Absolute Sport Science: May 2026 in Review
Catch Up on May's Key Insights in Conjugate Programming, Clinical Application, and the Reverse Hyper.
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 to catch up on everything we covered in May. 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!
🚨 Reverse Hyper Program Launch + Free Zoom—May 29
Two things happening on May 29th that you don’t want to miss.
First: Join us for a free 30-minute Zoom session—Reverse Hyper: How Louie Actually Used It—at noon EST. We’re covering exact setup, loading, and programming before the program goes public. Save your spot here.
Then: Immediately after the call, the Reverse Hyper Program goes live. Everything we’ve been building toward this month—the history, the asymmetry, the gap in programming—lands in a complete, actionable program. Stay tuned.
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:
May 5, 2026: The Conjugate Edge #08: Concurrent Is Conjugate → The Soviet Edge
There are only two programming philosophies: linear and concurrent. When you program concurrently andstructure the four Soviet methods of strength training inside that framework, you’re no longer just training concurrently — you are training conjugately.
Louie Simmons took the neurological aggression of the Bulgarians and conjugated it with the systematic method rotation of the Soviets. The result wasn’t a compromise — it was a synthesis. At Absolute, we’ve taken that method-based foundation and translated it into the language of capacities, giving today’s programmers a clearer framework to consciously manage the Multiplication Principle across all four fundamentals of Point B.
Programming Shift: Linear programming is additive and predictable — and it has two destinations: neurological stagnation or biological accommodation. Conjugate programming is multiplicative. Absolute Strength × Speed Strength × Reactive Strength × Joint Function = High Performance. Neglect any one variable and the product collapses. Improve all four simultaneously and the gains compound in ways a linear roadmap can never produce.
May 12, 2026: Conjugate in the Clinic: Leveraging Point B Neurology to Restore Cervical Function + Reactive Strength
A live clinical case featuring elite grappler Dante Leon—who has graciously allowed us to share select elements of his treatment for educational purposes. His extensive training history places him at a high-functioning Neurological Point B, and we’re leveraging that existing neurology to simultaneously improve joint function (segmental control + arthrokinematics) and reactive strength—the two elements of Biological Point B.
This is the conjugate clinical approach in action: treating and training concurrently, in real time, with the athlete’s own neurology as the accelerant.
May 19, 2026: The Asymmetry That Broke Louie Simmons’ Back...Twice
Everyone knows Louie broke his back. Everyone knows he built the reverse hyper to rehab himself. What nobody talks about is why his back broke in the first place. This piece makes the case: the neurological-biological asymmetry. His nervous system wrote a check his spine couldn’t cash.
The asymmetry is what happens when the neural network of absolute strength scales faster than the connective tissue that has to transmit the force it generates. When the athlete and programmer don’t know it’s there, injury risk trends up—every time.
Key distinction: This is where the Absolute Conjugate Strategy diverges from Louie’s Westside system. We value reactive strength over absolute strength and constrain the strategy accordingly. Go Bulgarian on the biology—not the neurology.
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 art and science to life. If you’re not a paid subscriber yet, these are a great reason to upgrade!
The Gap in Reverse Hyper Programming & Training May 3, 2026 — Dr. Michael Chivers & John Quint
The Reverse Hyper is far more than a back machine. Most people start where Louie finished—heavy pendulum swings—skipping the foundational steps that rebuilt his spine after a career-threatening injury. The gap is reactive strength: the ability to absorb, stiffen, and transmit force through a healthy, segmented spine—and the damping effect that makes it possible. This episode traces the origins of the machine, how Louie actually programmed it, and where Absolute’s approach becomes radically different from anything else you’ve seen on the Reverse Hyper.
Baseball as a Special Strength May 10, 2026 — Dr. Michael Chivers & John Quint
The Inside-Out Special Strength Model flips traditional programming by using real-world competition data—exit velocity, sprint times, on-field performance—as a direct feedback loop into the athlete’s neurological Point B. Exit velocity isn’t just an outcome. It reveals whether the neural network of absolute strength is fully expressed or being shielded by underlying joint dysfunction and a reactive strength deficit. Most coaches chase surface-level skill fixes when the nervous system is already in protection mode. We reference Pittsburgh Pirates Co-Director S&C Coach Alan Burr and apply the model to a Fernando Tatis Jr. case study to show what neurological shielding actually looks like in the data.
Acute Low Back Herniation Case Study: Rapid Relief Using Specific Reverse Hyper Programming May 17, 2026 — Dr. Michael Chivers & John Quint
A former professional athlete. An acute L5-S1 herniation with clear MRI findings, compression, and motor deficits in the foot extensors. Two days of targeted Reverse Hyper work—open-chain, sacral-driven segmental motion and lat isometrics, no external load — and motor function returned with significant symptom reduction. This case study shows exactly how to program the Reverse Hyper in an acute back presentation, and why starting with the pendulum is almost always the wrong call.
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Next Founders Meeting
We’ll focus on the programming variable of load with a focus on resistance:
We will go over how the Soviets graded out resistance in the sport of Olympic Weightlifting
Show how that graded resistance was utilized by Louie Simmons in his Westside Barbell Conjugate System
Advance the grading out of resistance for today in 2026 and what that means in programming resistance optimally for not just the athlete but also the special strength that is desired for treatment or training
If you have any other topics worth discussing at a Founders Meeting, leave them in the comments below.