Absolute Sport Science: January 2026 in Review
Catch Up on January's Key Insights in Conjugate Programming.
Welcome to the monthly roundup for Absolute Sport Science! If you’ve been busy programming treatment and training, analyzing Point A → Point B data, or just busy with the pace of life in 2026, this is your one-stop shop to catch up on everything we covered in January. We’ve got summaries and links to all our Tuesday written posts and Sunday video deep-dives (exclusive to paid subscribers). This is your monthly highlights—straight to your inbox.
Whether you’re a free subscriber or a paid member, these recaps are designed to keep you informed and inspired—to keep you getting better at becoming a programming strategist!
Top Social Post of the Month
We’ve really enjoyed seeing programmers apply oscillating isometrics in real time and share their work publicly. The feedback has been clear: once you start using OIMAs, you realize how potent they are—and how much more there is to explore.
What’s been especially encouraging is seeing people move beyond copying exercises and begin thinking in terms of when, why, and where oscillating isometrics belong inside a broader programming strategy.
Let us know in the comments what you’d like to see more of on social.
Tuesday Posts: Programming Insights
Tuesdays are all about actionable, evidence-based articles to level up your programming knowledge. Here’s what we explored this month:
January 6, 2026: The Conjugate Edge #04: Biological Point B
Explores lessons from training and treating at Westside Barbell, emphasizing the need to hedge neurological programming with Biological Point B.
It details the art & science of palpating reactive strength injuries, where tissue rips from tendon, providing unique information flow for therapists to inform conjugate strategies.
January 13, 2025: Clinical Reactive Strength
This exclusive video demonstrates an advanced clinical strategy that cultivate reactive strength in a clinical setting by conjugating neurological and biological components using the Internal Isometric Continuum (IIC), including Pressing and Holding Isometric Muscle Actions to unlock new programming possibilities for therapists.
Watch and see how this inside-out special strength approach indirectly stimulates joint function and directly cultivates reactive strength.
January 20, 2026: Visual: Training The Neural Network of Absolute Strength
Visual + explanation on training the neural network of absolute strength by programming work that stimulates its scaling through two Soviet era strength training methods:
Max Effort Method
Dynamic Effort Method
It emphasizes these methods through an inside-out lens, not an outside-in lens as historically has been done.
January 27, 2026: The 49ers Power Plant Explanation
This post labels the viral claim blaming electromagnetic fields from the San Francisco 49ers’ practice facility for reactive strength injuries like Achilles ruptures as a bad explanation—proposing instead that we are living in an reactive strength paradigm and the 49ers and NFL has a Reactive Strength Problem.
It emphasizes neurological shielding as a leading indicator in real life case studies of Christian McCaffrey, George Kittle, and Dre Greenlaw—advocates for real-time programming via the Internal Isometric Continuum.
Sunday Paid Subscriber Video Posts
Sundays are reserved for our premium video content—in-depth breakdowns, Q&A sessions, and practical demos that bring the science to life. If you’re not a paid subscriber yet, these are a great reason to upgrade!
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Next Founders Meeting
Tentatively mark your calendars for Friday, February 20th at noon EST for our next Founders Meeting.
We’ll focus on:
Oscillatory Isometric Muscle Actions
The Damping Effect of Reactive Strength
A live practical demo (we’re working on making this happen!)
If you have any other topics worth discussing at a Founders Meeting, leave them in the comments below.
The Damping Effect article will hit your inbox this Tuesday (February 3rd) if you’re subscribed.