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August 2026 in Review: Absolute Sport Science
Catch Up on August's Key Insights in the Reactive Strength Deficit, Baseball as a Special Strength, and Conjugate Strategy
Sep 1
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
1
August 2026
Ronald Acuna Jr: Neurological Point B with a Reactive Strength Deficit
How the same components—max effort, dynamic effort—get sequenced completely differently once Level of Competition becomes your feedback loop.
Aug 30
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
5
19:59
The Conjugate Edge #11: A Sport Scientist in 2026
Louie talked about them like they lived on another continent. We met one in the Dominican Republic, and the first thing he did was take two bullets off…
Aug 25
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
7
Conjugating
How the same components—max effort, dynamic effort—get sequenced completely differently once Level of Competition becomes your feedback loop.
Aug 23
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
6
12:12
Baseball As A Special Strength
Absolute Sport Science in the Dominican Republic
Aug 18
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
,
John Quint
, and
Paul Leduc
11
1
8:16
Bottom Up Reactive Strength Deficit
You Don't Close the Deficit. You Fill It.
Aug 16
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
9
21:33
The ACL-Hamstring Feedback Loop
How Exercise 3 in Absolute’s Reverse Hyper Program Reestablishes Ronald Acuña Jr.’s ACL-Hamstring Feedback Loop
Aug 11
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
7
Acuña Jr.'s Reactive Strength Hamstring Problem
What arthroscopy research on the ACL-hamstring reflex reveals—and what reestablishing Point B joint function programming looks like.
Aug 9
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
Paul Leduc
9
25:29
College Football's Bottom-Up Reactive Strength Deficit
How neurological shielding let Caleb Downs scale up on an ACL nobody was assessing, treating or training.
Aug 4
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
7
1
Conjugate Isn't a System. It's a Strategy. At the Edge.
Why nothing's moved conjugate forward since Louie—and what it actually takes to turn his system into a real-time programming strategy.
Aug 2
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
Paul Leduc
5
9:22
July 2026
Jonathan Davis Founders Meeting (Recording)
Strength and Conditioning, Return to Play, Florida Gators Football
Jul 30
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
,
John Quint
, and
Paul Leduc
6
2
1:00:20
July 2026 in Review: Absolute Sport Science
Catch Up on July's Key Insights in OIMAs, the Reverse Hyper, and Reactive Strength Case Studies
Jul 28
•
Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
5
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