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Hi Travis, thanks for the video. After using GymAware and Flex for the last 8 years on pro rugby players and Uni students I've found that velocities can be very different from a person to another. For example I've seen 1RM Bench Press going from 0.22 to 0.04, and 1RM Squat from 0.43 to 0.13. Same for other %, and the more speed, the more differences between people. My question is where do your goal velocities come from ? Is it an average velocity for each % coming from your datas ? Thanks for your answer. Fred
First, it's always good to get the individual profiles because they will be completely different sometimes. The thing you have to ask yourself is: what kind of athlete does one need to be to succeed in the particular sport? If someone can grind a 1RM squat at .13, that's awesome for powerlifting not so much for sprinting, weightlifting, or something that requires a high RFD. The adaptations necessary for a squat that slow are things like greater pennation angle of muscle fibers, greater lateral force transmission, a shift in all fiber type toward slower twitch in order to continue firing for a longer period, etc. Whereas a 1RM at 0.4m/s is going to require better SSC and elasticity, greater rate coding, etc. For Rugby, it depends on the position. For a position that requires high speed, I would make decisions that stimulate high rates of force development. Does that help?
Thanks for your answer @TravisMash. Do you recommand to use an average / median for each position, at each %, and use the +/- 7% to establish a more accurate goal velocity depending on players position ?
Love this program and Dr. Yessis! I've been utilizing this program for a few years for myself and youth athletes I strength train and can't recommend/endorse it enough. If you're smart, you can sub in and out different movements to really maximize each kid or group and even layer in some heavier moments while still having the foundational movements that keep them healthy. Kids get strong on this program, and it improves their technique with the high frequency and 20 rep set range. Adults can get a lot out of this as well as most have neglected a lot of the smaller isolation movements that can really help improve flexibility and stability.
I could easily make you one. Are you using GymAware RS or Flex? You will need to know force and rare of course. You might want to read the article as well.
2200 N. IMTP-PF with Force Hooks system (dynanometer): 764 N. I'm wondering if the Force Hooks system is valid. Could you help me understand please ? Thank you :)
I mean you can always do whatever you want, but the goal is to perfect movement, maximize fiber recruitment, and hypertrophy. A caloric deficit isn't optimal, but that doesn't mean that you can't. Make sense?
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It's pretty straight forward. I am curious what you thought though? There is so much to learn about sport science. We try to pack so much into our minds in school.
Great breakdown of a complex subject! Speed is a very overlooked component of general fitness outside of sports. I use resistance band exercises at maximum velocity and definitely notice the benefits. That, strength training with power cleans and push presses mixed in makes me feel like my general abilities are way higher than if I just do strength training alone without any explosive movements. A great side effect for me seems to be that it takes away the stiff slow feeling I tend to get from strength training alone.
Absolutely. For example a deadlift isn't going to be as fast as a squat due to: 1. no stretch reflex and 2. less range of motion to create velocity aka impulse=force x time.
How do you know your 1RM to get the % from while doing the profile? Also, I don't want them to actually perform 1RM during the proifle. Should 80-85% be enough?
To estimate a 1RM, you can either do a repetition max and convert, or you can work up to an 8 RPE 1RM while performing the profile, and then you can use velocity to predict a 1RM
It’s the internal forces that matter versus the force expressed by acceleration of barbell. The main things that matter are maximum effort causing high threshold motor units to be recruited, and maximum high threshold motor units require the barbell to slow down allowing for maximum actin-myosin cross-bridges. It’s the force created by the torque created at the joint. The internal force countering the external force.
Barbell slows down for maximum force: isn’t that because of increase load and not through fatigue? Repetition method is more for motor unit recruitment but I would assume forces would be lower given same mass but less acceleration because last rep you will be tired. If speed decreases in a 5RM at maximal intent the first couple reps (or the ones with most acceleration are the most forceful reps.
