Reactive Training Systems

Tony Reid · Tony Reid

What is 90mm bench press?

deanredzic · deanredzic

There was a diet question for Mike a while ago...but this time I wanna see what other people on RTS do. How do you eat, any considerations, special diets? Post away!

Dano · Dano

Have to withdraw from state championships I've been training my ass off for. A possible serious AC joint injury has had me worried but I was still going to win. Now custody BS with my ex over my 2 year old boy(I am finally getting joint custody...after bitching at her for 2 years since I have him at LEAST...

Brad · Brad

Possibly a strange question but for anyone who wears the Titan Squat Shoes what is the heel height on the shoes and how does it compare to an oly squat shoe? Thanks in advance.

JordanLinteris · JordanLinteris

I used a decently tight shirt yesterday for the first time. I see know that the shirt I used in a comp 5 years ago that I thought was pretty tight WAS NOT. Anyways It is a katana, might even be a super katana. I bought it used off of a friend. Anyone have any tips on how to get weight to touch? I read that some pe...

Mark Robinson · Mark Robinson

Right, I'm a week and a half into RTS programming and its already raised a whole host of questions for me...but at least I'm thinking so thats good right? 1) Intensity vs volume. On the primary lifts, I'm hitting an average of 75%-80% intensity across all sets including warmups. Not necessarily a prob...

Geir M · Geir M

Inspired by the thread "Early RTS success", I'm curious to hear more from people who have tried this system and how their progress has been so far. Anybody who has trained RTS for 1 mesocycle or more, feel free to post thoughts about the system and your progress here. I have only trained RTS f...

Nick Morneau · Nick Morneau

Here is the issues I am having. My ply press is going up very fast every week. 10lbs added to my 2 and 1 rep max. I always though my bench was weak at the bottom so I have been hitting that for a while. But here is the issue. I am also working on boards alot. 4 and 5 board to work on my lockout and get used to handling...

BobW · BobW

I've only officially competed in one contest so far, and did well, coming close to meeting all my goals. However, about 24 hours after the comp, I slid into a pretty unnerving depression that lasted for a couple months. I'd rather not have that happen again. Any thoughts from experienced competito...

Mark Robinson · Mark Robinson

Ok so I got the rest of my equipment coming, what knee wraps does everyone use? Whats recommended etc?

Andrew Hollenbeck · Andrew Hollenbeck

Does anyone on here know anything about them or haved used them in the past? I'm pretty positive I'm going to buy one since I can't stay upright with tight straps. I'm wondering If I should go with the heavy duty blast material or hardcore material?

Jordan Linteris

Mike, This is Jordan writing ya from work (I am union. Lots of time for this stuff). Anyways I am going to be wrapping up my third mesocycle here within the next two weeks and I was wondering if I should start incoorperating some more advanced things in my training. This seems like it should be a pretty obv...

JordanLinteris · JordanLinteris

Does anyone know a Canadian distributor to purchase an Inzer fusion deadlift suit? I checked their website and it wasnt on it. Thanks

Mike Tuchscherer · Dustin

I have read the manual twice and still have a question about setting up a program for a meet. Ok here is my current set up... is this right? The Meet is March 28th Wk1-Volume phase (feb 1-7) Wk2-Volume (feb8-14) Wk3-Volume (feb15- 21) Wk4-Intensity phase (feb 22-28) Wk5-Inte...

MichaelG · MichaelG

I posted this in my journal but thought I'd show everyone how Mike really does know what he's talking about (as if his own success weren't proof enough). I know it's a bit preliminary but I think it's telling. Okay so in 6 weeks doing RTS ("before" lifts were done at the beginning or in the wee...

Mike Tuchscherer · Dave Edwards

Mike, I wondered what your thoughts were on the effects of differing training frequencies. Given the same volume, stress and intensity do you believe different results wil be achieved if all the weeks traing for one lift is done on one day as opposed to spread across the week. For example say the plan...

Nick Morneau · Nick Morneau

I have been having a problem when I squat. It only effects me when the weight is nearing 600lbs. I am guessing that its not a problem when the weight is lighter simply because my lower back is already really strong and can take it but when I start getting to the 600lbs range on the squat I end up pulling a musc...

Geir M · Geir M

I'm curious to why the program is split into lower body and upper body workouts. I'm very used to doing both in all of the training days of the week. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, just curious to know the reason. I'm also curious about what you would think about changing the routine slightly so tha...

