When strength training, sets with higher repetition ranges lead to higher levels of muscle damage, metabolite build up and greater fatigue effects. This fatigue often presents itself in the form of decreasing velocity across a training set or session. Through the use of velocity monitoring, coaches and athletes can monitor, in real-time, the amount of fatigue that is accumulating as a product of velocity decrement across a set.Velocity stops can be used to limit the amount of velocity loss that is allowed through either a percentage cut off or by setting a limit on how slowly an athlete is allowed to complete a repetition before they must end their set and begin a rest period. A velocity stop of 20% from the fastest repetition is commonly used to help athletes avoid the negative effects of consistent training to failure. Even tighter velocity stops of 5-10% are also common place during tapering or when chasing specific power adaptations. While a velocity loss of 30% and above may have benefits in increasing hypertrophy, this high volume, high fatigue approach to training does also lead to greater type 1 muscle fibre hypertrophy.