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Velocity-based training (VBT) instead of traditional method Athletes perform strength training to build power, strength, and increase their body mass (Suchomel, Nimphius, Bellon,  & Stone, 2018). Traditionally, coaches typically prescribe specific loads relative to the maximum weight the athlete can move only once, which is called a 1RM, or a maximum repetition (Banyard, Tufano, Delgado, …

One of the great problems that training has today is to measure the effect that a stimulus has on the body. For doing so, we can measure the fatigue we have accumulated. The body responds to stimulus by adapting to them, and this is how we gain strength. But, how do we know what stimulus …

Currently, the method used to express the intensity of lifting a load is the % of 1 RM. As we have explained in previous articles, the 1 RM of each exercise is a good method to know our fitness, and the velocity of execution allows us to know it without having to do a maximum …

Strength training is done in almost all sports nowadays. You dedicate yourself to running, throwing, scoring goals or lifting bars, part of your training will be strength and probably with loads. That’ss why optimizing performance achieved with strength training should be one of the goals of any athlete or coach. In this post we are …