Author: Landyn Hickmott

Landyn Hickmott, MS, CSCS Powerlifting Athlete, Coach, & Researcher Landyn Hickmott is an emerging researcher specializing in individualization, autoregulation, and velocity-based training as it pertains to the sport of powerlifting. Formerly, he was a semiprofessional hockey player in the Western Hockey League. Currently, he is a nationally-qualified powerlifter in the Canadian Powerlifting Union and a graduate researcher in the Muscle Physiology Lab at Florida Atlantic University. He will be graduating with a thesis-based Master’s of Science in August and will be pursuing a PhD at the University of Saskatchewan in January. Landyn created Individualized Adaptive Powerlifting Programming; a holistic training system that conceptually integrates RPE and VBT in order to develop an individualized and adaptive model that is optimally customized for each powerlifting athlete. Connect with Landyn here! [email protected]

1RM Prediction and progression: A Sneek Peek into monitoring strategies

1RM is one of the most important metrics – perhaps even the most important metric – that all strength athletes must monitor. Join me as I pull back the curtain and provide a sneak peek into several novel strategies addressing how to work up to a top single, predict 1RM, and progress 1RM using velocity […]

Quantify Proximity to Failure

Autoregulating Volume With Absolute Velocity Stops: A Solution to Accurately Quantify Proximity to Failure Currently, the most commonly employed method of volume autoregulation is the RPE stop; however, it is limited by its inability to accurately quantify proximity to failure. Join me as I address six different examples of employing absolute velocity stops as a […]

Lose less to win more: A comprehensive examination of the velocity loss literature

Velocity Loss

The velocity loss literature provides valuable insight on how far from failure the majority of training should occur, but it isn’t as straightforward as one might think. Join me as I address how to integrate the velocity loss data into the proximity to failure data in order to provide the optimal RPE ranges depending on […]

Systematically individualizing load prescription

Load Autoregulation with VBT

Each method of load prescription is typically thought of as a separate practice; either you prescribe load as a percentage of 1RM, with RPE, or using velocity. Join me as I address how we can integrate all three load prescription methods by formulating first and last rep velocity tables in order to systematically individualize load […]

RPE vs VBT?

The question everyone has been dying to know: RPE VS VBT Autoregulating subjectively (via RPE) and objectively (via VBT) have been supported to be superior to PBT. However, how do they compare head-to-head? Join me as I dive into the first ever study to compare these two methods of autoregulation. Key Points This study was […]