Mike Tuchscherer · Dustin

I am using reverse bands for deadlift and bench. My question is when should the band no longer assist you in the lift?? To help clarify my question...should there be any tension on the bands when you are locked out on a bench press? When should there be no band tension on deadlifts? Above knee level?...

Geir M · Geir M

So I've read the book. Read a couple of topics here in the forum, and I'm pretty sure I will start RTS training next week. I've pretty much decided which exercises to use for my first mesocycle, but I just wanted to post them here so that I'm sure this is a good selection of exercises. Also the cyclic rep sch...

obrnpwrlftr · obrnpwrlftr

This just came to me. If I were suppossed to do say squats at 80% for 3 sets of 3 according to my Sheiko template and I wanted to apply RTS to that to get the correct volume,etc. would it go something like this... Start off by warming up then do triples, increasing the weight until I get to a weight that allows...

wilmer · wilmer

Hey I train with alot of people so I know alot of exercise to increase my bench.I just turn 19 and bench raw 275 at 132 and 290 at 148.Can somebody give new exercise to improve my bench.Thank You For Helping! -- Edited by wilmer on Wednesday 25th of March 2009 06:45:33 PM

obrnpwrlftr · obrnpwrlftr

I read the book through twice and looked at the spreadsheets that came with it. I have a bunch of questions and I may have more as these are answered.... 1. Do you use a different protocol every week from the list for the volume phase and intensity phase for each respective blocks? In other words...if I p...

Anonymous

I have a meet March 28th, which is right about 8 weeks away. My question is when should I start my volume phase? Would I start 7 weeks out since that would get me through one volume/intensity phase and give me 1 week to de-load for the meet? _Dustin

w8lifteruf11 · w8lifteruf11

Hey Mike I was wondering if you think that I should start with a volume phase first then go into intensity after three weeks? Also What do you think of doing a macrocycle for 12 weeks of 3-volume, 6-intensity, 3-volume; or do you think I should do 3-V, 3-I, 3-V, 3-I?

Nick Morneau · Paul Lietz

Hey Mike it's Paul. I met you at the Raw Unity meet and talked with you for about 30 minutes about RTS to find out a little more about it. Congrats on all your great lifting it was awesome to watch you lift . I was the young dude who couldn't believe that you were only 23. Your amazing for how old you are. Anyway...

TRON · TRON

2000 lb Raw total!

JordanLinteris · JordanLinteris

Mike I got a few questions for ya. I have always believed that an individuals diet is just as important as the lifting program one does. Obviously without the sufficient ammount of protein and carbs and natural fats etc., you cannot get the gains that you should make by working your muscles. I was wonde...

Mike Tuchscherer · Mark Robinson

Hi Mike, Read your book with great interest so thanks very much for putting it out there. My question is regarding fatigue stops. You say that if you do say a tripple and its 8, then do it again and its 9 stop and move on you're done. What is the rational behind this and is there a case to be made for doing more a...

Mike Tuchscherer · Anonymous

I picked out my exercises for the program but I am having trouble putting them together. I don't know whether to do a 3 or 4 day per week program. Here is my exercise selection -Suit squats, Raw squat variation- Low box squat, Squat supplement- pause squat or high bar squat -DL assist- Reverse band dl,...

