Reactive Training Systems

wilmer · wilmer

Is Beta-Alanine is elligal for USAPL? can you use it and dont tested positive?

MikeGagne · MikeGagne

I was just wondering from some of you guys that have done meets. Do the judges ever tell you or signal you when you have reached parallel? This could really help a lot. If not, wow must be so hard to guess depth. It is probably different for every judge. Sometimes in your favor , probably most times not i...

jamwithtupac · jamwithtupac

Hi guys, Im using size 46 single ply F6 in training now, now this shirt is very lose i weigh 94kg now, i wore this at over 100kg where at the time needed 170kg just to touch to chest, even then the shirt still wasnt super tight on me. Now I can still lift reasonable amount of weight, I touch easy with 140, and wo...

TRON · TRON

If anyone could maybe help me out here that would be great. For 3ct pause deadlifts does one count: 1,2,3 or 1001, 1002, 1003 ? I have done 3ct pause bench before and have been going the 1001,1002,1003 route and that seems pretty logical for bench. I am just wondering if I should try to follow suit for 3ct p...

fulldaddy · Jordan Linteris

For those of you interested, here is the site for the world games that Mike Tuchscherer is lifting at. It is live with 30 second updates. Wade Hooper is currently kicking Jaraslaw Olechs ass. It comes down to the deadlift with Hooper ahead by 55 kg+/-. Anyways... http://www.russprache.at/goodlift...

Steven Mestdagh · Steven Mestdagh

Hello, I'm new to this board, there's some great info here and I absolutely love the book ! I have a question though. Over the past months, I've been having great succes with high frequency benching. Benching four times a week with high volume took my bench from 325lbs to 375lbs in just over three month...

TRON · TRON

Have a nice trip and a great meet! Here are some cultural tips for when you go to Chinese Taipei: - Tap 2 fingers on the table as a way of saying thanks when tea is poured for you. - Do not point the spout of a teapot at someone when you set it down at the table, this will be interpreted as you challenging them to a...

Mark Robinson · Mark Robinson

http://ambesc.com/lifting/prelipins.pdf Take a look. At face value it seems to have some pretty good ideas. Anyone had any experience with this kind of stuff to share?

jamwithtupac · jamwithtupac

Hi Mike and others, I bombed out at the recent Brits bpc anyway couldnt get depth in a 2 ply boss suit plus single ply briefs always about 1 inch off depth, In single ply centurion last year at the UK OPEN, I did 250kg and 260kg easy in comp, heres the videos and they were deep as you can see. http://www.youtu...

MikeGagne · MikeGagne

I was just wondering how often should I use knee wraps when squatting? I wanna compete in raw meets. I guess knee wraps arent allowed in some of those. Right now Im using them on max effort days maybe once or twice a month. I was wondering if that is too often? I see one guy who uses them every week at my gym....

JordanLinteris · JordanLinteris

RPF President Gennadiy Khodosevich has announced that Russian superstars Andrey Malanichev, Andrey Belyaev, and Nikolai Suslov failed doping tests administered at the RPF Cup of Titans on May 24 and are suspended for life from the federation. Further, Constantin Pozdeev refused to comply with...

Percykun · Percykun

I need your help strong guys ... I want to increase my strength in the squats, so I want to know how many days I can do squats on the week and what are the best excercises to get a BIG Squat Thanx alot God Bless P.D. Sorry, but my english is pretty bad

JordanLinteris · JordanLinteris

Sort of corny, yet a pretty good idea. That is assuming it works properly. www.squatprecision.com -- Edited by JordanLinteris on Tuesday 30th of June 2009 06:40:58 PM

MikeGagne · MikeGagne

In your training manual Mike you say "Also do not neglect the rotational aspect of abs too". What do you mean by this? I assume you do not mean like side bend type movements or doing a broom side to side. Im not sure what you mean by rotational I'm not familiar with any ab exercises like that.

JordanLinteris · JordanLinteris

Just got some info from another lifter that my depth issue might be caused partly, if not fully by the flat soled shoes I wear. He gave me the link to a paif of adidas that are for lifting that have a 1" heel. Now that I look at this situation, I realize I NEED proper lifting shoes to compete. What shoes d...

Mark Robinson · Mark Robinson

Hi all, After any advice I can get on this. I'm completely new to suits, had a couple of goes before but only started trying to train in it properly yesterday. Anyway, background info, I'm around 80k, raw squat max is 175k. Yesterday I got it the suit (Centrurion NGX+) and started trying to work in it to ge...

