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Lift to speed, not just percentage
Every rep has a velocity. Train in the velocity zone that matches your goal — strength, power, or speed — instead of hoping last month's percentages still fit.
Velocity-based training, made personal
Your bar speed knows what you should lift today.
VBT Lifters turns your workout data into a clear plan — calibrated to your body, not a textbook chart.
The insight
Why your numbers beat the textbook's numbers
Textbook velocity zones predicted my deadlift max at 400 lb. Then I pulled 425 lb at 0.10 m/s. My real max was 476.
Generic zones don't generalize — your minimum velocity is yours. Some lifters grind at 0.25 m/s, some at 0.10. A chart can't know which one you are. So we calibrate everything to your minimum velocity, measured from your reps. That's the whole game: stop training to someone else's curve and start training to your own.
400 lbtextbook prediction
425 lb@ 0.10 m/s — the pull that broke the model
476 lbreal estimated max
The basics
What VBT actually is
No jargon. Three ideas that change how you train.
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Auto-regulate every session
Strong day? The bar says add weight. Off day? It says pull back. Your body doesn't care what the spreadsheet planned — the bar speed tells the truth.
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See fatigue before it costs you
Velocity loss within a set tells you exactly when to stop — before junk reps pile up and recovery pays the bill. Cut the set when the speed says so.
Free to start
Get a free velocity report
The first 20 lifters get a full report, free. Real analysis of your real training — the same reports I build for myself.
- Load-velocity profile + estimated 1RM calibrated to your data
- Your personal velocity zones, per lift
- Set-by-set fatigue and velocity-loss analysis
- Jump readiness trend
How it works
- 1Train with any VBT device.Vitruve, GymAware, RepOne, phone app — whatever you use.
- 2Export your workout file.Email it to reports@vbtlifters.com.
- 3Your report lands within 48 hours.Full breakdown, plain English, zero fluff.
First 20 lifters. One workout file is all it takes.
About
Built by a lifter, not a marketing team
I'm Jake — lifter and data nerd. I've logged thousands of reps with a Vitruve and built the analysis I always wished existed. VBT Lifters is the resource I wanted when I started: real education, real numbers, no dogma.
This site exists to make lifters better, first. The reports pay for the servers. That's the deal, and it's not changing.
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