The People Behind the Tech Podcast: Keke Lyles – Uplift Labs

“With technology now, we’re starting to understand movement in a way that we didn’t really understand before,” Keke Lyles tells Joe Lemire and John Portch.The Director of Performance at Uplift Labs was on the pod to discuss how the company’s AI can reduce injury risk in athletes.There is no better candidate to delve into injury prevention and mitigation than the man often credited with saving Steph Curry’s ankle.We made a whistlestop tour of his work at the Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks and, of course, the Golden State Warriors.Also on the agenda were:How the stress of a season can affect movement quality, tissue quality, and range of motion [14:00];The often misunderstood elements of load management [17:00];Keke’s jump from the world of sport into the tech space [31:20];Why he believes the next performance frontier will be in player development [34:30]. Joe Lemire Twitter | LinkedInJohn Portch Twitter | LinkedInListen above and subscribe today on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher and Overcast, or your chosen podcast platform.