Legacy Athlete app load-velocity, 1RM, and history

A load-velocity (L-V) profile, also called a 1RM equation, describes how bar velocity falls as load rises. The higher the load, the lower the velocity, and this relationship has an almost 100% correlation. With a profile you can:

• Estimate your 1RM during the warm-up from light or medium loads.
• Track improvement over time across different load ranges.
• Check that training is working, because you lift the same loads faster.

Create a load-velocity profileCopy Anchor Link

1. Select the bottom-left icon in the app to open the Load-Velocity screen.
2. Select the exercise name. If the exercise already has a profile, its equation graph is shown.
3. Select + at the top right to start a new test.
4. Select CONTINUE WITH ENCODER for the most accurate result. A VBT camera option is also available; select the i icon for camera instructions.
5. Perform four incremental loads, starting at about 50% of your estimated 1RM and progressing to 75-90% of your estimated 1RM. Perform 2-3 repetitions at each load, as fast as you can, and recover fully between attempts.
6. Review the profile quality score.

The app rates the profile from 0 to 1. A lower score means the points do not form a straight line.

Change the 1RM velocityCopy Anchor Link

The default profiles use 1RM velocities from scientific studies, which are population averages. Some athletes lift their 1RM at a lower velocity. If you know your 1RM velocity for an exercise, enter it for more accurate estimates. Estimates usually change little, but in some cases the difference is notable.

Edit an existing equation

1. Go to Tests.
2. Select the exercise. It must already have an equation; if it does not, create a profile first.
3. Select Edit at the top left.
4. Select the last register cell, labeled 1RM.
5. Enter the new 1RM velocity.
6. Select Save in the pop-up, then Save at the top right.

Set the 1RM velocity while creating an equation

1. Follow the steps to create a load-velocity profile.
2. Select the last register, labeled 1RM, and enter the new 1RM velocity.

In the legacy Vitruve Teams app the procedure is the same but must be repeated for each athlete; see Legacy Vitruve Teams load-velocity and 1RM.

Estimate the 1RMCopy Anchor Link

You can estimate the 1RM in two ways: by creating a load-velocity profile (above), or during a training session.

During a training session

1. Make sure the exercise has a load-velocity profile. Some exercises, such as bench press and squats, have default equations from scientific studies. Otherwise, create a profile.
2. Start a new training with that exercise.
3. Perform your repetitions as normal. The app shows an estimated 1RM for each rep and takes the highest estimate recorded as the 1RM for that session.
4. Optional: select the 1RM estimate at the top and use the slider to choose the percentage of 1RM you want to lift.

No 1RM estimate appearsCopy Anchor Link

• The exercise has no load-velocity profile. Create one.
• The 1RM filter is excluding your reps. Open settings and increase the velocity limit of the 1RM filter. (The original support article refers to this as the ROM filter section.)

Track the daily 1RMCopy Anchor Link

Save the session with END, then SAVE. The progress section then shows the maximum daily 1RM estimate so you can track how performance varies.

Review progress and historyCopy Anchor Link

Open the Progress section and select an exercise. Progress is shown as the evolution of the estimated 1RM over time, as a bar chart of the highest 1RM achieved in each session. If the RPE setting was enabled, the RPE you entered after each session also appears in each row.

Only exercises with a load-velocity profile, for which a 1RM was estimated during training, appear on the chart. If a session has no bar, either the exercise had no load-velocity profile at the time, or the 1RM filter was active for that session.

Below the chart is the history per session for the selected exercise. Two workouts of the same exercise on the same day, for example a morning and an afternoon session, appear together under that day. Select a day to see its sets and repetitions.

Delete or edit historyCopy Anchor Link

• iOS: swipe left on the row.
• Android: press and hold the row.

You can only delete records and edit the RPE; you cannot edit a rep that has already been performed. To add or edit a set comment, press and hold the set title.

Export the training historyCopy Anchor Link

The legacy Vitruve Athlete app exports one day of one exercise at a time. Unlike the legacy Vitruve Teams app, it cannot export all days at once.

1. Go to the Progress section.
2. Select an exercise.
3. Select the day you want to export.
4. In the day details, select the button at the top right and choose where to export the CSV file.

Recover an unsaved workoutCopy Anchor Link

If you closed the app without selecting END, then Save Workout, the session is left unfinished. You can recover it without re-entering the data:

1. Go to the Progress section.
2. Select the Unfinished tab.
3. Select the day.
4. Select Save Day.

The workout then appears in your history for that exercise. The legacy Vitruve Teams app recovers unsaved workouts the same way.