Velocity Based Training & Autoregulation for Strength - #437

<p>Velocity based training & autoregulation for strength sounds complex, but it's really simple - learn the secrets of this training method.</p> <h3>Why Try Velocity Based Training?</h3> <p>We like simplicity - our tagline is simple, hard, effective - so why add a seemingly complicated piece of equipment and method of autoregulation to your coaching or training?</p> <p>First, this is not for novices. Novices need to add weight simply and linearly, improve technique, and experience the range of difficulties (the many flavors of heavy but doable).</p> <p>Often, a lifter will finally achieve something that equates to something close to an RPE 7.5 or 8. This means, the lifter can accomplish two, maybe three more reps, and either give up on a rep or express fear that he won't be able to do another rep.</p> <p>The reality is, this lifter has likely never experienced this <a href= "https://barbell-logic.com/intensity-vs-volume-explained/">level of intensity</a>. If they have, it's been during a one-rep max attempt.</p> <p>The middle and end of <a href= "https://barbell-logic.com/novice-linear-progression-explained/">linear progression</a> confront the lifter with hardship, and the lifter must willfully overcome the challenge. Voluntary hardship is not simply a catch phrase.</p> <p>Second, velocity based autoregulation is not as complicated as it sounds. Intermediate and advanced lifters regularly use, and coaches often prescribe, programs based on percentages of their one-rep max.</p> <p>The average velocity correlates linearly with percentage of one rep max, so what the lifter is doing is still using a program based on his one-rep maximum.</p> <p>Third, velocity based training (VBT) is objective without requiring the lifter to complete a maximum effort set (either an AMRAP or 1RM).</p> <h3>Autoregulation - Subjective or Objective</h3> <p>Autoregulation adjust the prescribed workout based on the athlete's daily fluctuation and performance. This idea and approach comes from the reality that your athlete is not the same a