ConjugateU: The Ultimate Cheat Code for Athletic Development and Injury Reduction Paperback – December 9, 2024

This book is a testament to the validity, effectiveness, and success of using the Conjugate Method with athletes of multiple disciplines. Nate Harvey, MS, CSCS, and Executive Equipment Specialist for elitefts began his quest for strength in a similar fashion to most of us — training with early weight equipment in the basement in our pre-teen and teenage years. Making his way to playing college football, Nate experimented with almost every program known to man — searching for THE ONE program that took his development to the top. Becoming obsessed with the great Mike Alstott led him to the discovery of Louie Simmons, our own founder, Dave Tate...and naturally, the Conjugate Method. From Nate:"Over the course of 18 years, I have witnessed the system outperform virtually all types of periodization and schemes. It’s tough to objectively evaluate a strength and conditioning system, I get that. One of the indicators that spoke very loudly to me was when we started getting athletes achieving things athletically that, by all previous indicators, shouldn’t be doing.The last school I used this system at was in its infancy of competing at the Division I level, not even 15 years. Subtract the ten years of my time there and you have 5 years as a Division I program when we started to implement the system. You are not getting top-tier athletes when you are as young as we were. After about a year of the system is in place, we were starting to see some surprising performances and some eyebrows were starting to rise, this was another moment of validation and reassurance that we were on to something big. Fast forward 10 years later, and we had the following results from a very young lower level DI school using the Conjugate Method:First and only Football Conference championsFirst Division I National Champion (Men’s Shot Put)3 Basketball Conference Championships in one calendar year (2 for the Men, 1 for the Women). Prior to this time, neither team had won a conference title. Women also had the lowest injury rate in the athletic department the year they won. This was when we were able to run the system in its truest form without outside meddling.Men’s shot putters have won 7 of the last 8 indoor track and field Conference Titles and 8 of the last 8 outdoor track and field titlesMen’s Swimming and Diving won their first-ever Conference Title8 of the schools 12 total All-Americans18 Olympic Trials Qualifiers (shot put, swimming diving), two of those qualified for the final round in their sportOver 50 individual Conference Champions (Track and field, swimming, wrestling, and diving)16 individual National QualifiersOver 75 Regional QualifiersSubstantially decreased injury ratesDespite all of these accomplishments we had athletes leave the system either by their own accord or were forced to by their coach, NOT ONE TIME did their performance improve after leaving the system. Injuries typically increased after leaving the system as well. On the flip, side nearly every time an athlete came and trained Conjugate after leaving another training system, their performance improved and their injuries decreased. Sports that trained in the Conjugate system includedIn Conjugate U, you'll learn:What the Conjugate Method isWhy and how to use it for athletesSquat, Bench, and Deadlift variations and their application in Conjugate Method and their carryover to the playing fieldDynamic and Max Effort templatesJumps, throws, accessory movements, tissue work, mobility, peaking and deloading Read more