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  • William Sheldon

    William Sheldon

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    William Sheldon coined the term “somatotype” and named its three components — endomorph, mesomorph, ectomorph. He also produced personality theories and a photographic methodology that did not survive scrutiny.

  • Adolphe Quetelet

    Adolphe Quetelet

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    Adolphe Quetelet founded modern anthropometry in 19th-century Brussels. He also designed the formula now misused as BMI. A short profile of his work and its limits.

  • The somatotype experiment

    The somatotype experiment

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    The Afitpilot logo came from a sports science textbook — specifically, the somatochart on the cover of Carter and Heath’s Somatotyping: Development and Applications. Here’s how it became the brand mark.

  • RPE: from a kiosk to Afitpilot

    RPE: from a kiosk to Afitpilot

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    Three years ago I set up an RPE kiosk at a CrossFit box: an iPad on a stand near the exit, copied from the format you tap on the way out of an airport. After each WOD, athletes tapped a number from 1 to 10. This post covers what RPE is, what the kiosk actually…

  • Our Story

    Our Story

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    A personal account of how years in sports science, coaching, and self-taught software development converged into Afitpilot — an adaptive training system built for athletes whose plans need to survive real life.