Here's a look at what's inside the Collective right now, and what we're covering over the next 9 weeks. Every Tuesday at 9 AM ET is a live education call, and Thursdays are office hours. Every call is recorded. Coming up: - Nov 3: The Interference Effect Is Overrated - Assessment series, Nov 10 to Dec 1: Consults & Onboarding, In-Gym Testing, From Testing to Training Decisions, Priorities to Template - Mixed Modal Intervals series, Dec 8 to 29: The Interval System, Neuromuscular & Sprint Intervals, Intensive Intervals, Extensive Intervals Already in there: - 13 weekly templates from real athletes (off-season strength, HYROX, elite competitive, hypertrophy) - 16 progressions, all test, build, retest (Miko's Triangle, Acid Bath, HSPU VBT, Bike-erg FTP, Echo Structured Variance, and a squat workbook with 4 progressions) - 80+ hours of recorded mentorship calls, plus a 20-hour call library - tools like the rep speed table: average rep speeds, common set sizes and comp volumes for CrossFit movements $149/month or $1,399/year, cancel anytime: kyleruthcoaching.com/collective Which of these would help you most with the athletes you're coaching right now?

"They're elite athletes because they move like elite athletes." That was Ryne's answer to the idea that you can't move like the elites because you aren't one. The number one change I make with a new athlete is cutting them back to one or two true metcons a week and putting that time into technique and the weak parts of their energy systems. Nobody is immune. The rest of it: -why you run better on the air runner than on the road -when to stop running a steep climb and power hike it -why a four-slide carousel isn't the same as reading the blog -the tape drill that made burpee box jump-overs 3 to 4 seconds faster per 20 reps -peaks and valleys: why nothing has to progress in a straight line -why threshold work written as mixed-modal pieces misses the stimulus -the 3 x 10s Echo sprint protocol that took a Games athlete's peak from the high 1200s to just shy of 1,400 -accessory vs assistance work, and the grip I use for rope climb pulling Full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3pUjaSp7QPGPsBlUpfwM5k Written recap with every study linked: https://kyleruthcoaching.com/fieldnotes/first-things-we-change-new-athlete Questions and pushback in the comments. If there is a topic you want us to cover, put it here.

I have a female athlete who is currently competing at Semi Finals level, and I’m looking for some input on an issue we’ve been seeing consistently. Whenever she performs shuttle runs, she gets a very significant pump/fatigue through both erectors/lower back. It seems to be quite specific to shuttle running rather than running in general. Has anyone experienced something similar with an athlete? I’d be interested to hear how you approached it from a programming perspective. Did you modify the shuttle volume/frequency, use different running variations, address mechanics, or do anything specific to improve her tolerance? I’m less interested in simply removing shuttle runs and more interested in finding a way to understand and address the limitation so she can eventually tolerate them better. Any experiences or programming approaches would be really appreciated.

Here is another progression I came up with a few years back for developing skill in barbell cycling. It's designed to teach a beginner how to cycle a barbell efficiently but you could use any of the progressions to diagnose and clean up sloppy pieces for an already established lifter.

I filmed this video for some clients today to help them with fixing the tuck position of their kipping HSPU. There are a few keys to having powerful hip drive but building strength in this style of tuck will solve a lot of them as it pertains to the kipping HSPU.