ABOUT US
About Us
"We don't make trainers... we make them better."
RTS, LLC is an education company specializing in the study and application of exercise mechanics.
We work with fitness, performance, and rehab facilities of all sizes to help personal trainers, fitness professionals, and anyone who employees exercise as a modality to provide a unique and invaluable level of service to their members, clients, and/or patients.
We offer educational courses and programs nationally and internationally which allow us to further our mission of changing the perception of what exercise is and can be by bringing substance and objectivity to how we study, teach, and apply exercise
RTS History 
In 1989, after years investigative research and biomechanical analysis, RTS founder Tom Purvis was asked by Dr. Bob Goldman, founder of the National Academy of Sports Medicine, and later the American Academy of Anti-Aging, to do a presentation on the topic of "personal trainers relating to rehab professionals" at the inaugural NASM Personal Training Certification. Subsequently, Tom was placed in charge of creating and evolving not only the biomechanics division of the program, but also the design and implementation of the hands-on, practical educational and examination portions. This was the first national presentation of the unique information and perspectives that were to become RTS.
By 1995 Tom was traveling worldwide presenting the Biomechanics of Resistance Training at such renowned institutions as the Mayo Clinic, Purdue University, the University of Birmingham in Birmingham, England, the World Trade Center in Tokyo, Japan, the Malaysian National Sports Complex in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia, and Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre in Buckinghamshire, England. He also consulted for equipment companies such as Cybex, Bowflex, and Nautilus.
In 1996 the depth and technical level of Tom's examinations and presentations increased dramatically, although no organization was interested in providing or promoting such an in-depth and detailed level of study. RTS was created as an outlet for the portions of information that exceeded other organizations' and conferences' tolerance for detail. The primary focus was on the division of biomechanics that came to be known as Exercise Mechanics.
By 1999 the original five day RTS program had evolved into 12 days, offered in four three-day modules. Cadaver anatomy was also added to the curriculum. By this time NASM had decided to eliminate its four-day NASM Advanced certification because it was not as profitable as its two-day NASM Standard version. This was so contradictory to the RTS path that Tom severed his relationship with NASM to focus entirely on RTS.
In the fall of 1999 two basic traveling courses were added to meet the needs of those unable to trek to RTS headquarters in OKC, and so RTS1 and RTS2 were born and the original course became RTS3.
In February 2000 Tom met Greg Roskopf, a fellow presenter at an IDEA event. By September of 2000 Greg was presenting MAT – Muscle Activation Techniques at RTS3 which had expanded to 16 days over four modules. In Feb 2001 Greg started the MAT Internship. The MAT Jump Start program was created as a basic introduction to MAT and was offered as part of RTS3 for several years until it had expanded to enough other sites nationwide.
In 2002 RTS1 and RTS2 became RTSL (RTS Lecture) and RTSP (RTS Practical) respectively, the exams from both of which were required to become a certified RTS. RTS3 became RTSM (RTS Mastery).
While the Mastery level (RTSM) course continued to evolve every month that it was presented, the basic program remained largely unchanged until 2008.
Throughout 2007 the RTS course (RTSL and RTSP) underwent complete renovation. A year in the making, RTS123 is the result. RTS123 is a six day program typically offered in three two-day parts. The primary goal of the changes to the RTS® program was to truly make it practical and influential where it matters... within the individual client's Exercise Experience!