StrengthPRO
We are happy to announce that the StrengthPRO app is finally available for our members. StrengthPRO is built using the R Shiny and the {STMr} package. It is a simple yet powerful tool to create a custom set and rep schem…
Author: Mladen Jovanović
Mladen Jovanovic is a physical preparation coach from Belgrade, Serbia, grew up in Pula, Croatia (which he considers his home town). He was involved in physical preparation of professional, amateur and recreational athletes of various ages in sports such as basketball, soccer, volleyball, martial arts and tennis.
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Reps at 80% 1RM? Can They Be Useful for Individualizing Reps-Max Table?
The more weight you put on the bar, the less reps you are able to do. This is common knowledge and a phenomenon we want to describe, predict and intervene upon. However, this relationship tends to differ between individu…
Slides From Presentation in Celje, Slovenia
I was pleased to present at a small conference held in Celje, Slovenia, organized by Robert Simonič and the Supertrening crew. It was Johan Lahti and myself presenting for a full two days. I always like presenting at Su…
Managing Athletes Using Trello – Part 2
In the second part of this video series, I will walk you through how to set up Trello for athlete and team management. I will show you which Power-Up to get, how to set up the boards, and some neat techniques like having…
Published Paper on Bias in Sprint Modeling
I am happy to announce that my pre-print paper “Bias in estimated short sprint profiles using timing gates due to the flying start” has been published in Computer Methods in Biomechanics and Biomedical Engineering. T…
Managing Athletes Using Trello – Part 1
The first part builds on top of the material covered in the Managing the Team Using a Simple Visual Board article. Here I will cover Medical or Health Status, Training Status, concepts of Functional Groups, and Mini-bloc…
Managing the Team Using a Simple Visual Board
The recent developments and increased affordability of technology in sports created a certain belief that teams must collect and analyze a tremendous amount of data to monitor and manage their athletes. This involves, bu…
Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 6
In this sixth and final installment of this article series, I will explore whether the “causal” interpretation of the Force-Velocity Profiling "holds water” using N=1 testing.
Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 5
In this article I will do a simple simulation to acquire insights about the practical usefulness of the AVP and FVP optimization models.
Optimal Force-Velocity Profile for Sprinting: Is It All Bollocks? – Part 4
In the previous installment, I have demonstrated how to perform sensitivity/optimization analysis of the Acceleration-Velocity Profile (AVP) using (1) probing method and (2) slope method. In this installment I will expla…
