Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) Level 1 Manual
Reflexive Performance Reset (RPR) Level 1 Manual
RPR LEVEL 1
ATTENDEE MANUAL
RPR® MAKES EVERY TRAINING SYSTEM MORE EFFECTIVE
CORE PHILOSOPHY | WHAT RPR IS, WHY IT WORKS, AND THE NEW LENS
ESTABLISHING BUY IN | HOW TO GET YOUR CLIENTS TO BUY INTO RPR
Muscular System
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CORE PHILOSOPHY | A NEW LENS
PARASYMPATHETIC OR SYMPATHETIC
THRIVE OR SURVIVE
EXPLOSION OR IMPLOSION
But if you’ve made it this far, you also believe there’s something to it.
… and you want your clients and athletes to believe that as well.
Depending on your environment, you can use one of two tests to demonstrate the
ESTABLISHING BUY importance of the nervous system and the power simple cues can have.
IN FOR TEAMS, The Neural Squat Test is ideal when introducing RPR to other professionals. This
ATHLETES, AND population has investment in what they have learned and what they know. RPR
challenges those fundamentals. The Neural Squat Test illustrates the importance of
INDIVIDUALS the nervous system, which is the basis for understanding RPR.
The Anti-Rotation Test is perfect for establishing buy-in for clients and athletes.
This population cares about one thing: performance. When you perform this test,
have two athletes perform the wake up drill on each other. This shows how easy
the drills are to learn and how effective they are even when people don’t really
know what they’re doing. This also reinforces the empowerment message that’s
core to RPR.
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ESTABLISHING BUY IN | NEURAL SQUAT TEST
ANTI-ROTATION TEST
TEST INSTRUCTIONS
HOW TO We’ve shared what data we have and will continue to be open books
as more research is done.
INTRODUCE RPR TO
Most people are skeptical of things that challenge what they believe.
YOUR COLLEAGUES Think about when the iPhone was introduced. Some people rejected it
out of hand, some people embraced it.
Ten years later - what’s in your pocket?
When evaluating any change to your program, you should ask three
simple questions:
WILL IT SAVE TIME?
CAN IT DO HARM?
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ESTABLISHING BUY IN | EXPLAINING RPR
Athlete #1
This athlete is an NCAA Division 1
thrower performing 200M sprints.
Athlete #2
This athlete is an NCAA Division 1
thrower performing 200M sprints.
RPR should become part of everyday life for you and your athletes.
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WAKE UP DRILLS | IMPLEMENTATION
BREATHING
This is the cornerstone of everything.
Nothing is as important.
BREATHING
● With your hands between your ribs and hips,
breathe in through the nose and out through
the mouth.
● Feel expansion in your hands all the way
around, from front to back.
● If you’re not able to find breath down in the
belly, try these tactics:
○ Lay down on back with knees bent and feet
flat on the floor
○ Pinch the nose like a Breathe Right Strip
○ Press the Teletubby point (right at the top of
the head)
○ Restricted forced inhalation (breathe
through fingers)
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DIAPHRAGM, HIP FLEXION, AND HIP EXTENSION.
ZONE ONE NO FOOD, NO BABIES, NO SPECIES.
DIAPHRAGM RESET
What to look for:
● Chest breathing
● Shoulders forward
● Walking leaning forward
● Poor posture - head leaning forward
● Tight thoracic causes shallow breaths
● Stressed out
● Tension headache
● Poor HRV reading
● High cortisol
DIAPHRAGM
● Rub with the thumb in small segments down the
sternum from the collarbone to just above the
xiphoid process.
● With the fingers, follow the edge of the ribs out
to the bottom of the ribs and back to the bottom
of the sternum.
● Rub back to the top of the sternum.
PSOAS RESET
What to look for:
● Large quads
● Abs that are tight
● No space between ribs & hips
○ Should be 4 fingers
○ A symptom of excessive tightness in
planking
● Lower back tight
● Pain while squatting deep
PSOAS
● On both sides of the abdomen, about an inch
out and an inch down from the navel, find a spot
on either side with the fingers and rub.
GLUTE RESET
What to look for:
● Hamstring pulls/issues
● Lower back pain/issues
● Excessive anterior pelvic tilt
● Shifting in hips in squat
GLUTES
● Rub along the ridge of the skull (the occiput)
from the center out to the edge and back to the
center. If there is anything tight or ropy back
here, spend some additional time on it.
● With the thumbs, press behind the edge of the
jaw, angling pressure towards the back of the
eye.
HAMSTRING RESET
What to look for:
● Hamstring pulls/strains
● Excessively long stride length
● Disproportionately weak hamstrings,
especially in a prone leg curl exercise
● Slow recovery phase in sprinting
HAMSTRING
● With the thumbs, trace the sacrum along the SI
joint from the PSIS to the coccyx and back up to
the PSIS.
○ Or the simpler - “trace your butt bone.”
● Rub circles around the PSIS.
QUADRICEPS RESET
What to look for:
QUADRICEPS
● Put your hands where they were when you
were doing your Superman belly breaths.
● Using your thumbs, try to saw yourself in half
from the back to the front.
● Using your thumb, try to pry your VMO free from
your adductors.
ANTI-ROTATION
● The only Wake Up Drill you need a partner for!
● With your partner braced across their chest, rub
small circles up and down the erectors.
● Using the meat of your hand or the heel of a
closed fist, percuss the erectors.
● Repeat each about three times.
ABDOMINALS
● Chop the inner thighs from the knees to the
groin and back down. Repeat three times.
● Next rub the thighs until the skin feels warm.
NECK RESET
What to look for:
● Tension headaches
● Limited ability to fully open mouth
○ Should be able to fit 4 fingers
● Chew mouthguards, especially unevenly
● Increased concussions
NECK
● Just below the collarbone, rub with the fingers
from the edge of the sternum to the edge of the
deltoid.
CALVES
● From the navel, go about an inch up and an inch
out on either side.
● With fingers, rub that spot.
● If no difference is felt, find the same spot
straight through to the back and rub there.
LATISSIMUS RESET
What to look for:
LATISSIMUS
● Following the same line from the navel to the
calf points find a spot between the second or
third rib you encounter that feels like there’s a
gap.
● Rub in that gap on each side.
SUPRASPINATUS
● On either side, use the ends of the fingers a
saw.
● Using your fingertips like a saw, trace the seam
of a tank top.
SHOULDER
● First, rake the rib cage around and below the
pec.
● Second, using a thumb, rub a U around the pec.
● Go from the armpit, across the bottom of the
pec, and up the inside edge of the pec.
ANTI-ROTATION TEST
TRANSVERSE PLANE STRENGTH
VIDEO
HIP EXTENSION
RANGE OF MOTION & STRENGTH
VIDEO
Range Of Motion
● With client lying face down, move knee into flexion to minimize
hamstring involvement.
● Have client lift knee off ground as high as possible.
⇨ Note the distance from ground.
⇨ Note differences between sides.
Strength
● From the same position, place a hand on the hamstring by the
knee.
● On cadence, push down and have client resist.
⇨ Note strength and speed of response.
⇨ Note differences between sides.
HAMSTRING
RANGE OF MOTION
VIDEO
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