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34 articles · updated July 30, 2026

Strength Training

Bar speed as a window into the state of a nervous system

Measuring how fast a load moves turns a training session into a daily readout of an athlete's condition. The idea is simple and the interpretation is where most of the difficulty lies.

Neha Gupta··3 min read

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Why muscle behaves differently when it lengthens under load

A muscle resisting a stretch produces more force than one shortening, and it does so with less effort. That asymmetry sits underneath a large share of both athletic power and athletic injury.

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