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Researched Applications of Velocity Based Strength Training – Paper

This is a paper written by yours truly and Eamonn Flanagan last year on the topic of VBT (Velocity Based Training). Most of the topics were covered and expanded in the series/experimentations: “How to create individual…

Mladen Jovanović August 9, 2014

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How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training? Part 5: Do we need this complexity

What’s the point behind using START and STOP velocities to prescribe strength training instead of using percentages and reps (or rep ranges) and even RPE system? Is the complexity worth it? What do we gain?

Mladen Jovanović June 24, 2014

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How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training? Part 4: Velocity/Exertion Profile

In the previous installment we dealt with creation of individualized rep-max profile. In this part we will deal with one concept that I like to call Velocity/Exertion. I am pretty sure NO ONE has ever written about it b…

Mladen Jovanović June 20, 2014

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How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training? Part 3: Rep-Max Profile

In the previous installment we dealt with analysis of progressive 1RM test, and we got Load/Velocity profile. One thing that is important from Load/Velocity profile, from velocity-based strength training standpoint is MV…

Mladen Jovanović June 16, 2014

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How to create individualized exercise profile in strength training? Part 2: Load/Velocity Profile

I am repeating the data from the previous part before I start with the analysis and visualization. As you can see my 1RM in bench press with ~2-sec pause is 117.5kg and Ivan’s is 140kg.

Mladen Jovanović June 12, 2014

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How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training – Part 1: Testing

When it comes to traditional strength training prescription (a.k.a percent based approach) one uses his latest 1RMs and prescribe 3 to 4, or longer strength training cycle using percentages and reps (e.g. Week1: 5×5 w/8…

Mladen Jovanović June 8, 2014

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Strength Training Reps and Sets Schemes

Regardless of your training objectives (increasing strength in specific lifts, increasing strength overall, bulking up, leaning out, rehabilitation, maintenance, etc), key training parameters (intensity, volume, frequenc…

Mladen Jovanović May 24, 2014

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Percent-Based to Velocity-Based Converter 2.0

I have updated Percent-based to velocity-based converter to include conversion from velocity-based to percent-based approach using load-velocity profile and %1RM-max reps profile. This is important since it allows coache…

Mladen Jovanović September 3, 2013

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How to Track 1RM Without Actually Testing It

Introduction – There are two main methods for estimating 1RM of an exercise: (1) to build up to true 1RM lift and (2) to estimate 1RM from reps-to-(technical)-failure with sub-max weight using various formulas and tab…

Mladen Jovanović September 2, 2013

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Some Great Findings and Ideas From Velocity-Based Strength Training

Some great findings and ideas from velocity-based strength training – I have been thinking more and more about velocity-based lifting recently as a method of prescribing load and volume for an individual. I have wrote …

Mladen Jovanović August 7, 2013

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Researched Applications of Velocity Based Strength Training – Paper

How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training? Part 5: Do we need this complexity

How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training? Part 4: Velocity/Exertion Profile

How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training? Part 3: Rep-Max Profile

How to create individualized exercise profile in strength training? Part 2: Load/Velocity Profile

How to Create Individualized Exercise Profile in Strength Training – Part 1: Testing

Strength Training Reps and Sets Schemes

Percent-Based to Velocity-Based Converter 2.0

How to Track 1RM Without Actually Testing It

Some Great Findings and Ideas From Velocity-Based Strength Training

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