Adherence
Psychological traits, specifically emotional stability, influence the reliability and magnitude of work completed at velocity loss thresholds, with higher emotional stability associated with performing more repetitions across thresholds.
Your mental toughness and emotional stability affect how many reps you can grind out at slow speeds. If you are less emotionally stable, you might hit velocity thresholds with fewer reps than a more stable peer. Consider this when interpreting velocity data.
In addition, individuals with higher levels of emotional stability also tended to perform more repetitions across VL thresholds.
Why this rating
Correlational finding ('tended to perform') in a cross-sectional study; causality is not established.
Source
One Velocity Loss Threshold Does Not Fit All: Consideration of Sex, Training Status, History, and Personality Traits When Monitoring and Controlling Fatigue During Resistance Training
Ivan Jukić et al. · Sports Medicine - Open · 2023
DOI 10.1186/s40798-023-00626-z
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