changed everything. Luke now includes activation exercises and is beginning a targeted strengthening program—not only to improve his own performance, but as a real-world example for the EVOLVE MVMT team to learn from.