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Point A: The Athlete as the Feedback Loop for Programming
Louie Simmons was programming a decade before the Soviets published on it. So why isn’t his system enough anymore?
23 hrs ago
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
5
19:33
The Conjugate Edge #12: When Neurological Stagnation Is the Programming Signal (Intent)
The nervous system checking out is sometimes the best sign the tissue is changing.
Oct 13
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
6
Max Effort PIMAs Physiological Response When Neurological Shielding is Present
One isometric. No tissue at length. An NHL athlete drenched in sweat. What his nervous system was telling us.
Oct 11
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
9
1
15:17
September 2026 in Review: Absolute Sport Science
Catch Up on September's Key Insights in Penn State's Biological Point B, Programming Intent, and the Caleb Williams Reactive Strength Deficit
Oct 6
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
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Penn State Football Biological Point B Mark Latash
The in-service wasn't about treatment or training. It was about the hidden layer of programming.
Oct 4
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
8
32:52
September 2026
The Caleb Williams Scramble That Revealed the NFL's Reactive Strength Deficit
Four games on the sideline = $2.3 million in reactive strength dead money for the Bears.
Sep 29
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
6
Caleb Williams Reactive Strength Hamstrings Injury
Why we think he can be back in three weeks, and why "back" has to mean more than healed.
Sep 27
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
5
11:25
Penn State, Mark Latash and the UCM Hypothesis.
More from Penn State Football’s Biological Point B In-Service.
Sep 22
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
9
John Baker Founders Meeting (Recording)
Cognitive Conjugate: An Emergent Framework for the Systematic Training of Attention
Sep 20
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
6
1
1:16:18
What’s the Intent Here? Because the Language is Programming.
Neurological and biological is the right split. But two reps can look identical and train different elements of Point B—and that is where programmers…
Sep 15
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Dr. Michael Chivers
,
John Quint
, and
Paul Leduc
8
1
Neurological Abundance, Biological Scarcity
The Reactive Strength Paradigm & #1 limiting constraint on high performance in 2026.
Sep 13
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
13
2
26:34
The Hidden Sensor Network of the Medial Elbow (UCL) & Why It Matters
Part 1: Anatomy & Neurophysiology
Sep 8
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Dr. Michael Chivers
and
John Quint
9
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