ReviewSports medicine - open2022
Toward a New Paradigm in Resistance Training by Means of Velocity Monitoring: A Critical and Challenging Narrative.
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- Effects of resistance training performed to repetition non-failure on exercise performance in healthy adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2026Pooled it
- Factors Relating to Sprint Swimming Performance: A Systematic Review.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2025Pooled it
- Residual Effects of Physical Exercise After Periods of Training Cessation in Older Adults: A Systematic Review With Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression.Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports · 2025Pooled it
- Plyometric Jump Training Effects on Maximal Strength in Soccer Players: A Systematic Review with Meta-analysis of Randomized-Controlled Studies.Sports medicine - open · 2024Pooled it
- A comprehensive review of training methods for physical demands in adolescent tennis players: a systematic review.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Pooled it
- Concurrent training based on an individual load-velocity ratio assessment as a better alternative to continuous endurance training to improve hypertension.Scientific reports · 2025Trial
- Impact of resistance training intensity on body composition and nutritional intake among college women with overweight and obesity: a cluster randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in public health · 2025Trial
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- Pre-fatigue Direct 1RM Testing vs. Post-fatigue Load-Velocity Profiling: Which Better Predicts Maximal Strength in the Deadlift After Resistance Training?Sports medicine - open · 2026Article
- Effects of maximal versus submaximal intended velocity resistance training on muscular fitness adaptations in older adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Sports medicine and health science · 2026Review
- Biomechanical and Physiological Demands of CrossFit: A Systematic Review.Journal of human kinetics · 2026Review
- Concurrent Validity and Between-Session Reproducibility of Agreement of GPath for Mean Propulsive Velocity Assessment During the Bench Press Exercise.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Improved Neuromuscular Performance in Low-Load vs. Moderate-Load Resistance Training Among Young Elite Swimmers.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Comparison of Velocity-Based Performance and Velocity Loss Between Traditional and Safety Squat Barbells During the Squat Exercise.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Velocity-based resistance training in institutionalized older adults: protocol for an experimental study with follow-up.Frontiers in aging · 2026Article
- A framework of imitative behavior analysis for animal exercise courses via human pose estimation.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Repetition velocity during the leg and chest press in older adults: influence of starting execution technique.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- Load-velocity relationship in the free-weight horizontal and incline bench press.Scientific reports · 2025Article
- Characterization of Load Components in Resistance Training Programs for Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Scoping Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Impact of Re-Warm-Up During Resistance Training: Analysis of Mechanical and Physiological Variables.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
For more than a century, many concepts and several theories and principles pertaining to the goals, organization, methodology and evaluation of the effects of resistance training (RT) have been developed and discussed between coaches and scientists. This cumulative body of knowledge and practices has contributed substantially to the evolution of RT methodology. However, a detailed and rigorous examination of the existing literature reveals many inconsistencies that, unless resolved, could seriously hinder further progress in our field. The purpose of this review is to constructively expose, analyze and discuss a set of anomalies present in the current RT methodology, including: (a) the often inappropriate and misleading terminology used, (b) the need to clarify the aims of RT, (c) the very concept of maximal strength, (d) the control and monitoring of the resistance exercise dose, (e) the existing programming models and (f) the evaluation of training effects. A thorough and unbiased examination of these deficiencies could well lead to the adoption of a revised paradigm for RT. This new paradigm must guarantee a precise knowledge of the loads being applied, the effort they involve and their effects. To the best of our knowledge, currently this can only be achieved by monitoring repetition velocity during training. The main contribution of a velocity-based RT approach is that it provides the necessary information to know the actual training loads that induce a specific effect in each athlete. The correct adoption of this revised paradigm will provide coaches and strength and conditioning professionals with accurate and objective information concerning the applied load (relative load, level of effort and training effect). This knowledge is essential to make rational and informed decisions and to improve the training methodology itself.
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