Three main Components of Hypertrophy: - Increase in Voluntary force - Increase in voluntary velocity - Increase in proximity to muscular failure Barbell slows because of increased load and fatigue both recruit maximum motor units so you could do 5 reps to maximum or near maximum at around 85% or 10 reps at 70% and both would slow to nearly same velocity around 0.3 m/s +/- .1-.2
Starting strength is interesting. If you are using it for squats it’s highly dependent on SSC. The better you utilize SSC the better starting strength.
In the market to fit my gym with gymawares. Can’t find any videos comparing yours to others on the market. Do you guys have any plans on doing a video on comparing your product to others?
Hi @themikehancho ! We don't plan on creating comparison videos as they can come off as bias. We'd recommend you to look for independent scientific validations and studies of products before making this important decision as it's the most unbiased, and backed by research. Here's a study you can look at: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7900050/ (Scroll through and read the discussion and conclusion sections) Here's an excerpt from conclusion: "However, to date, only the GymAware [9, 25, 26, 54], T-Force [54], Open Barbell System [53], Tendo Fitrodyne [53, 54, 58], and Fitrodyne (Fitronic) [9] have been directly compared to a ‘true’ gold-standard 3D high-speed motion-capture system set-up during free-weight resistance training. When these devices have been directly compared to each other during free-weight exercises [9, 53, 54], it appears that the GymAware provides the greatest accuracy. This accuracy may be due to the device’s ability to account for horizontal displacement and variable rate sampling which is distinct to this device. Additionally, the T-Force demonstrates acceptable accuracy when exercise is performed within the Smith machine Accelerometer devices have shown promise, but the accuracy of these devices is still questionable" If you'd like more resources: - Comparison of the two most commonly used gold-standard velocity monitoring devices (GymAware and T-Force): bit.ly/3PffMVC - www.flexstronger.com/flex-sensor-validation-study/ - gymaware.com/camera-based-systems-gymaware/ - gymaware.com/gymaware-vs-tendo/ - www.flexstronger.com/velocity-based-training-device/ Feel free to email us if you have any questions (info@gymaware.com)
Sorry I am just now seeing this. Bands are great for higher velocities and possibly increasing the speed of the eccentric contractions. However, unless you monitor, you aren't assured of max effort and hence max velocity. Of course, there are so many adaptations that are important that don't require bands like eccentric overload that you get with weight releasers.
In the initial part of the lecture there were specific velocity ranges for the different parts of the curve (strength speed, etc.) but in the end of the lecture you say to add or remove .25m/s from peak power to get to strength speed or speed strength. How come you would use this instead of the general recommendations, especially if the value ends up not falling within the 0.75-1.00m/s or 1.00-1.25m/s ranges?
Who is the "better" Athlete? All Speed is the same. 1 Athlete: BenchPress of 70kg x 8 Reps 2. Athlete: BenchPress of 80kg x 7 Reps 3. Athlete: BenchPress of 50kg x 12 Reps I´m looking for a way to set up a VBT-Scoreboard. one metric will be the "calculated" 1RM, but I'm looking for a second method. Thanks for your help!
@@gymaware firstly, thanks for your quick answer. It really helps with my paper. But i still got the same question. Did I improve on the effort board when: my best so far was 100kg*6 Reps with 0.5 m/s . next week it is 110 kg * 4 Reps with 0.4 m/s. Do you know what I mean?
I wouldn't say that there is one to aim for. It's going to be load dependent. Speed strength is faster than peak power, strength speed is slower than peak power, so it's just the aim of the greatest peak power within those corresponding velocities.
@@bryanmann5712 Hey Bryan, question for you. Do we have a universal velocity value for bar speed of a 1 RM power clean? In other words, a general velocity threshold in order to complete a successful rep with 100% intensity?
Why do you setup the unit sideways? Doesn't this negate the praised angle-correction? True, especially on a Trap Bar there shouldn't be much offset and gripping the bar could introduce some travel that's not part of the load moving but then why even bother with the second option? 2016 the Kinetic-Performance-Channel showed only two setup-options and the unit always was facing the sagittal plane. Am I missing some development?
Hey James, glad to see you're on the ball. You're correct the unit should be flipped 90 degrees in order to properly correct for angle. Some coaches and athlete prefer the second option for Trap Bar Jumps.
