Speed reps?

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:)Is important speed of bar...?Why?if decreasing in 3th or 4th week?...with as much speed as possible or...

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how much will you bench?..in deadlift?...and squat???

[starter20]

whut....?

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I have been doing some desultory researches over the past week on biomechanics of weightlifting, and I have come across many different people including articles on this website stating "more speed = less force needed" which I believe is VERY misguiding.
Don't get me wrong, I understand training speed in powerlifting allows one to shorten the distance between FMax and limit strength (helps recruit more motor unit faster) which makes hitting that PR easier, but I don't think that means less force is needed like people often say. In fact, from basic calculation F=Mass x Accleration, we can see that if acceleration(velocity/speed) increases while mass remains the same, doesn't that mean More Speed = More Force exerted?
Also, in relativity, it is common knowledge that the relativistic mass(mr) is equal to the invariant mass(m0) at zero velocity.
mr = m0 /sqrt(1 - v2/c2)
Therefore to quote Stephan Hawking "Because of the equivalence of energy and mass, the energy which an object has due to its motion will add to its mass"

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IS CORRECT...If Force = mass x acceleration, why wouldnt compensating the difference in weight with an increase in acceleration result in the same gains?

2 Reasons:

1- the difference in mass can only be made up with acceleration to a certain point. That is, the most effective way to increase force will eventually become increasing mass, at some point on the force spectrum. For example, If someone benches 500, can they bench 250 twice as fast? Probably. What about 100? can they bench it 5 times as fast? How about 50 pounds 10 times as fast? I think you can see my point

2- the body gets better at what is does, meaning if you lift light loads with high speeds, you will get better at lfting light loads at high speeds. This is fine if this is your goal, but as you said in your post above, your goal is increasing your max deadlift, which this method would not be as effective in doing

[superaveragebro]

I agree. In fact some lifters who used to follow WSB template religiously have switched to doing speedwork every 3rd or 4th week only. They do a light week and do it as fast as possible. Because they do not think that speed work as done in the WSB method is so efficient at producing the desired results in powerlifting. Correct me if I'm wrong about this one!