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Bench Press Question (Preview) What is 90mm bench press?	Tony Reid	2	884	Mar 4, 2009 by Tony Reid
	Diet whilst on RTS (Preview) There was a diet question for Mike a while ago...but this time I wanna see what other people on RTS do. How do you eat, any considerations, special diets? Post away!	deanredzic	12	1764	Mar 3, 2009 by Mark Robinson
	Life kicks you in the head sometimes... (Preview) Have to withdraw from state championships I've been training my ass off for. A possible serious AC joint injury has had me worried but I was still going to win. Now custody BS with my ex over my 2 year old boy(I am finally getting joint custody...after bitching at her for 2 years since I have him at LEAST...	Dano	2	803	Mar 3, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Titan Squat Shoes ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Possibly a strange question but for anyone who wears the Titan Squat Shoes what is the heel height on the shoes and how does it compare to an oly squat shoe? Thanks in advance.	Brad	17	10575	Feb 25, 2009 by Nick Morneau
	Touching with new bench shirt. (Preview) I used a decently tight shirt yesterday for the first time. I see know that the shirt I used in a comp 5 years ago that I thought was pretty tight WAS NOT. Anyways It is a katana, might even be a super katana. I bought it used off of a friend. Anyone have any tips on how to get weight to touch? I read that some pe...	JordanLinteris	7	1398	Feb 24, 2009 by JordanLinteris
	A whole bunch of questions! (Preview) Right, I'm a week and a half into RTS programming and its already raised a whole host of questions for me...but at least I'm thinking so thats good right? 1) Intensity vs volume. On the primary lifts, I'm hitting an average of 75%-80% intensity across all sets including warmups. Not necessarily a prob...	Mark Robinson	5	2727	Feb 21, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	How is your RTS progress? (Preview) Inspired by the thread "Early RTS success", I'm curious to hear more from people who have tried this system and how their progress has been so far. Anybody who has trained RTS for 1 mesocycle or more, feel free to post thoughts about the system and your progress here. I have only trained RTS f...	Geir M	9	1315	Feb 21, 2009 by Brady Stewart
	What is wrong with my bench and how do I fix it? ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Here is the issues I am having. My ply press is going up very fast every week. 10lbs added to my 2 and 1 rep max. I always though my bench was weak at the bottom so I have been hitting that for a while. But here is the issue. I am also working on boards alot. 4 and 5 board to work on my lockout and get used to handling...	Nick Morneau	26	2729	Feb 21, 2009 by Landon Evans
	Off Topic: Post-Competition Slump (Preview) I've only officially competed in one contest so far, and did well, coming close to meeting all my goals. However, about 24 hours after the comp, I slid into a pretty unnerving depression that lasted for a couple months. I'd rather not have that happen again. Any thoughts from experienced competito...	BobW	5	1153	Feb 20, 2009 by Dano
	Knee waraps (Preview) Ok so I got the rest of my equipment coming, what knee wraps does everyone use? Whats recommended etc?	Mark Robinson	3	971	Feb 17, 2009 by Nick Morneau
	erector shirts (Preview) Does anyone on here know anything about them or haved used them in the past? I'm pretty positive I'm going to buy one since I can't stay upright with tight straps. I'm wondering If I should go with the heavy duty blast material or hardcore material?	Andrew Hollenbeck	0	833	Feb 16, 2009 by Andrew Hollenbeck
	RTS stuff (Preview) Mike, This is Jordan writing ya from work (I am union. Lots of time for this stuff). Anyways I am going to be wrapping up my third mesocycle here within the next two weeks and I was wondering if I should start incoorperating some more advanced things in my training. This seems like it should be a pretty obv...	Jordan Linteris	2	849	Feb 13, 2009 by Anonymous
	Inzer fusion ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Does anyone know a Canadian distributor to purchase an Inzer fusion deadlift suit? I checked their website and it wasnt on it. Thanks	JordanLinteris	21	4881	Feb 12, 2009 by Anonymous
	setting up program for a meet (Preview) I have read the manual twice and still have a question about setting up a program for a meet. Ok here is my current set up... is this right? The Meet is March 28th Wk1-Volume phase (feb 1-7) Wk2-Volume (feb8-14) Wk3-Volume (feb15- 21) Wk4-Intensity phase (feb 22-28) Wk5-Inte...	Dustin	3	1144	Feb 11, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Early RTS Success (Preview) I posted this in my journal but thought I'd show everyone how Mike really does know what he's talking about (as if his own success weren't proof enough). I know it's a bit preliminary but I think it's telling. Okay so in 6 weeks doing RTS ("before" lifts were done at the beginning or in the wee...	MichaelG	3	1093	Feb 11, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Training frequency (Preview) Mike, I wondered what your thoughts were on the effects of differing training frequencies. Given the same volume, stress and intensity do you believe different results wil be achieved if all the weeks traing for one lift is done on one day as opposed to spread across the week. For example say the plan...	Dave Edwards	3	1162	Feb 11, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Lower back is rounding at the bottom of the squat? (Preview) I have been having a problem when I squat. It only effects me when the weight is nearing 600lbs. I am guessing that its not a problem when the weight is lighter simply because my lower back is already really strong and can take it but when I start getting to the 600lbs range on the squat I end up pulling a musc...	Nick Morneau	7	1404	Feb 10, 2009 by Dano
