Is Dave still following Dr. Rusin’s protocol? What are Dr. Rusin’s top-two training takeaways working with Dave? In this Q&A, Dave Tate and Dr. John Rusin share their overall experiences from video series “Fixing Dave Tate” and “Breaking John Rusin,” and more.
In this instructional video, Dave discusses the benefits of dynamic effort and max effort training and breaks down the specifics of his programming during his work with Dr. Rusin.
Dave sits down to answer key questions that he received over the course of the Fixing Date Tate Series. Dave discusses everything from his biggest takeaways, to lessons learned, overall project goals, lifestyle changes, and the importance of effectively auto-regulating your own training program.
Over half an hour of non-stop Q&A, responding directly to questions from elitefts readers.
Putting Dr. Rusin’s new plan to the test, this video shows a full session of Dave’s revised upper body training days.
With two phases of training complete, the upper body training days must now be adjusted to continue Dave’s progress. This is the new plan.
Dr. Rusin already explained the alterations to Dave’s program after the first two phases. Now it’s time to see them in action.
Now that Dr. Rusin and Dave checked in and reviewed the previous progress, it’s time to make some changes to both the max effort and dynamic effort lower body training days.
Dr. Rusin returns to the elitefts headquarters to get an update on Dave’s progress through two training phases.
Dr. Rusin has covered the purpose of the six-phase dynamic warm-up sequence. Now it’s time to dig into the specific movements in each sequence and learn proper execution.
The goal is to rebuild Dave’s foundational movement patterns, and the first step is to begin each training session with one of two 15-minute sequences. Here’s the method behind the madness.
With the discovery phase nearly complete, Dr. Rusin has identified three key areas that will be imperative for Dave moving forward — hip stability, posterior chain upper quadrant stability/thoracic spine cage mobility, and program formation.
Whereas the previous screen was intended to identify red flags, this assessment will consist of clinically-based testing to produce both a medical diagnosis and a functional movement capacity diagnosis.
The initial assessment is complete and it’s time for some hands-on evaluation of Dave’s movement, using these seven key movements. The compensation patterns and pain indicators observed in this step will be used in the next phase of the process.
Years of pushing his body to the limit has left Dave with two hip replacements, numerous shoulder surgeries, more injuries than he can recall, constant daily pain, and restricted movement. It’s time for a change.