Posted on Thursday, 28th January 2010 by Eric Cressey

On Sunday, we hosted Neil Rampe of the Arizona Diamondbacks for a Myokinematic Dysfunction seminar at Cressey Performance.  It was a great experience, and Neil did a very thorough job of highlighting the different schools of thought with respect to addressing movement impairments.  In particular, Neil spent a lot of time on two schools of [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Corrective Exercise, Neil Rampe, Personal Trainers, Seminars
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Posted on Wednesday, 21st October 2009 by Eric Cressey

Functional Strength Coach 3
Before we get started, I wanted to give you a quick heads-up that Mike Boyle will be releasing Functional Strength Coach 3 today.  Volumes 1 and 2 were absolutely fantastic, and this updated version is no exception.  I’d strongly encourage you to check it out; it’ll be an excellent addition to your [...]

Tags: Back Pain, Building The Efficient Athlete, Fat Loss, Functional Strength Coach, Mike Boyle, Powerlifting, Seminars
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Posted on Tuesday, 30th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

I have the normal weekly newsletter posted below, but first a quick announcement: Mike Robertson, Bill Hartman, and I just filmed a new DVD set!  Those of you who have enjoyed all of our products individually can now see what happens when the three of us collaborate.  For more information, check out today’s blog post: [...]

Tags: Back Pain, Building The Efficient Athlete, Flexibility, Knee Pain, Posture
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Posted on Thursday, 25th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

The Law of Repetitive Motion
Back in early May, I published a newsletter discussing some alternatives I’ve used as replacements for traditional interval training.  Basically, the goal was to show that one can work to address inefficiencies while still getting some good energy systems development training.
One of the key concepts I briefly outlined in this newsletter [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Elbow Pain, Knee Pain, Mike Robertson, Shoulder Pain, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Tuesday, 16th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

What do you think of…
I got the question again this week:
What do you think of yoga?
Don’t get me wrong; this newsletter isn’t going to be about yoga.  To be honest, I already wrote an article about my thoughts on yoga a while back.  Admittedly, I probably should have taken a more impartial standpoint, but I [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Magnificent Mobility, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Pain, Unstable Surface Training, Yoga
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Posted on Monday, 15th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

This week’s collector of stuff you should read:
Front vs. Back Squats (Newsletter 154) - this recent newsletter from me takes a different perspective on a common debate in the world of strength and conditioning.
Stronger Abs, Bigger Lifts - this article from Matthieu Hertilus was really good - and that’s a big compliment coming from a [...]

Tags: Abs, Back Pain, Building The Efficient Athlete, Core Stability, Magnificent Mobility, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Friday, 12th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

Today, we’ve got the first ever Cressey Performance Intern Hazing Poll.  Here’s how it works….
Posted below are three videos of our interns getting dominated by a delightful assortment of torturous exercises.  We really didn’t expect them to look good doing this, but hey, that’s the whole point, right?  Anyway, you, the readers of EricCressey.com get [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Cressey Performance, Interval Training, Magnificent Mobility, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Thursday, 11th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

If you asked my fiancee (or anyone who knows me well, for that matter), she would tell you that I work all the time.  If I’m not training athletes, I’m training myself, reading research, or writing programs or articles about training. My life pretty much revolves around it - and I’d be lying if I [...]

Tags: Alwyn Cosgrove, Bill Hartman, Brijesh Patel, Building The Efficient Athlete, Jim Smith, Magnificent Mobility, Mike Boyle, Mike Reinold, Mike Robertson, nick tumminello, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

I’ve written previously about the many flexibility deficits we see in baseball players (particularly pitchers).  One of the biggest issues we face is a loss of elbow extension range-of-motion.  This adaptive change most likely occurs because of the insane amounts of eccentric muscle action required to decelerate the 2,500 degrees/second of elbow extension that occurs [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Building The Efficient Athlete, Cressey Performance, Elbow Pain, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Magnificent Mobility, the stick, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

Risk-Reward in Training Athletes and Clients
This week, approximately 1,500 players will be drafted in the 2009 Major League Baseball Draft.  Historically, a whopping 2-3% of these players will ever actually make it to the big leagues.  In fact, only about 2/3 of all first-round draft picks - seemingly the most qualified candidates - ever make [...]

Tags: Back Pain, Building The Efficient Athlete, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Magnificent Mobility, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Shawn Haviland, Unstable Surface Training
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