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Velocity based training exercises and workouts Let’s talk about specific velocity based training exercises, including the squat, bench press, deadlift and Olympic lifts. Learn how to implement them in your VBT workouts and VBT training [...]

Adaptations from Isometric Contractions If you have been following along with this series on specific adaptations to various stimuli, then by now you know that each muscle along with all [...]

Adaptations from Eccentric Contractions   In the previous topic, you learned that each muscle is capable of three contraction types: concentric, eccentric, and isometric. Each contraction type has specific adaptations to render its own [...]

Adaptations from Concentric Muscular Contractions   Each muscle along with all of its elements right down to the smallest contractile unit of the sarcomere is capable of three contraction types: concentric, eccentric, and isometric. [...]

Bryan Mann talks Velocity Based Training [webinar] If you've read about velocity based training, you probably heard of strength coach Bryan Mann. In fact, Dr Bryan Mann was the first to come up with the [...]

Repetition Velocity: The Adaptation is in the Speed On the Internet, it’s overwhelming with the amount of information that you can find. The hard part is determining what information is [...]

Rate of Force Development (RFD) The ability to express massive amounts of force is important, but unless you are a powerlifter it’s not as important as the ability to express [...]

Train to velocity failure, using velocity stops In my previous article, we talked about training to failure, meaning you can’t do another repetition. The truth is, that definition of training to failure is a bit [...]

How to safely train close to failure Training to failure is effective, but is it more effective than non-failure training? Is training to failure really necessary? It turns out that in most cases, the benefits [...]