Between 2 Racks
Between 2 Racks is a strength training podcast from KILO, a coach-led education company built to support personal trainers and strength coaches who want a deeper, more durable understanding of training.
The goal is simple: create a home for sound knowledge. Not trends, not shortcuts, and not recycled talking points.
Each episode explores program design, loading, periodization, and coaching decisions through real-world application. We focus on what holds up over time, where theory breaks down in practice, and how coaches can make better decisions for the people they train.
Hosted by experienced coaches with decades spent in private training, performance settings, and long-term athlete development, the conversations are practical, honest, and grounded in principle.
If you are a coach looking for clarity, depth, and a place to think critically about training, Between 2 Racks is that space.
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Between 2 Racks
Rapid Fire Q&A: Optimal Reps, Resistance Curve, Tactical, Tech, Macros & More
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Happy New Year and welcome to 2026! In this Rapid Fire Q&A episode of Between 2 Racks, the KILO Crew kicks things off with a quick update on what’s ahead this year, including the final live course dates at our facility, upcoming travel seminars, and what online courses are coming next.
Then we dive into your questions, starting with the difference between “optimal reps” and context driven rep selection, and why the internet’s obsession with one perfect rep range is missing the point. We also break down resistance curves, how different loading modalities change the stress profile of an exercise, and how to actually think about resistance curve vs strength curve without overcomplicating it.
From there, we get into periodizing training for tactical and hybrid athletes who need year round readiness, how to use baseline KPIs, and why parallel and emphasis models often beat sequential plans for these populations. We also discuss whether tech is making programming smarter or more complicated, how to interpret data without letting it dictate decisions, and why testing only matters if you understand what it actually carries over to.
We wrap with a practical conversation on macro tracking for gen pop clients, when it helps, when it becomes a distraction, and how to use tracking as education instead of another source of stress.
Send in your questions and we’ll keep the Rapid Fire episodes coming.
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