ArticleEuropean journal of applied physiology2022
Velocity-based resistance training: do women need greater velocity loss to maximize adaptations?
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 38 citations in OpenAlex.
- Does baseline strength influence adaptations to velocity loss threshold-based resistance training?BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
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- Exploring the Dose-Response Relationship Between Estimated Resistance Training Proximity to Failure, Strength Gain, and Muscle Hypertrophy: A Series of Meta-Regressions.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- Influence of Resistance Training Proximity-to-Failure on Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- The Acute and Chronic Effects of Implementing Velocity Loss Thresholds During Resistance Training: A Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Critical Evaluation of the Literature.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2023Pooled it
- Effects of Low-Load Blood-Flow Restriction Training Versus High-Load Resistance Training on Neuromuscular Performance and Neuromuscular Activation.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2026Trial
- Reliability and Acute Changes in the Load-Velocity Profile During Countermovement Jump Exercise Following Different Velocity-Based Resistance Training Protocols in Recreational Runners.European journal of sport science · 2025Trial
- Effects of movement velocity in squat training with and without blood flow restriction.Biology of sport · 2026Article
- The effect of velocity-based strength training on lower limb maximal strength, power, and muscle thickness: a comparative study of sex-specific adaptations.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Article
- Effects of different velocity loss thresholds on strength, neuromuscular adaptations, and muscle hypertrophy during bench press training in women.Biology of sport · 2026Article
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- Enhancing Lower-Body Power in Highly Trained Female Athletes: Effects of Velocity-Based Strength Training.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effects of Transducer Placement on Load-Velocity Relationships in Smith Machine and Free Weight Squats in Trained Women.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Comparative study of the effects of VBT training with different velocity loss thresholds on lower limb explosive force of adolescent sprinters.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- A novel approach to monitoring selective fatigue in female softball athletes: evaluating load-velocity relationship variables and specific performance metrics.Frontiers in physiology · 2025Article
- Effects of different lifting strategies during resistance training on lower body function in untrained adult women: a comparison between 6-weeks of 10% velocity loss and standard resistance training.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2025Article
- Sex Differences in Neuromuscular Adaptations Following 12 Weeks of Kettlebell Swing Training.Cureus · 2024Article
- Quantity of within-sport distance variety - what can pool swimmers and track runners learn from each other?Frontiers in sports and active living · 2024Article
- A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Differences in Mean Propulsive Velocity between Men and Women in Different Exercises.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Acute neuromuscular and hormonal responses to 20 versus 40% velocity loss in males and females before and after 8 weeks of velocity-loss resistance training.Experimental physiology · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeMen and women typically display different neuromuscular characteristics, force-velocity relationships, and differing strength deficit (upper vs. lower body). Thus, it is not clear how previous recommendations for training with velocity-loss resistance training based on data in men will apply to women. This study examined the inter-sex differences in neuromuscular adaptations using 20% and 40% velocity-loss protocols in back squat and bench press exercises.
methodsThe present study employed an 8-week intervention (2 × week) comparing 20% vs. 40% velocity-loss resistance training in the back squat and bench press exercises in young men and women (~ 26 years). Maximum strength (1-RM) and submaximal-load mean propulsive velocity (MPV) for low- and high-velocity lifts in squat and bench press, countermovement jump and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area were measured at pre-, mid-, and post-training. Surface EMG of quadriceps measured muscle activity during performance tests.
resultsAll groups increased 1-RM strength in squat and bench press exercises, as well as MPV using submaximal loads and countermovement jump height (P < 0.05). No statistically significant between-group differences were observed, but higher magnitudes following 40% velocity loss in 1-RM (g = 0.60) and in low- (g = 1.42) and high-velocity (g = 0.98) lifts occurred in women. Training-induced improvements were accompanied by increases in surface EMG amplitude and vastus lateralis cross-sectional area.
conclusionSimilar increases in strength and power performance were observed in men and women over 8 weeks of velocity-based resistance training. However, some results suggest that strength and power gains favor using 40% rather than 20% velocity loss in women.
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