General Training

High Stress Training WeeksBy Mike Tuchscherer, 3 October 2017From the inbox:"Why vary weekly fatigue percents at all? Why not move from high reps t...

What's the Recovery Value of a Massage? By Mike Tuchscherer, 5 September 2017 We’ve always said massage is good for recovery, but how do we know...

Flexible Templates By Mike Tuchscherer, August 22, 2017 We all go through busy times in our lives.  For a lot of us, some of those busy times ar...

Why Percentage Programs Should Still Track RPEBy Mike TuchschererTheme:  RPE should be considered a core metric in your training, even if you’re no...

GPP Considerations for Strength SportsBy Mike TuchschererGeneral Physical Preparedness (or “GPP”) has become somewhat of a catch phrase for Powerli...

Getting Over OvertrainingBy Mike TuchschererIf you read interviews with top athletes, especially powerlifters and bodybuilders, a favorite question...

RTS for Bodybuilding Mike Tuchsherer Bodybuilders and Powerlifters have not historically gotten along very well. Although the relationship strai...

Mental Cues for the SquatBy Mike TuchschererI’m a very cognitive person. I think through everything – even when I lift I like to stay very mentally...

RTS for Strongman by Mike Tuchscherer Reactive Training Systems began as a system of training for Powerlifters. It has since evolved into a syst...

The Driving AnalogyBy Mike TuchschererI’m going to use a little different analogy to describe what RTS does for you.Think of your strength like a p...

Benching from the BottomBy Mike TuchschererIf you’re a raw lifter, odds are that you have much more trouble with the bottom of your bench than any ...

Workload EfficiencyBy Mike TuchschererEach time I sit down to write something, I try to think of what people need to hear. Not always what they wan...