Posted on Wednesday, 30th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

It’s a question I get asked quite a bit.  In fact, I was asked this very question three times this past weekend at the Perform Better Summit in Chicago.  As a little background, here’s a glimpse into the different things my work entails:
1. Cressey Performance responsibilities - Generally, this is 5-8 hours of coaching per [...]

Tags: Cressey Performance, Personal Trainers, The Evolution of Personal Training
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Posted on Tuesday, 29th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

Q: What do you think of Bodyblades and how - if at all- should they be incorporated into a pitcher’s routine?
A: As many of you know, I’m a fan of integrating rhythmic stabilization drills that train the true function of the rotator cuff: maintaining the humeral head in the glenoid fossa.  I wrote about it [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Baseball Workouts, Bodyblade, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Mike Reinold, Optimal Shoulder Performance, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Training Baseball
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Posted on Monday, 28th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

I just got back from Chicago yesterday, and am playing a bit of catch-up, so I don’t have time to write much today.  However, as I was tinkering with a formatting issue on the site last night, I realized that I now have almost four years worth of archives - and that many readers haven’t [...]

Tags: Bench Press, Deadlift, High Performance Training, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Friday, 25th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

I hope everyone had a good week.  I’m writing this blog in a bit of a hurry, as I need to pack this morning before heading to Cressey Performance and then directly to the airport to fly out to Chicago.
1. Why Chicago?  Well, in case you’ve been living under a rock and haven’t heard, this [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, High Performance Training, Medicine Ball, Perform Better, Precision Nutrition
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Posted on Thursday, 24th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

Okay, this subject line was undoubtedly the worst of all time, but I promise that the information that follows will be worth reading.
A lot of you were probably hoping that you were out of the woods after I told you how bad your lower backs and shoulders look on diagnostic imaging such as MRIs.  I’m [...]

Tags: ACL, Assess and Correct, Athlete Training Programs, Bulletproof Knees, High Performance Training, Knee Health, Knee Injury, Knee Pain, Mike Robertson
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Posted on Wednesday, 23rd June 2010 by Eric Cressey

In the same grain as Monday’s post on lower back pain, today, I thought I’d highlight some of the common findings in diagnostic imaging of the shoulder, as these findings are just as alarming.
Do you train loads of overhead throwing athletes (especially pitchers) like I do?  Miniaci et al. found that 79% of asymptomatic professional [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Baseball Workouts, High Performance Training, Labrum, Mike Reinold, Optimal Shoulder Performance, Pitching Injuries, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Pain, SLAP lesion, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Training Baseball
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Posted on Tuesday, 22nd June 2010 by Eric Cressey

Some recommended reading for the week:
Ultimate Forearm Training for Baseball - Knowing I work with a lot of baseball guys, Jedd Johnson sent me a copy of his new e-book on forearm training the other day.  Just as I’ve come to expect from the Diesel Crew guys, I picked up some innovative new exercises that [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Charlie Weingroff, High Performance Training, Perform Better, Ultimate Forearm Training for Baseball
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Posted on Monday, 21st June 2010 by Eric Cressey

It’s widely known that approximately 80% of the population will suffer from lower back pain at some point during their lives.  What isn’t widely known, however, is that even those who are asymptomatic are usually walking around with a host of nasty stuff going on with their spines.  Don’t believe me?
A 1994 study in the [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Back Pain, Disc Degeneration, High Performance Training, low back pain, Stuart McGill, Ultimate Back Fitness and Performance
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Posted on Friday, 18th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

Q: I recently opened up my own place to train athletes, and wanted to thank you for all of the knowledge you have passed along, as it has been a big factor in designing my own training philosophy.  The majority of my athletes are baseball and football players in the high school and collegiate level, [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Baseball Workouts, Broomstick Dislocations, Elbow Pain, High Performance Training, Mike Reinold, Optimal Shoulder Performance, Pitching Injuries, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Injury, Shoulder Pain, Throw Baseball Faster, Tommy John Surgery, Weight Training Baseball
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Posted on Thursday, 17th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

Here are a few blogs/articles you might want to read over:
A Quick Fix for Painful Push-ups - This one comes from the EricCressey.com archives; I was reminded of it by a reader inquiry yesterday and thought I’d bring it back to the forefront, as it’s valuable information.
Adapting Vertical Pulls - Here’s an innovative idea from [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Bill Hartman, High Performance Training, Push-Up, Shoulder Pain, Tim Collins, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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