Nick Morneau · Nick Morneau

So here lies the problem. I have a 48 katana ss that I cant touch in and its been prob 10 sessions so far. Although spread apart some but still last week I did 435 to 1 board or less. Now I have 1 more session planned before my meet next saturday in montreal. Would it be a good idea to open the back of the bench sh...

wells_31 · wells_31

I have been training north of Indianapolis Indiana in Noblesville and been having a hard time finding a gym. Does anybody know of a place that allows powerlifting and won't bitch about chalk or noise? Thanks! Jason

MikeGagne · MikeGagne

Here goes my question. Is it necessary for a powerlifter to train biceps? I know some powerlifters who do and some who dont. Should I feel bad if some week, I dont have time for biceps and I skip them? I really dont see how biceps come in to play on any of the 3 lifts except maybe deadlifts. I do hear about peo...

MikeGagne · MikeGagne

Ok let me preface this by saying when I can afford supplements, I usually cant afford more than 1 or 2. My question is, has anybody ever bought any supplements that they can honestly say are worth the price? Every time I talk to a powerlifter or somebody they seem to tell me to try whatever they have a spons...

cjgarnet · cjgarnet

this question is directed for mike as well... since u have much experiece with analyzing and tracking ur training...how often were/are u seeing trends in ur training...like for example...after a few weeks u noticed strength increase....or strength decrease...or a certain movement wasnt doing...

w8lifteruf11 · Anonymous

This is directed to mike or anyone who can explain. When calculating volume when you use bands, chains, or both do you use the weight at the top or bottom when calculating volume. Also when calculating total volume, average intensity, and average rpe what is the lowest weight(in terms of percent of pr...

Corey · Corey

Alright, here's something else that's been bugging me: I look at most of the routines on this site and follow them closely, and I've noticed on several (especially Big Mike's) that a program will call for a specific stress and intensity, yet during that specified week, each day's workout will not nec...

Corey · Corey

This has eluded me for some time. I thought that training time, like most other things, would be completely individualized. I attempted to find average times under certain conditions (i.e. intensity, using 1 min breaks between sets, 3-4 min breaks between exercises, etc), and find that most times...

Mike Tuchscherer · Paul at UF

Hey Mike I was wondering if you could give me some tips on squat form. I have been squating and my numbers have flew up. Last week I did 855x1 Suited with Rev bands taking off 120-130 off the bottom. But it was a high squat parallel to an inch above. My form is not helping me at all with depth because I seem to sq...

Darius · Darius

Hi Mike, It's Darius here. I havent posted in a while-actually a long time. After the meet in October where I made some major PR"S life went south pretty quickly. On Dec 19th I was diagnosed with cancer (testicular)which had spread to my abdomen. Had the testicle removed 23rd December and went in...

Mike Tuchscherer · Mike Tuchscherer

I am way behind on my emails, messages, and posts. As many know, I have had family in town all week and that has taken all of my free time. But I will get caught up on all of it in the next week. Thanks for understanding.

Corey · Corey

Here's a good question: How often should I use a belt? I'm about to start my intensity phase, so I'll be doing a lot of one rep type work. Is this a block where I should include the belt, or should I forgo it for now, and wait a while until a competition roles around so that I'm not dependent on it?

Corey · Corey

Alright, Here's where I'm getting lost (I'd love any answers anyone has) - I work a three day template, Mondays are Squat/Bench, Wednesdays are Bench/DL, and Friday is Squat/Bench. So far, this has worked pretty good, I'm able to put on little PR's almost every other day or so (really fast gains I gues...

obrnpwrlftr · obrnpwrlftr

OK I've read the book several times and I still have a few questions... 1. How do you pick which set/rep scheme on your volume and intensity weeks? Is there a plan, a progression or is it completely random? 2. When do you factor in gear training? Is it done at certain times of the year in relation to a meet? D...

