01 / Intelligent Training Platform

Every rep is data. We turn it into decisions.

ORKA reads your training the way an elite coach reads an athlete — velocity, bar path, fatigue, progression. Then it tells you exactly what to do next.

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Early Access · Cohort 01 · Limited
REP01
Velocity0.82 m/s
Depth— —
Bar path±1.4 cm
RPE est.7.5
Demo
ORKA Coach · Insight
Velocity down 14% across set — fatigue building. Depth breaking down from rep 5.
RPE Estimate8.2
Target RPE7.0
Vel. drop14%
→ Drop 5 kg next set to hit RPE 7.0
AppIn development
HardwarePrototyping
WaitlistOpen
Cohort 01Filling
02 / Why ORKA

Most lifters train blind.

Counting reps. Guessing fatigue. Repeating the same program until something stops working. The data that separates casual lifters from athletes has always lived in a lab — until now.

01

No signal, only logs.

A spreadsheet of weights lifted tells you what happened. Not whether you're actually progressing, overreaching, or under-dosing.

02

Programs that stop fitting.

The plan you started with stops reflecting the athlete you've become. No feedback loop. No adaptation.

03

Coaching that doesn't scale.

Elite feedback on velocity, bar path, and fatigue costs $300/hr and a drive across town. Most lifters will never touch it.

The gap

Velocity-based training has been a staple of elite S&C coaching for decades.
Recreational lifters have never had access to it — until now.

03 / The Loop

Training becomes a continuous loop, not a guess.

Every session tightens the model. Every rep sharpens the next decision. Nothing is ever wasted data.

Orka Engine intelligence
Step 01 — Capture

Every rep, measured.

Phone-first today. Hardware-assisted tomorrow. No manual logging required.

Step 02 — Understand

Raw data, read like a coach.

Velocity, bar path, fatigue, intent. Patterns across weeks, not just numbers in a log.

Step 03 — Train

Decisions, not data dumps.

Today's load, tomorrow's session, this block's direction — ORKA tells you exactly what to do next.

04 / Roadmap

Three horizons.

The app is in active development. The hardware is in the workshop. The full intelligence layer is the long game. Early members see all three from the inside.

Horizon 01 In development

The App.

The first release. Intelligent training, phone-first — rep tracking, velocity estimates, progression, and adaptive programs, all designed from the ground up.

  • Auto-logged sessions
  • Velocity + tempo analysis
  • Block periodisation engine
  • Weekly readiness signal
Horizon 02 Prototyping

The Clip.

A magnetic sensor designed to snap onto any barbell. Millimetre-grade bar path and velocity, hands-free.

  • Universal barbell mount
  • 6-axis motion + accel
  • Hands-free set detection
  • Cohort 01 gets first allocation
Horizon 03 2027 +

Full Intelligence.

Coach-grade decisioning across the season. Predicting peaks, flagging fatigue, adapting blocks in real time.

  • Season-level planning
  • Fatigue + recovery modelling
  • Peak + meet targeting
  • Coach collaboration layer
05 / Hardware
Engineered for the bar

A clip. Any barbell. Every rep.

A magnetic sensor designed to snap onto any standard barbell in a second. No straps, no body-worn gear. It reads the bar, not your wrist.

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MountUniversal magnetic clip
BatteryAll-day training
Sensors6-axis IMU, designed
ConnectLow-energy Bluetooth
06 / Founders

Built by people who actually train.

ORKA is built by lifters, engineers, and operators who train seriously and think ambitiously about what training should become.

Jordan, CEO of ORKA

Jordan

CEO · Founder

We're not building another logger. We're building the first training system that thinks with you across a whole career.

Background
  • 8+ years in gym environments — personal training, skills development, strength & conditioning, nutrition planning.
  • QUT Sports & Exercise Science student.
  • Successful sole trader — business management and sales experience.
LinkedIn ↗ Instagram ↗
Jacob Kelly-O'Brien, CTO of ORKA

Jacob Kelly-O'Brien

CTO · Founder

The gap between raw sensor data and an actually-useful training decision is where the entire product lives. That's what we're engineering.

Background
  • 10+ years serious lifter — deep domain expertise in form, programming, and human performance.
  • QUT Mechatronics & Physics student; specialist in AI, computer vision, and robotics.
  • Built FlexD Connect — end-to-end AI platform for real-time form analysis and coaching, with early traction via gym pilots.
  • President, QUT Society of Entrepreneurs.
  • Antler Entrepreneur & MIT StartMIT alum.
LinkedIn ↗ X ↗
07 / FAQ

Questions, answered.

What is ORKA, exactly?
An intelligent training platform for serious lifters. It captures your training, reads it the way a coach would, and hands you the decision — what to lift, how hard, when to back off, when to push. Today it's a mobile app. Next, it's app + hardware.
Can I use the app now?
The app is in active development. Cohort 01 members will be invited first, ahead of a broader release. Waitlist now reserves your spot and keeps you updated every step of the build.
When does the hardware ship?
The clip is in prototyping. We're not publishing a shipping date until we're confident — Cohort 01 sees every milestone and gets first allocation when we're ready. No fake deadlines.
Who is ORKA built for?
Intermediate-to-advanced lifters who take training seriously. People who want to stop guessing and start progressing like an athlete. Not beginners, not casual gym-goers.
What's Cohort 01?
The first group of people we build with. You get priority app access, first shot at the hardware, direct founder updates, and founding-member consideration on pricing when we launch.
Is the waitlist paid?
The waitlist is free. We're not charging to reserve a spot. Founding pricing will be offered to Cohort 01 only when the product is ready — on our word, not upfront.
Why join now, not later?
Cohort 01 gets first app access, first clip allocation, founding pricing consideration, and direct input on what we build. Once launch hits, pricing and access change. Early movers lock in.
08 / Join
ORKA

Join Cohort 01.

Priority access to the app. First allocation of the hardware. Direct updates from us as we build. Zero spam, ever.

+Priority access to the appDay one
+First allocation of the clipCohort only
+Founding pricing considerationAt launch
+Direct founder updatesWeekly

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