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Every chart we use across blogs, calculators, and the book — authored once as code, theme-aware, free to download. Each entry has a permalink, a high-resolution PNG, and a list of where it appears.

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0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 6080100120140160 Reps completed Load velocity profile VELOCITY (M/S) LOAD (KG)

Load–velocity profile

The load-vs-speed function for a given lift and athlete. Plot a few sub-maximal sets and you can read 1RM from the line, compare lifts side-by-side, and see why a single percentage of 1RM lands different athletes in different velocity zones.

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0 1 2 3 4 5 6 VERTICALJUMP BROADJUMP 10MSPRINT 20MSPRINT 30MSPRINT No feedback Velocity feedback % CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE TEST RANDELL ET AL, 2011

Bar-speed feedback boosts performance

Randell 2011 — pro rugby players who saw real-time velocity feedback during jump-squat training out-gained the no-feedback group on every transfer test.

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0 1 2 3 4 5 INTERNALCUES EXTERNALCUES PERFORMANCEFEEDBACK % IMPROVEMENT FEEDBACK TYPE KELLER ET AL, 2014

Feedback beats internal & external cues

Keller 2014 measured two outcomes from the same three-condition study — acute jump output and within-set fatigue. Augmented feedback won both — ~4× more acute improvement than the best verbal cue, plus an inverted within-set fatigue curve.

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-2 0 2 4 6 8 VERTICALJUMP PEAKPOWER BROADJUMP 10MSPRINT 20MSPRINT SQUAT1RM BENCH1RM No feedback Feedback % CHANGE IN PERFORMANCE TEST WEAKLEY ET AL, 2019

Velocity feedback boosts transfer

Weakley 2019 — 4 weeks of augmented velocity feedback in rugby union players. Feedback group beat the no-feedback group on every test, including a peak-power loss the no-feedback group couldn't avoid.

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