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Pendulum Prerequisites: Why Most People Start the Reverse Hyper 5 Exercises Too Early
The pendulum isn't exercise one. A real case shows what happens when someone gets there before their body is ready—and why the machine isn't the…
9 hrs ago
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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The Hidden Layer in Your Point A: Endocrine Function
Introducing endocrine assessment into the Absolute framework of Point A.
Jul 14
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John Quint
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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An Update From Absolute: The Reverse Hyper Program, New Merch, and Four Years In
What's new this month, what we've been building behind the scenes, and why we're doing this update in the first place.
Jul 12
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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The Conjugate Edge #10: OIMAs—The Hedge at the Edge
How Oscillating Isometric Muscle Actions Hedge Against Reactive Strength Volatility
Jul 7
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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Malik Nabers: The Mosquito He Can't Kill
A high-output nervous system, a foot that's never caught up, and what happens when an injury gets framed wrong from the start.
Jul 5
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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June 2026
June 2026 in Review: Absolute Sport Science
Reactive strength deficits in Lindor, Griffin, and Nabers—plus how Olin Kreutz sequences a conjugate program.
Jun 30
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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Finding the Open Door: Programming the Spine with Disc Pathology
When the nervous system closes the gate, you don't push harder — you find the position where it lets you in.
Jun 28
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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18:44
Adrian Guardado Founders Meeting (Recording)
Director of Return to Play, UCLA Football
Jun 26
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
, and
Paul Leduc
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Absolute Founders Meeting: Adrian Guardado
Director of Return to Play, UCLA Football
Jun 24
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
, and
Paul Leduc
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The Conjugate Edge #09: Defining a Conjugate Programming Sequence
How Olin Kreutz Sequences an NFL Lineman's Nervous System and Biology—and What It Would Take to Finally Kill Malik Nabers' Mosquito
Jun 23
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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OIMAs as a Decision Fork: How to Choose Between HIMAs, PIMAs, and External Load
Once the OIMA tells you where damping is breaking down, the next question is why—and that answer determines everything about your programming direction.
Jun 21
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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Nabers Has Never Been at Reactive Strength Point B Since High School
What a Chronic Left Toe, a Non-Contact ACL Tear, and a Second Surgery Are Telling Us—From a Reactive Strength Paradigm
Jun 16
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Dr. Michael Chivers
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John Quint
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