There have been massive innovations in strength training technology that have not yet reached the coaching community. The consequences of this cannot be overstated. Introducing Strength 3.0.
The results in elite sports and for everyday gym-goers are not acceptable.
There are too many injuries, low adherence, and untapped performance potential.
From this rejection comes STRENGTH 3.0 that rejects the common excuses of “poor genetic potential” and “hereditary musculoskeletal breakdown.”
97% of the population is metabolically and or mechanically seriously impaired. In my experience, 100% of the population has room for life-enhancing improvements.
Strength 3.0 is an opportunity for coaches and everyday performers to be at the cutting edge of a new era of performance.
“Who controls the Past controls the Future.”
- George Orwell
Strength 1.0
Strength Feats - Lifting For Money
Old-time strongmen performed for money in front of a crowd.
All sorts of feats. Some tricks and gimmicks. Many incredibly strong men.
Strength showmanship was popular but the world of strength was mostly a mystery. The mystery was really the selling point for the old-time circus performers.
Consider that “motion pictures” were about to be born. Travel was by boat and primitive roads. The logistics of getting together to compete in large groups much more challenging than in the strength 2.0 era. As a result, many of the feats of this time are questioned for accuracy. Equipment wasn’t standardized and sharing of knowledge was mostly in printed publications and mail-order programs.
Many coaches of today haven’t studied the systems developed during these times. There is a lot to learn from people like Eugene Sandow, Arthur Saxon, Sigmund Klein & George Hachenschmidt.
In many ways, this era has more to offer modern-day strength enthusiasts than strength training 2.0 which was more specialized.
Strength 2.0
Strength Sports - Lifting For Nationalism
Strength and muscle sports came alive with improved travel, communications, and media. The equipment was standardized and the results of training protocols became much more scientific. The birth of powerlifting, Olympic style weightlifting, strongman & bodybuilding. Cold-war era “lifting to win” was winning at all costs. Supplements, steroids, capitalism & communism started to have a big impact on sports and global culture during this time.
Many of the programs of this time were based around 4-year Olympic cycles, wave-loaded, and periodized based on the injections that were being delivered.
Many of today’s strength coaches are running a mixture of bodybuilding, powerlifting, or weightlifting programs designed around “cold war” logic and steroid cycles despite their athletes/members not using steroids.
These programs aren’t well suited to human strength.
Strength 3.0
Human Strength - Lifting For Humanity
The Beginning with Charles Poliquin
Charles Poliquin and the early iterations of Poliquin Institute brought in a new era of strength. Poliquin coached champions in many different sports and applied a detailed holistic approach that hadn’t been published in one place previously. His system was based on human physics and looked at the subtle balances of the human organism in detail in a way that no other coach has been able to deliver to the world. Poliquin published a lot but it seems many of his teachings were encrypted or left unexplained. This is part of the reason why Charles might have been disliked by almost as many coaches as those who loved him.
RealMVMT is one continuation of the Poliquin legacy. Many coaches are doing this in one form or another. Still, many of the important lessons of strength training 3.0 aren’t being taught in the strength training community.
You Only Get Strong In The Range You Train
You may not NEED strength training 3.0 for strength sports success. They will enhance overall function and rehabilitation, but great results are possible without a deep knowledge of strength training.
And Westside Barbell…
Louis Simmons’ team dominated the world of equipped powerlifting for decades. Like Poliquin, his methods are extremely controversial and disliked by many in his field.
The Westside System calls for a high volume of tendon training, speed work, jumping, and sleds with only a small volume of work on the barbell and almost no direct work on competition technique squats and deadlifts.
There is no point getting strong in the wrong exercises.
Westside uses a joint-by-joint approach just like Poliquin. He believes most of your training volume should be invested in these movements to build the foundation for healthy long-term performance.
Many in the powerlifting elite argue that investing so much energy in non-competition lifts is counterproductive and that the Westside system only works for equipped lifters.
What few people would argue against is that Westside creates the most athletic and well-rounded powerlifters in the world.
Interestingly, Both Charles & Louis suffered very serious injuries early in their careers and in many ways developed similar solutions to help their athletes avoid the injuries they suffered.
Enter Ben Patrick - @KneesOverToesGuy
“Knees Over Toes Guy” Ben Patrick has done the most important work of our time in changing the way athletes train for the better.
In adopting and upgrading “Strength 3.0” principles from Charles Poliquin, Ben has created a truly unique recipe for rehabilitation and athletic development.
The philosophy is different.
The results are different. Better Different!
Already, hundreds of surgeries have been canceled and people are back dunking by focusing on progressing function.
Muscle Function Technique
The trick is that the same technology in Knee Ability can be decoded and applied across the body.
Muscle Function Technique is the underpinning that gives coaches the understanding needed to improve any joint in the body.
To my knowledge, nobody has ever shared this technology and logic with the world. This is an extension of “Structural Balance” which is also a massive part of Strength 3.0.
How Does Muscle Function Technique Work?
1. Circulation - Inner Range Concentric Only
2. Inner Range - Concentric Plus Eccentric (Sometimes extreme inner range work is also needed.)
3. Middle Range - Concentric Plus Eccentric
4. Outer Range - Concentric Plus Eccentric
5. Extreme Outer Range/Stretching (Range Of Strength dives deep into this area.)
6. Tendon Loading - Speed And Reactive Strength
If you have trained Knee Ability, you will notice nuances around this at the knee, ankle, and hip. Very few coaches understand this technology. The consequences for professional athletes and humans generally cannot be overstated.
Do All These 6 Matter?
Yes. As Louis Simmons said:
Taking this beyond powerlifting we need to gain capacity in all 6 areas.
Is that Strength 3.0?
No. Muscle Function Theory is huge progress but it’s not enough.
1. How To Be Healthy (Nourish + Stop Poisoning)Strong Blood & Body Composition for Health.2. Muscle Function Technique (Built on Knee Ability Technology)Strong Musculoskeletal System.Extreme Range.4. RMVT Skills (Hand & Foot Juggling + Hand Balancing)Extreme Motor Control & Sensory Input.5. Dense Strength Method (with Muscle Club Or Fat 2 Free)Strength Gamification & Time Efficiency For Elite Capacity & Composition.Carries Sports Specialisation/Weightlifting/Powerlifting/Gymnastics etc. without ever losing the human foundation.
FAQ’s
Why Skills? Because without dexterity to use it, strength is of very limited use. Powerlifter’s training specifically becomes better and better at less and less. That’s fine for those competing but doesn’t work for human strength.
Why Range? Again, strength without range is impotent. Sprinting with the shoelaces tied together is futile regardless of the force and nervous system output. Range is not optional for humans.
Could it be simpler? If anyone of these pillars is removed the house falls down.
RMVT & ATG
RealMVMT and Athletic Truth Group are all in for building a new affordable future in strength for coaches and athletes.
In the era of Poliquin Institute, online reach was difficult. The internet wasn’t what it is today.
As a result, companies asked for tens of thousands of dollars to be fully qualified and honestly didn’t deliver the product quality & results that an investment like that deserves.
Rather than complain about it, I’ve built a solution. And a whole new culture of coach success to go with it. It’s a living experiment.
We have 500 active coaches right now. We’re less than 12 months into the launch for RealMVMT Coaches.
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