The Reactive Training Systems Podcast

In this episode, RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and Peter Lucey sit down with The Strength Guys' President and Co-founder, Jason Tremblay, for part 2 of a conversation about how important quality is in the training process. This recording was completed in South Africa at the 2022 IPF Classic World Championships. 

In this episode, Mike Tuchscherer sits down with Mark Robb to discuss how a seasoned powerlifter's needs change over time. The conversation addresses specificity, frequency, and even off-season needs. 

Dr. Kristin Lander joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and John Garafano again to talk about the difference between coaching nutrition versus training. Want to learn more about nutrition, check out Dr. Kristin Lander's courses here: https://store.reactivetrainingsystems.com/collections/classroom/products/nutrition-course-bundle

John Flagg of Rebuild Stronger joins coach Mike Tuchscherer to discuss all things related to the injury reintroduction process. 

Jordan Feigenbaum joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and Ross Leppala to discuss some of his recent thoughts on nonspecific work in training and how they might help the powerlifts. 

Mike Tuchscherer sits down with Derek Evely to discuss Emerging Strategies and generally how athletes adapt to training stimuli.

RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and John Garafano are joined by the President and Co-Founder of The Strength Guys, Jason Tremblay, to discuss how quality matters in training. 

RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and John Garafano sit down with Shamal Asnani to talk about all things on the business side of coaching. Now, Shamal is a powerlifter and coach himself but his primary specialty is as a Certified Public Accountant. You can learn more about Shamal by visiting fitnesstaxes.com. Shamal also created a new RTS course all about the business side of coaching. Go to store.reac...

Natalie Hanson joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer, Ross Leppala, and John Garafano to discuss how your mentality can impact RPE ratings. Ultimately, our mindset can determine quite a bit regarding our ability to accurately rate RPE.

In this episode, RTS Founder and Head Coach, Mike Tuchscherer, meets with Jacob Tober of 'Metric' which is a velocity-based training app that helps you measure velocity with your smartphone--no strings attached. Mike and Jacob talk about how to incorporate using velocity measurement to help calibrate your RPE. To learn more about 'Metric' please visit https://www.metric.coach/

Part 2! Building upon our last episode in December, Newton Cheng joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer, Mark Robb, and Ross Leppala to dive deeper into understanding one's meaning and purpose behind powerlifting and how to 'Win The Day'. This podcast was recorded right after the 2022 Arnold Sports Festival where Newton set several American and State records.

Building upon our last episode in December, Newton Cheng joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer, Mark Robb, and Ross Leppala to dive deeper into understanding one's meaning and purpose behind powerlifting and how to 'Win The Day'. This podcast was recorded right after the 2022 Arnold Sports Festival where Newton set several American and State records.

Ben Esgro of Elemental Formulations (https://eformulations.co/) joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and John Garafano to discuss how to evolve your coaching. 

Landyn Hickmott joins RTS Coach, Mike Tuchscherer, to continue the conversation from the previous episode and discusses alternative set structures in powerlifting.

In this episode, Landyn Hickmott stops by to chat with coach Mike Tuchscherer and coach John Garafano to discuss his most recent article titled 'The Effect of Load and Volume Autoregulation on Muscular Strength and Hypertrophy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis'. Landyn shares his recommendations regarding how much velocity loss we should look to train at to maximize strength and hypertrophy a...

In this episode, RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer, Mark Robb, and John Garafano talk about the top 3 things they've learned in their years in the sport of powerlifting as both athletes and coaches. 

Have you ever wondered what happens during a Tactics Meeting here at RTS? Well, in this episode, we give you a glimpse into the kind of conversations we have. RTS Coaches, Mike Tuchscherer, Adam Jones, Hayden Pritchard, and Peter Lucey sit down to talk about their observations regarding periodization, Emerging Strategies, and much more. This is a fun one that you shouldn't miss! 

RTS Coaches Mike and John are joined by Dr. Kristin Lander to discuss how to replace the Bulk/Cut Cycles for a powerlifter. Dr. Lander also provides an overview of her new course available at the RTS website.

In this episode of the RTS Podcast, RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and Hayden Pritchard sit down with Bryce Lewis and Eric Helms for a discussion on the Coach-Athlete Relationship. Since Eric and Bryce have been working together for over a decade and have accomplished a lot together, this is a really insightful episode into that evolving relationship.

If you've been in the game long enough, you know that most people eventually experience pain while training. In this episode, Dr. Mike Soya, DPT, joins RTS Coaches Mike Tuchscherer and John Garafano to discuss all things pain-related and powerlifting.    Urban Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-Share...

Process mastery takes constant refinement--time, heat, and pressure. In this latest episode, RTS Athlete Newton Cheng joins Coach Mike and Mark to discuss how he has developed long-term sustainability in his pursuit of process and technical mastery to become one of the best powerlifters in the world. 

RTS Founder and Head Coach, Mike Tuchscherer, and Coach John Garafano sit down with RTS Athlete, Charlie Richards to discuss how he creates a resilient mindset in training. Charlie is currently in Medical School and has employed several tools to help him not only become a good athlete but a great one, despite training in non-ideal conditions. 

In this podcast, Mike Tuchscherer sits down with Alex and Will from the Weakly Weights podcast to discuss some concepts of Advanced Autoregulation and Coaching including testing of some new systems that he has been developing.    Please check out the Weakly Weights podcast: https://weaklyweights.podbean.com/ Urban Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic |  https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by  https://www.chos...

Finding an ideal technique is not something that you arrive at and never change. It is a process that is ever-evolving and changing. In this episode, RTS Coaches, Mike, John, and Mark discuss how to help lifters determine their ideal technique.  Don't forget RTS is running an early Black Friday sale on Adaptive Templates, Courses, the RTS Community, and Coaching until midnight Eastern on November...

In this episode, your host, RTS Coach, and founder, Mike Tuchscherer is joined by RTS coaches Mark Robb and John Garafano to discuss how beginner powerlifters can use autoregulation in their training including whether or not Emerging Strategies can be used.  Note: We have a PRE-Black Friday Sale going from 11/17 - 11/23 where you can save 20% off Coaching (1st month), Adaptive Templates, RTS Commu...