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	Question? (Preview) Is Beta-Alanine is elligal for USAPL? can you use it and dont tested positive?	wilmer	0	1285	Sep 10, 2009 by wilmer
	Do they ever tell you at meets when you hit parallel? (Preview) I was just wondering from some of you guys that have done meets. Do the judges ever tell you or signal you when you have reached parallel? This could really help a lot. If not, wow must be so hard to guess depth. It is probably different for every judge. Sometimes in your favor , probably most times not i...	MikeGagne	6	1593	Aug 12, 2009 by Bassman Mini
	the advantages of wearing lose bench shirt in training? (Preview) Hi guys, Im using size 46 single ply F6 in training now, now this shirt is very lose i weigh 94kg now, i wore this at over 100kg where at the time needed 170kg just to touch to chest, even then the shirt still wasnt super tight on me. Now I can still lift reasonable amount of weight, I touch easy with 140, and wo...	jamwithtupac	2	2938	Aug 4, 2009 by jamwithtupac
	Question about 3ct pause deadlifts (and or bench) (Preview) If anyone could maybe help me out here that would be great. For 3ct pause deadlifts does one count: 1,2,3 or 1001, 1002, 1003 ? I have done 3ct pause bench before and have been going the 1001,1002,1003 route and that seems pretty logical for bench. I am just wondering if I should try to follow suit for 3ct p...	TRON	3	2853	Jul 29, 2009 by MikeGagne
	Live Scoring (Preview) For those of you interested, here is the site for the world games that Mike Tuchscherer is lifting at. It is live with 30 second updates. Wade Hooper is currently kicking Jaraslaw Olechs ass. It comes down to the deadlift with Hooper ahead by 55 kg+/-. Anyways... http://www.russprache.at/goodlift...	Jordan Linteris	10	1451	Jul 27, 2009 by fulldaddy
	question regarding upper/lower body frequency (Preview) Hello, I'm new to this board, there's some great info here and I absolutely love the book ! I have a question though. Over the past months, I've been having great succes with high frequency benching. Benching four times a week with high volume took my bench from 325lbs to 375lbs in just over three month...	Steven Mestdagh	6	2781	Jul 24, 2009 by Steven Mestdagh
	Good Luck at World Games Big Mike (Preview) Have a nice trip and a great meet! Here are some cultural tips for when you go to Chinese Taipei: - Tap 2 fingers on the table as a way of saying thanks when tea is poured for you. - Do not point the spout of a teapot at someone when you set it down at the table, this will be interpreted as you challenging them to a...	TRON	9	1295	Jul 23, 2009 by MikeGagne
	Cool article on Prilepen's Table (Preview) http://ambesc.com/lifting/prelipins.pdf Take a look. At face value it seems to have some pretty good ideas. Anyone had any experience with this kind of stuff to share?	Mark Robinson	6	6354	Jul 16, 2009 by MikeGagne
	squat stance help with videos of my lifts and other issues (Preview) Hi Mike and others, I bombed out at the recent Brits bpc anyway couldnt get depth in a 2 ply boss suit plus single ply briefs always about 1 inch off depth, In single ply centurion last year at the UK OPEN, I did 250kg and 260kg easy in comp, heres the videos and they were deep as you can see. http://www.youtu...	jamwithtupac	7	2032	Jul 15, 2009 by jamwithtupac
	How often should I use knee wraps? (Preview) I was just wondering how often should I use knee wraps when squatting? I wanna compete in raw meets. I guess knee wraps arent allowed in some of those. Right now Im using them on max effort days maybe once or twice a month. I was wondering if that is too often? I see one guy who uses them every week at my gym....	MikeGagne	4	2518	Jul 10, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Lifetime suspensions. ( 1 2 ) (Preview) RPF President Gennadiy Khodosevich has announced that Russian superstars Andrey Malanichev, Andrey Belyaev, and Nikolai Suslov failed doping tests administered at the RPF Cup of Titans on May 24 and are suspended for life from the federation. Further, Constantin Pozdeev refused to comply with...	JordanLinteris	15	7652	Jul 10, 2009 by Geir M
	Frequency of training to get Big Squats !!!!!!!!! ( 1 2 3 ) (Preview) I need your help strong guys ... I want to increase my strength in the squats, so I want to know how many days I can do squats on the week and what are the best excercises to get a BIG Squat Thanx alot God Bless P.D. Sorry, but my english is pretty bad	Percykun	31	15380	Jul 9, 2009 by TRON
	Hmmmm... (Preview) Sort of corny, yet a pretty good idea. That is assuming it works properly. www.squatprecision.com -- Edited by JordanLinteris on Tuesday 30th of June 2009 06:40:58 PM	JordanLinteris	9	1360	Jul 4, 2009 by Bloodylawngym
	Question about RTS Training Manual, abs (Preview) In your training manual Mike you say "Also do not neglect the rotational aspect of abs too". What do you mean by this? I assume you do not mean like side bend type movements or doing a broom side to side. Im not sure what you mean by rotational I'm not familiar with any ab exercises like that.	MikeGagne	2	2666	Jun 26, 2009 by MikeGagne
	Squat shoes (Preview) Just got some info from another lifter that my depth issue might be caused partly, if not fully by the flat soled shoes I wear. He gave me the link to a paif of adidas that are for lifting that have a 1" heel. Now that I look at this situation, I realize I NEED proper lifting shoes to compete. What shoes d...	JordanLinteris	9	6669	Jun 25, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Geared Squatting Grief (Preview) Hi all, After any advice I can get on this. I'm completely new to suits, had a couple of goes before but only started trying to train in it properly yesterday. Anyway, background info, I'm around 80k, raw squat max is 175k. Yesterday I got it the suit (Centrurion NGX+) and started trying to work in it to ge...	Mark Robinson	5	1559	Jun 22, 2009 by Mark Robinson
