Is the Reactive Training System template outlined anywhere? Are there any articles on it? I am trying to piece it together from the training logs, but I was hoping to find a write up on it.
I'm writing a manual on that very topic. Here's an excerpt from the intro:
After USAPL Collegiate Nationals in 2006, a few of my teammates from the Air Force Academy powerlifting team and I developed and began doing Reactive Training. We developed it ourselves from piecing together the effective parts of other programs, learning some new things that nobody else does, and packaging it all in a manner that is sane. The trouble is that this was a fairly long process and it is rather complex until you understand it. We were sitting around one day talking about training and this kind in particular. We were talking about how to explain Reactive Training so it was easily understood. Obviously, an article would be the easiest way to get all the information out on a large scale, but the complexity of the program is what caused us some problems. As I began writing, the system took on a life of its own and it became clear that an article or even a series of articles could not do it justice. It would have to be a manual in order to encompass the extent that the program developed. In this manual, I will first give you a basic, normal program much like any other program article. It is a good program to use on its own, but the Reactive Training modifications make it much more customizable and effective. After you have this base program outlined in chapter 1, the rest of the manual will cover these modifications. It will result in you becoming much, much better at managing your own training and auto-regulating it for yourself and your specific needs.
And here is how I define RTS in the glossary:
Reactive Training System- A system of organizing training that teaches the user to customize his training to fit his individual needs as an athlete.
-- Edited by Mike Tuchscherer at 01:49, 2008-05-06
