Prescribing and adjusting resistance training loads using measured barbell or movement velocity.
VBT uses a device (linear position transducer, accelerometer, or camera-based system) to measure the speed of a lift in real time, allowing load, volume, or fatigue to be managed against velocity targets rather than fixed percentages of 1RM. It is often used to estimate daily readiness and autoregulate training, since velocity at a given load can fluctuate with fatigue and neuromuscular status. The specific velocity thresholds, load-velocity profiles, and 'velocity loss' cutoffs used in practice vary across devices and studies, and are not fully standardised.
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