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Avoid overtraining with velocity cutoffs

How to Use Velocity Cutoffs

If you're guilty of overtraining, the number you need to pay attention to is velocity loss within a set. Velocity loss is the speed change from your fastest to your slowest rep. You can influence recovery speed and athletic adaptations if you manipulate velocity loss.

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Load velocity profile

Build your personalized athletic profile

Athletic profiles are the foundation of VBT. Profiles are a collection of your athletic abilities organized into a simple graph. Elite athletes use this all the time to maximize every rep. Now with VBT technology, you can use it too.

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Why track your workout data? | Calibrex

Why track workout data?

There are two simple ways to track progress in the gym. Add more weight, add more reps. Obvious, right? For most people this is enough, but something is missing for you. You feel like there's more to it than that. There has to be! Turns out you're completely right, something is missing.

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What is Velocity Based Training | Calibrex

What is Velocity Based Training (VBT)

In this post, we're breaking down what Velocity Based Training is, and why you should care.

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Prepare for your next workout with Calibrex

How can data prepare you for your next workout

Advancements in technology have helped shift our society to a more connected, data-driven day-to-day. You use your phone to keep track of your friends, your bank account, and life-changing decisions, every day. So why shouldn't you use it to make the most out of your workout, too?

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How to increase your vertical leap by 5% in just 6 weeks 🚀 - Calibrex

How to increase your vertical leap by 5% in just 6 weeks 🚀

Real-time objective feedback has scientifically proven to enhance training performance in just 6 weeks. Feedback is used to drive motivation, and increase lifting intent and competition. It’s important to note all participants were professional rugby players and Mr. Nic Gil - New Zealand...

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Improve jump performance with augmented feedback - immediate benefits and long-term training effects 🏋️ - Calibrex

Improve jump performance with augmented feedback - immediate benefits and long-term training effects 🏋️

Feedback is 🔑 As athletes, getting good quality feedback is extremely important. We want to know if and how much we’re improving over time and how we’re doing compared to the competition.Athletes can now, easier than ever, get real-time feedback...

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Michael Boyle on VBT (Velocity Based Training) - Calibrex

Michael Boyle on VBT (Velocity Based Training)

After first meeting with @michael_boyle1959 about 6 months ago, we came back to @mbscofficial to get Michael’s feedback on our progress and had a great discussion on monitoring velocity, his ideal tool for MBSC, and more. Tune into the conversation...

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