Advanced Concepts

Performance Downturns By Mike Tuchscherer Have you ever had this situation? You’re training, improving, and everything is going great. Then, you...

The Russian Classification ChartBy Mike TuchschererWhat is your experience level as a Powerlifter? Kind of a hard question to answer, huh? Some wil...

A Resurgent Emphasis on Exercise SelectionBy Mike TuchschererWhen a lifter is first introduced to weight training, or physical activity in general,...

Choosing Sets-n-Reps; A Guide to Protocol SelectionBy Mike TuchschererFor those familiar with the Reactive Training Manual, you have surely noticed...

The Seven Principles and YouBy Mike TuchschererTraining discussions often turn to which method or program is the best. And there are a lot of progr...

Fatigue Percents RevisitedBy Mike TuchschererIn the RTS Manual, I introduced Fatigue Percents as a reliable, effective way to autoregulate volume b...

Passive Restorationby Mike Tuchscherer We all know that training is stressful. And most of us understand that it’s not the stress of training itse...

All About IntensityMike TuchschererTraining intensity gets more press than training volume, but most of the time it just scratches the surface of t...

An Experience Report: Eccentric Training to Rehab TendinopathyBy Bernhard KlingerI was pushing my training hard for an upcoming competition and abo...

Gainz not Painz: Sacroiliac Dysfunction (low back, hip, inner thigh pain)by Jake NoelI usually hear one of two stories when I’m working with someon...

In January 2016, RTS issued a free experimental training program to anyone who signed up.  It was called Project Momentum.  At the outset, we wer...

Pendulums swing to and fro. That’s what pendulums do. I see another pendulum swinging lately and this one has to do with exercise specificity. No...