by Unai Pérez de Arriluca | Mar 3, 2021 | Sport tech and science
The intestinal microbiota is presented as a key variable in sports performance. We know that there is a direct relationship between the gut microbiota and the consumption of probiotics. Science supports that a balanced diet and meals increases athletic performance in...
by Vitruve Team | Feb 26, 2021 | Sport tech and science
Fatigue can be understood as a reversible and temporary loss of voluntary force production capacity (1). Depending on its duration we can understand it as chronic or acute fatigue. While acute fatigue can be improved with some changes in rest and lifestyle habits. The...
by Vitruve Team | Jan 26, 2021 | Sport tech and science
Velocity-Based Training (VBT) is arguably the most significant technological advancement available to strength athletes. Moreover, linear position transducer units are more affordable now than ever before, and thus, more available for athletes to use. Personally, my...
by Leandro Carbone | Nov 11, 2020 | Sport tech and science, Strength and science
Everyone in the sports science world has ever heard of the pioneering work of Archibald V. Hill in 19221 and 19382 about the relationships among muscle force, velocity and power. His work not only derived in the award-winning of the 1922 Nobel Prize in Medicine but...
by Oscar Repiso | Apr 30, 2020 | Sport tech and science, Tecnología deportiva y ciencia
Vitruve’s new brand launch brings plenty of new features, such as the new encoder, and the new vision we have of the VBT, leaving behind the restricted range that Speed4lifts could have. In this case, I am going to expose the new features of the software and...
by Oscar Repiso | Apr 30, 2020 | Sport tech and science, Tecnología deportiva y ciencia
Since Speed4lifts started in 2017, we’ve been focused on improving the product always guided by all the feedback you have given us. We are very grateful, since this is what has guided us in the construction of this new version. Taking advantage of...
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