Velocity-Based Training
Prescribing and Assessing the Effects of Resistance Training

By (author) Amador Garcia Ramos

ISBN13: 9780367756901

Imprint: Routledge

Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Format: Hardback

Published: 08/04/2025

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Description
Velocity-based training (VBT) is a contemporary method of resistance training (RT) that has become popular among sport scientists and practitioners due to the proliferation of devices that allow accurate real-time monitoring of movement velocity during RT exercises. The main input of VBT is the lifting velocity of repetitions performed with maximal intent (i.e., executed as fast as possible). Barbell's velocity monitoring is known to have important applications for (I) enhancing training quality, (II) prescribing RT intensities and volumes, and (III) assessing day-to-day physical readiness and training-induced neuromuscular adaptations. Velocity Based Training looks to describe how movement velocity can be used as a supplement to or replacement for more traditional methods commonly used to prescribe RT and assess its effects on neuromuscular function This new volume thoroughly examines the scientific literature related to VBT. Consisting of 15 chapters that have been distributed in 5 sections covering the main topics of VBT. In each section the reader is presented with (I) the importance of the topic, (II) the investigations that have contributed to the development of the topic, (III) guidelines for applying the scientific knowledge in practice, and (IV) scientific gaps that need to be addressed for a more accurate implementation of VBT. The key audience for this book are academic researchers and postgraduate students interested in the field of strength training and conditioning. Practitioners or emerging practitioners in the field of sport and kinesiology could also benefit from this book as it provides research-based guidelines that facilitate the implementation of individualized VBT programs in real-world training settings.
List of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface Table of Contents Section I: Introduction to velocity-based training Chapter 1: Methods of prescribing resistance training Chapter 2: What is VBT? Chapter 3: Types of velocity variables Section II: Prescribing resistance training from velocity Chapter 4: Prescription of the intensity Chapter 5: Prescription of the volume Chapter 6: Programming with VBT Section III: Assessing neuromuscular performance from velocity Chapter 7: Maximal mechanical capacities Chapter 8: Maximum velocity maintenance capacity Chapter 9: Interpreting individual changes in velocity performance Chapter 10: How are coaches implementing VBT? Section IV: Strategies to increase velocity performance during training Chapter 11: Using velocity to provide feedback Chapter 12: Manipulation of intra- and inter-set rest periods Chapter 13: Warm-up protocols and ergogenic aids Section V: Commercially available velocity monitoring devices Chapter 14: Factors to consider when purchasing a velocity monitoring device Chapter 15: Reliability and validity of commercially available velocity monitoring devices References Index
  • Biomechanics, human kinetics
  • Sport science, physical education
  • Tertiary Education (US: College)
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