	Question about the basic template (Preview) I'm curious to why the program is split into lower body and upper body workouts. I'm very used to doing both in all of the training days of the week. I'm not saying it's bad or anything, just curious to know the reason. I'm also curious about what you would think about changing the routine slightly so tha...	Geir M	3	1917	Feb 8, 2009 by Geir M
	Reverse band question (Preview) I am using reverse bands for deadlift and bench. My question is when should the band no longer assist you in the lift?? To help clarify my question...should there be any tension on the bands when you are locked out on a bench press? When should there be no band tension on deadlifts? Above knee level?...	Dustin	3	807	Feb 7, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	My RTS exercise selection (Preview) So I've read the book. Read a couple of topics here in the forum, and I'm pretty sure I will start RTS training next week. I've pretty much decided which exercises to use for my first mesocycle, but I just wanted to post them here so that I'm sure this is a good selection of exercises. Also the cyclic rep sch...	Geir M	5	8473	Feb 3, 2009 by Geir M
	Applying RTS to Sheiko (Preview) This just came to me. If I were suppossed to do say squats at 80% for 3 sets of 3 according to my Sheiko template and I wanted to apply RTS to that to get the correct volume,etc. would it go something like this... Start off by warming up then do triples, increasing the weight until I get to a weight that allows...	obrnpwrlftr	5	3051	Feb 2, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Im starting to bench.Can somebody give me some exercise that I dont know to increase my bench (Preview) Hey I train with alot of people so I know alot of exercise to increase my bench.I just turn 19 and bench raw 275 at 132 and 290 at 148.Can somebody give new exercise to improve my bench.Thank You For Helping! -- Edited by wilmer on Wednesday 25th of March 2009 06:45:33 PM	wilmer	1	888	Feb 2, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	I am lost (Preview) I read the book through twice and looked at the spreadsheets that came with it. I have a bunch of questions and I may have more as these are answered.... 1. Do you use a different protocol every week from the list for the volume phase and intensity phase for each respective blocks? In other words...if I p...	obrnpwrlftr	3	1187	Feb 2, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	question about scheduling program (Preview) I have a meet March 28th, which is right about 8 weeks away. My question is when should I start my volume phase? Would I start 7 weeks out since that would get me through one volume/intensity phase and give me 1 week to de-load for the meet? _Dustin	Anonymous	1	925	Feb 1, 2009 by Anonymous
	Volume/Intensity- Paul Lietz (Preview) Hey Mike I was wondering if you think that I should start with a volume phase first then go into intensity after three weeks? Also What do you think of doing a macrocycle for 12 weeks of 3-volume, 6-intensity, 3-volume; or do you think I should do 3-V, 3-I, 3-V, 3-I?	w8lifteruf11	1	1086	Jan 31, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	ply-wood bench press on lower end bench day? (Preview) Hey Mike it's Paul. I met you at the Raw Unity meet and talked with you for about 30 minutes about RTS to find out a little more about it. Congrats on all your great lifting it was awesome to watch you lift . I was the young dude who couldn't believe that you were only 23. Your amazing for how old you are. Anyway...	Paul Lietz	2	991	Jan 29, 2009 by Nick Morneau
	Congratulations Big Mike on your huge raw total this weekend (Preview) 2000 lb Raw total!	TRON	7	956	Jan 29, 2009 by jwzrd
	Diet/Calorie intake questions. (Preview) Mike I got a few questions for ya. I have always believed that an individuals diet is just as important as the lifting program one does. Obviously without the sufficient ammount of protein and carbs and natural fats etc., you cannot get the gains that you should make by working your muscles. I was wonde...	JordanLinteris	8	1971	Jan 23, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Fatigue Stops (Preview) Hi Mike, Read your book with great interest so thanks very much for putting it out there. My question is regarding fatigue stops. You say that if you do say a tripple and its 8, then do it again and its 9 stop and move on you're done. What is the rational behind this and is there a case to be made for doing more a...	Mark Robinson	10	2703	Jan 22, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
	Have some questions about putting together program (Preview) I picked out my exercises for the program but I am having trouble putting them together. I don't know whether to do a 3 or 4 day per week program. Here is my exercise selection -Suit squats, Raw squat variation- Low box squat, Squat supplement- pause squat or high bar squat -DL assist- Reverse band dl,...	Anonymous	3	1005	Jan 21, 2009 by Mike Tuchscherer
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