Auto-regulating Strength Training With RPE - Mike Tuchscherer

Hello and welcome to The Progress Theory where we discuss how to implement scientific principles to optimise human performance. I’m Dr Phil Price and on today’s episode, we have Powerlifting coach, Mike Tuchscherer. @miketuchscherer ‪@ReactiveTrainingSystems‬ When training for strength and endurance simultaneously, the body is put under so much stress from different types of stimuli that it is hard to plan programming so far in advance. Training has to be autoregulated to account for variations in how we respond to these different stimuli. In this episode, Mike and I discuss the use of a subjective measure like a rating of perceived exertion (RPE) for programming strength training, and how it can be utilized to account for the different ways athletes respond to strength training. In this episode, we discuss: 1:00 - Introduction and the importance of autoregulation 4:30 - Working with Hybrid athletes 7:44 - What is RPE and introducing it to Powerlifting 11:50 - Getting used to using RPE for strength 15:53 - Coaching decisions with RPE based on lifter personality 18:35 - Using barbell velocity to aid with RPE programming 26:43 - RPE progression for programming 30:16 - Individual response patterns to RPE programming 38:04 - Frequency of training exposures 40:30 - RPE programming for different types of responders 48:55 - Recommendations for starting programming strength with RPE 51:13 - Mike’s contact information, website, and social media outlets FOLLOW OUR PODCAST The host - Dr Phil Price 🌐 Website - (https://www.theprogresstheory.com/) 📸 Instagram - (https://www.instagram.com/drphilprice...) 🐦 Twitter - (https://twitter.com/thepricep?lang=en) Sign up to our fortnightly newsletter - (https://substack.com/@theprogresstheo...) Kult Media - Innovative podcast production and content creation. Without them the show would not be possible. Thinking about starting your own podcast? head to (https://www.kult.media/) HMN24 - Fuelling human performance - Optimise your day by checking out their amazing supplements - Use link for 10% at checkout (https://hmn24.com/) Strength Coach Nause - Download your own interactive Hybrid training programming template - 15% off using this link - (https://www.strengthcoachnause.co.uk/...) In this episode, we mentioned the following resources: Reactive training systems RTS Blog RTS courses RTS Podcasts Powerlifting USA Equipment: Gym Aware Push bands