Download Vitruve Teams and configure settings
Install the legacy Vitruve Teams app and configure its organization, account, security, training, and athlete settings, including ROM and 1RM filters.
Legacy app: Vitruve Teams
This guide covers the legacy Vitruve Teams app (Speed4lifts Old App, Teams). In the current Vitruve app, use Account and app settings, Training settings, and Security and storage.
Download Vitruve Teams
Vitruve Teams is only available for iOS devices and requires iOS 12.1 or later. Download it from the App Store: Vitruve Teams.
New users get a 30-day free trial. After that, a BASIC, ELITE, or PROFESSIONAL subscription is required to keep using the app. Several features in this section need ELITE or higher; each guide says so next to the feature.
Athletes who want to train on their own use the separate Vitruve Athlete app (iOS 12.1 or later, Android 6.0 or later). See Vitruve Athlete app.
Organization general settings
- Open Management (the rightmost icon in the bottom navigation bar).
- Select the user icon in the top left corner.
- Select the gear icon in the top right corner.
The organization's general settings screen opens with these options:
- Subscription: your current plan and its expiration date. Most subscriptions, except some legacy monthly plans, need a manual renewal. Contact support before the expiration date to renew and keep access to the account.
- Measurement units: switch between imperial and metric.
- Velocity as the main metric: choose Mean Velocity (MV) or Mean Propulsive Velocity (MPV). The app uses this metric everywhere it shows mean velocity.
Account and profile settings
An athlete profile shows:
| Field | How to change it |
|---|---|
| Profile photo | Tap the picture. |
| You cannot change it in the app. Contact support from the contact section or the chat on the support site. | |
| Body weight | Tap Edit. |
| Height | Tap Edit. |
| ROM filter | Tap the row. See Athlete settings. |
| 1RM filter | Tap the row. |
| User ID | Read-only. This ID is used to add the athlete profile to an organization. |
Account settings include the same Measurement system and Velocity main metric (MPV or MV) choices, and Delete account.
Delete account cannot be undone
Delete account permanently deletes the account and all of its data.
Security settings: lock screens with a PIN
Use a PIN to keep athletes away from sensitive data or functions such as data deletion. This setting needs an ELITE subscription or higher.
- Create a PIN. You must enter your account password to do so.
- Choose which sections to lock.
Anyone opening a locked section must enter the PIN. The new training session screen is the only screen that cannot be locked.
Training settings
These settings affect what happens during training.
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Update in all devices | Applies changes to the settings below on every iPad or phone linked to this account. These are global account settings, useful for group training across several stations. Turn it off to change only the device you are using. |
| Feedback | Speaks your configured main metric aloud. The device must not be muted; use sound mode or headphones. |
| Fatigue | Enter a velocity-loss percentage and turn on the switch. The app alerts you audibly and visually to stop the set when that velocity loss is reached. |
| Velocity zones | Defines a target velocity range. The app beeps when a rep goes outside either limit. |
| Rest | A visual and audible countdown rest timer between sets. |
| Countdown | Delays the start of the set, for example when you must climb to a pull-up bar with the encoder already attached. It only works with start automation turned off, when a Start button appears. |
| Eccentric | Turns measurement of the eccentric phase on or off. |
| Automation | Starts and ends sets automatically without touching the screen. |
| Metrics | Chooses the primary and secondary metrics shown during training. |
| RPE | Shows a session RPE questionnaire after you save the training. The RPE then appears in the training history. |
Athlete settings: ROM and 1RM filters
ROM filter
The ROM (range of motion) filter discards movements shorter than a set distance, such as unracking the bar or stepping back. Squats, for example, start with a threshold of 20 cm (7.87 in); anything shorter is ignored.
Leave it alone unless the encoder misses reps or records ghost reps. Useful adjustments:
- Discard movements such as unracking the barbell.
- Measure only part of a complex lift. In a power clean, set the filter slightly above the squat's range of motion to measure the clean and exclude the squat that follows.
1RM filter
The 1RM filter discards 1RM estimates from loads that are not suitable for estimation: loads lighter than the lightest load used to create the exercise's load-velocity (L-V) profile.
If you built the profile with 70-90% of 1RM, estimate your daily 1RM with 70-90% loads. Estimating from 50% of 1RM, for example, gives a very inaccurate result. In velocity terms, if the L-V profile spans 0.65 m/s to 0.18 m/s, the filter is set to 0.65 m/s, and reps faster than that are not used to estimate the 1RM. You can change the filter at any time.
Exercise-level filters set in Management → Exercises override individual athlete settings. See Manage exercises in Vitruve Teams.
Change the app language
Neither Vitruve Teams nor Vitruve Athlete has an in-app language setting. Both use your phone's or tablet's language. Change the device language in system settings, and the app follows it.
What you should see next
Open New Training and check that the units and main velocity metric match your choice. If a training setting does not appear on another iPad, check Update in all devices.