Evan Noble
Founder of LiftTrack · Lifelong lifter · Endurance athlete
I built the strength training app I always wished my Garmin had.
Founder of LiftTrack · Lifelong lifter · Endurance athlete
I built the strength training app I always wished my Garmin had.
I've been lifting for as long as I can remember. It started in high school, around football and lacrosse, and I took it seriously fast. By junior year I sat at the top of my gym's leaderboard and put up 315 on the bench press.
Over the years I've studied and tried just about every strength program out there as my focus shifted from bodybuilding to pure strength. I worked through Arnold's Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding, ran Starting Strength, and dug into 5/3/1 and StrongLifts 5x5. For the past year I've been running Tactical Barbell, the original hybrid athlete program, to hold onto my strength while I train for endurance races.
A few years ago I wanted something more. I loved lifting, but I wanted to compete, just not in the powerlifting or bodybuilding arena. So I signed up for my first half marathon, picked up a Garmin watch like any good runner does, and crossed the finish line completely hooked. From there, the races kept getting bigger.
A race I'd always wanted to do. I entered the lottery, got in on my first try, and realized it was time to learn to swim in the San Francisco bay.
My grandparents ran this race for years and never stopped talking about it. They're past their racing days now, but I flew out to stay with them, ran the mountain they loved, and kept the family tradition alive, with them cheering me on.
26.2. The next step up.
In training now. The biggest test yet.
Through all of it, I never stopped lifting. My Garmin tracked every run, ride, and swim beautifully, but when it came to strength training, the support just wasn't there. As a computer engineer with an entrepreneurial streak, I did the obvious thing: I built the tool I wanted.
It turned out I wasn't the only one missing it. Thousands of athletes felt the same way, and LiftTrack has grown into the strength training app the Garmin ecosystem never had. The big fitness apps overlooked Garmin users, and LiftTrack fills that gap.
