#076 - Mike Tuchscherer - a podcast by OPEX Fitness
from 2019-10-04T12:18:40
Bio:Over the 15+ years Mike has been coaching, he has coached over 400 lifters. Sixteen of those lifters went on to earn a medal at the IPF Classic World Championships under his guidance. Fourteen lifters have earned World Records. As part of RTS Classroom, Mike has taught more than 500 athletes and coaches how to make better training decisions.
Mike began coaching in 2004 when he took over as the Cadet-in-Charge of the USAFA Powerlifting club. After he graduated in 2007, he wrote about what he had learned in his first book, “The Reactive Training Manual”. The book taught lifters how the concept of RPE could be adapted to lifting. It went on to shape Powerlifting and popularize the notion of autoregulated training.
Mike was an early adopter of online coaching for Powerlifting and helped to develop that industry. He coached and handled lifters all over the world for the next several years. In 2016, he began developing his “Emerging Strategies” framework – a planning style that systematically determines what a lifter responds best to.
Over the 15+ years Mike has been coaching, he has coached over 400 lifters. Sixteen of those lifters went on to earn a medal at the IPF Classic World Championships under his guidance. Fourteen lifters have earned World Records. As part of RTS Classroom, Mike has taught more than 500 athletes and coaches how to make better training decisions.
Whether through innovative concepts or ground-level coaching, through free online systems or direct teaching, through his own lifting or the coaching of others, Mike has inspired countless other powerlifters to individualize their training so that it works best for them.
Show Notes:
Website: reactivetrainingsystems.com
Facebook: Reactive Training Systems
Instagram: reactivetrainingsystems
YouTube: Reactive Training Systems
Podcasts Mentioned:
Iron Culture Podcast - Ep. 26- How Progressive Overload Actually Works
RTS Podcast - The Utility of Exertion Load with Robert Frederick
Video’s Mentioned:
Emerging Strategies with Mike Tuchscherer
People and Resources mentioned:
Mike BoyleMike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MBSC)Eric Helms
James HanleyAnatoliy Bondarchuk
Time-Line:
0:00 – 2:56 - Robbie intro’s the show and asks Mike about his surname origins?
2:57 – 11:34 - Robbie asks Mike what is fatigue?
11:35 – 16:01 - Robbie asks Mike about progressive overload and fatigue and about the concept of still performing well, despite a subjective feeling of fatigue
16:01 – 20:36 - Robbie asks Mike about how he is tracking and measuring fatigue within his own training and with his athletes
20:37 – 30:34 - Robbie asks Mike to discuss his stress index for measuring fatigue
30:35 – 31:35 - Robbie asks Mike about trends from the stress index regarding the big 3 lifts
31:36 – 34:09 - Robbie asks Mike what is the biggest factor regarding fatigue accumulation?
34:10 – 36:09 - Robbie asks Mike about how Robert Fredrick calculates fatigue?
36:10 – 40:26 - Robbie asks Mike how to calculate how much overload is needed at any given moment in time to attain an adaptive response?40:27 – 47:56 - Robbie asks Mike about the use of open-ended sets to autoregulate training
47:57 – 50:40 - Robbie asks Mike about the use of velocity-based training (VBT) to objectify fatigue
50:41 – 55:18 - Robbie asks Mike where people can find out more about him and his work
55:19 - 55:49 - Robbie wraps up the show!
Further episodes of OPEX Fitness Presents: Back Room Talk
Further podcasts by OPEX Fitness
Website of OPEX Fitness