Advanced Concepts

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...

A very good friend of mine recently asked me an interesting question. What does it take to develop a champion athlete? I have given this question...

I’ve recently posted a few videos of myself using weight-releasers on my Instagram and Facebook pages.  People seem to think they are cool, so I t...

[caption id="attachment_298" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Photo courtesy 9for9 Media[/caption] A friend of mine used to tell me “health is cu...

So this article is about why speed work doesn't work -- at least not for the reasons you think it does. I’m sure this article will make some people...

Writing can be a difficult process, even for those without literacy issues! I know at least for me, I have all these ideas in my head and they all ...

[caption id="attachment_283" align="aligncenter" width="844"] Photo courtesy of 9for9media.com[/caption] Probably the most frustrating part of pow...

[caption id="attachment_261" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] Photo courtesy 9for9media.com[/caption] For as long as I’ve been lifting weights (a...