	working in a katana fast (Preview) So here lies the problem. I have a 48 katana ss that I cant touch in and its been prob 10 sessions so far. Although spread apart some but still last week I did 435 to 1 board or less. Now I have 1 more session planned before my meet next saturday in montreal. Would it be a good idea to open the back of the bench sh...	Nick Morneau	7	1560	Jun 17, 2009 by Nick Morneau
	Gyms (Preview) I have been training north of Indianapolis Indiana in Noblesville and been having a hard time finding a gym. Does anybody know of a place that allows powerlifting and won't bitch about chalk or noise? Thanks! Jason	wells_31	1	1139	Jun 12, 2009 by MikeGagne
	Is it necessary for a powerlifter to train biceps? (Preview) Here goes my question. Is it necessary for a powerlifter to train biceps? I know some powerlifters who do and some who dont. Should I feel bad if some week, I dont have time for biceps and I skip them? I really dont see how biceps come in to play on any of the 3 lifts except maybe deadlifts. I do hear about peo...	MikeGagne	12	8232	Jun 11, 2009 by MikeGagne
	Supplements ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Ok let me preface this by saying when I can afford supplements, I usually cant afford more than 1 or 2. My question is, has anybody ever bought any supplements that they can honestly say are worth the price? Every time I talk to a powerlifter or somebody they seem to tell me to try whatever they have a spons...	MikeGagne	23	4140	Jun 6, 2009 by JordanLinteris
	trends in training (Preview) this question is directed for mike as well... since u have much experiece with analyzing and tracking ur training...how often were/are u seeing trends in ur training...like for example...after a few weeks u noticed strength increase....or strength decrease...or a certain movement wasnt doing...	cjgarnet	4	1115	Jun 4, 2009 by cjgarnet
	Calculating Volume (Preview) This is directed to mike or anyone who can explain. When calculating volume when you use bands, chains, or both do you use the weight at the top or bottom when calculating volume. Also when calculating total volume, average intensity, and average rpe what is the lowest weight(in terms of percent of pr...	Anonymous	2	1013	Jun 1, 2009 by w8lifteruf11
	Macro Programming (Preview) Alright, here's something else that's been bugging me: I look at most of the routines on this site and follow them closely, and I've noticed on several (especially Big Mike's) that a program will call for a specific stress and intensity, yet during that specified week, each day's workout will not nec...	Corey	1	1147	May 31, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Training Time (Preview) This has eluded me for some time. I thought that training time, like most other things, would be completely individualized. I attempted to find average times under certain conditions (i.e. intensity, using 1 min breaks between sets, 3-4 min breaks between exercises, etc), and find that most times...	Corey	1	1290	May 31, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Squat form (Preview) Hey Mike I was wondering if you could give me some tips on squat form. I have been squating and my numbers have flew up. Last week I did 855x1 Suited with Rev bands taking off 120-130 off the bottom. But it was a high squat parallel to an inch above. My form is not helping me at all with depth because I seem to sq...	Paul at UF	1	1312	May 28, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Mike, question about training after cancer. (Preview) Hi Mike, It's Darius here. I havent posted in a while-actually a long time. After the meet in October where I made some major PR"S life went south pretty quickly. On Dec 19th I was diagnosed with cancer (testicular)which had spread to my abdomen. Had the testicle removed 23rd December and went in...	Darius	2	1135	May 26, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	My absence (Preview) I am way behind on my emails, messages, and posts. As many know, I have had family in town all week and that has taken all of my free time. But I will get caught up on all of it in the next week. Thanks for understanding.	Mike Tuchscherer	0	925	May 23, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Belts (Preview) Here's a good question: How often should I use a belt? I'm about to start my intensity phase, so I'll be doing a lot of one rep type work. Is this a block where I should include the belt, or should I forgo it for now, and wait a while until a competition roles around so that I'm not dependent on it?	Corey	3	1315	May 21, 2009 by Corey
	Extra Work Days (Preview) Alright, Here's where I'm getting lost (I'd love any answers anyone has) - I work a three day template, Mondays are Squat/Bench, Wednesdays are Bench/DL, and Friday is Squat/Bench. So far, this has worked pretty good, I'm able to put on little PR's almost every other day or so (really fast gains I gues...	Corey	3	1589	May 15, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Questions (Preview) OK I've read the book several times and I still have a few questions... 1. How do you pick which set/rep scheme on your volume and intensity weeks? Is there a plan, a progression or is it completely random? 2. When do you factor in gear training? Is it done at certain times of the year in relation to a meet? D...	obrnpwrlftr	10	1090	May 14, 2009 by obrnpwrlftr
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