Posted on Friday, 30th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

As anyone who reads my blog regularly surely knows, I’ve devoted a significant portion of my life to figuring out how to make guys throw baseballs faster.  Sure, having a great change-up and a filthy curveball is nice, but let’s be honest: throwing gas is what gets scouts’ attention and earns you fame, fortune, chicks, [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Pitching Workout Programs, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Sports Nutrition, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Lifting for Baseball
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Posted on Thursday, 29th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

I came across the abstract for this interesting Australian study the other day: Actual versus perceived lifting ability in healthy young men (18-25 years).
Basically, researchers compared what men under the age of 25 SAID they could lift with what they actually COULD lift when tested.  According to the researchers, “One third of subjects were able [...]

Tags: Bench Press, Deadlift, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Lifting for Baseball, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Wednesday, 28th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

Here is this week’s list of recommended reading:
Push-ups for Baseball Pitchers - The why, how, and when.
The Truth About Leg Extensions - I just remember this article being really fun to write - mostly because I knew I’d get a lot of hate mail about it.  I was right about that.
Simple Asymmetry Fixes - It [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Leg Extensions, Pitching Workout Programs, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Weight Lifting for Baseball, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Tuesday, 27th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

1. I haven’t done a “Random Friday Thoughts” blog in a while, so in the spirit of randomness, I thought I’d throw you a curveball and kick off the week with some Tuesday random thoughts.
2. Last week, I booked two plane tickets to Halifax, Nova Scotia for my fiancee and I.  She’s a bridesmaid in [...]

Tags: Assess and Correct, Elbow Pain, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Men's Health, Mike Reinold, Optimal Shoulder Performance, Pitching Workout Programs, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Tennis Elbow, Throw Baseball Faster
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Posted on Monday, 26th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

Here’s an interesting study on the incidence of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in professional football quarterbacks.  With only ten reported cases between 1994 and 2008, it’s obviously (and not surprisingly) much lower than the rates we see in professional baseball players.  This is right in line with what I discussed in Weighted Baseballs: Safe [...]

Tags: Increasing Throwing Velocity, Pitching Injuries, Throw Baseball Faster, Tommy John Surgery, UCL, Ulnar Collateral Ligament, Weight Lifting for Baseball, Weighted Baseball, Weighted Baseballs
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Posted on Sunday, 25th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

In Part 1, I talked about the importance of having an extensive set of effective cues to use with clients to get the ball rolling on a great training experience.  However, cueing was just one piece of the coaching puzzle.  It’s these other pieces that, in my eyes, make or break someone in the semi-private [...]

Tags: Pat Rigsby, Personal Trainer, The Evolution of Personal Training
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Posted on Friday, 23rd July 2010 by Eric Cressey

Most of you already know by now that I’m not a fan of “traditional” cardio.
Step aerobics classes have ruined enough knees, Achilles tendons, and hips.
Ellipticals don’t allow you enough hip flexion to avoid developing hips like a crowbar.
Most people don’t need to sit on their fat a**es on bikes, either because most people, well, they [...]

Tags: Body of Fire, Cardio Strength Training, Chad Waterbury, Cressey Performance, Interval Training, Medicine Ball, Robert dos Remedios, Sprinting
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Posted on Thursday, 22nd July 2010 by Eric Cressey

With the boom of semi-private training in recent years, there has also been a boom of questions from fitness professionals on how on Earth it is logistically possible to train several people when they may all come from different backgrounds and have different needs.  Back in 2006, I was one of those people - so [...]

Tags: Eric Cressey, Pat Rigsby, Personal Trainer, The Evolution of Personal Training
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Posted on Wednesday, 21st July 2010 by Eric Cressey

I don’t know if there is something in the water that the reporters around the country (and particularly the Massachusetts sports scene) have been drinking, but Cressey Performance’s Elite Baseball Development Program has gotten a lot of love in the news this weekend.
Last week, CP athlete Tim Collins was part of a blockbuster trade, as [...]

Tags: Adam Ravenelle, Barrett O'Neill, Carl Anderson, Cressey Performance, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Jordan Cote, Keith Landers, Kevin Youkilis, Labrum, Matt Luppi, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Surgery, Throw Baseball Faster, Tim Collins, Travis Dean, Tyler Beede
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Posted on Tuesday, 20th July 2010 by Eric Cressey

Here’s this week’s list of recommended reading:
Total Football Training - I just got an advanced copy of San Francisco 49ers strength coach Duane Carlisle’s new product, and read it over this past weekend.  There’s some really good stuff in there - definitely a good fit for the football players reading this blog. It includes an [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Duane Carlisle, High Performance Training, Inverted Row, Off-Season Training for Football, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Total Football Training
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