Featured Articles

A Linear/Nonlinear Examination of the CST Value Hierarchy

The RMAX Forum’s resident sage looks at the CST doctrine through a new lens.

-Mushtaq Ali

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Nothing Fuels the Mind Like an Able Competitor

Spend a day with the RMAX Head Coaching Staff as they take a break from their prep for CST Iota.

-Joseph Wilson, CST Head Coach

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Scalability vs. Incrementalism

The dangers of the recent “bootcamp” fitness fad, and CST’s answer to their training tenets.

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Legends in the Making<

A noted doctor and fitness guru writes on his experience of CST Iota.

-Dr. Mitchell Simon, D.C.

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Survivability is Trainable

RMAX Head Coach and writer/explorer Ryan Murdock writes on why practicing CST gives one a crucial edge in survival situations.

-Ryan Murdock, CST Head Coach

Martial Art and Combat Sports

Renovating Traditional Martial Arts

In response to the controversy surrounding his RMAX Powered Bujinkan project, Coach Murdock examines the nature of performance enhancement as it applies to martial arts.

-Ryan Murdock, CST Head Coach

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The Jitter Signal

Use anxiety as a cue for your pre-game strategies to propel you into Flow.

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Prasara and My Return to the Grappling Game

How one person’s exploration of Prasara got them back on the mats, and better than ever before.

-Geoff Dixon

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Applications To Daily Life

Rewiring the Adrenal Response

A car accident proves the efficacy of Incremental Progression and the Softwork – Hardwork Continuum.

-Ryan Murdock, CST Head Coach

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Fear and Honoring Your Process

Know that your fear is a good sign, a necessary step on the road to change, and embrace it when you have the courage.

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Be Conservative When you’re Able to Dare Greatly

Only when you’re able to take risks can you be conservative.

Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Flow State Performance Spiral and The Path

Why Flow State is a necessary component of life mastery, and how it all fits together.

-Steven Barnes

Exercise Examples

CST Workshop Quebec June06

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The Trinity Breathing Exercise

An in-depth look at one of the CST “holy trinity.”

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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The Dangers of the Deadlift and Bench Press

A shocking biomechanial exploration of the inherent dangers of two staple gym exercises.

-Dr. Mitchell Simon, D.C.

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Decoding the Handstand through CST

A play by play examination of CST’s cutting-edge Intuitive Assessment process.

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Taking it on The Road

Business travel doesn’t have to derail your training and nutrition if you keep these helpful tips in mind.

-Jeanne Gostnell, CST

Concepts and Principles

CST Workshop - Maryland June 06 Culturally Specific Energy Definitions

Why get bogged down in exotic and confusing terms like chi and prana when the West has perfectly acceptable concepts for the same phenomena?

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Armor vs. Agility: a Shell or a Spine?

Do you know the long term implications of the decisions you make in choosing to adopt a particular training modality?

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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CST: A Model of Itself

Joseph Schwartz explains CST’s Training Hierarchy Pyramid from the perspective of Recovery, Coordination and Refinement.

-Joseph Schwartz, CST

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Physical Transcendence

How does CST, as a developmental model, meet Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs?

-Scott Sonnon, Founder & Director

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Agnostic Lungs

A dedicated CST practitioner shares his explorations of performance breathing.

-KD Jones

Reviews

The Magic of Coach Murdock

An inside look at the pomp and ceremony of Canada’s first CST seminar.

-Peter Mitchell

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CST Iota Seminar

A survivor of the grueling CST instructor certification process speaks out.

-Joel Seymour

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CST Clubbell Workshop Level 1 with Cody Fielding, CST

Attend the West coast’s most recent event through the eyes of one participant.

-Jeffrey Samson