6 Velocity-Based Training Hacks with Dr Steve Thompson

🏋️‍♀️ Extended version of this interview: https://www.patreon.com/posts/6-ways-to-use-dr-126597758 🏋️‍♀️

Velocity-based training (VBT) is rapidly growing in popularity, and for a good reason. New studies keep revealing better ways to leverage bar-speed data for smarter programming. In this episode, Dr Steve Thompson breaks down the six most effective ways to bring VBT into your coaching toolbox.

Steve is an accredited strength-and-conditioning coach (UKSCA) and leads the MSc in Strength and Conditioning Coaching at Sheffield Hallam University. His PhD examined how load-velocity profiling can predict one-repetition maximum. Steve has presented his research and practical methods to use VBT to organisations such as the UKSCA, the English Institute of Sport, and British Swimming. He is a prolific researcher with multiple papers in high-impact journals, and he currently serves as a Physical Performance Coach for The Football Association and as an S&C coach for British Diving. Over more than a decade in elite sport, he has supported GB Olympic, Commonwealth, European, and World medallists across multiple disciplines.

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Original research paper:

Thompson SW, Fernandes J, Dorrell H, Greig L, Bishop C. A Coach's Guide to Velocity-Based Training: Definitions and Diagnostics. Strength & Conditioning Journal. 2025 Apr 1;47(2):230-44.

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/abstract/2025/04000/a_coach_s_guide_to_velocity_based_training_.9.aspx

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