Posted on Wednesday, 9th September 2009 by Eric Cressey

I received this email this weekend from a very satisfied female Maximum Strength customer.  It should put to rest any doubts about whether or not this program works for females:
Dear Eric,
Hello, I’m Kelsey Doucette. I’m a 22 year old (female) powerlifter and aspiring Olympic lifter. I just finished your Maximum Strength program. I made splendid [...]

Tags: Bench Press, Deadlift, Female Fitness, Female Weight Training, Flexibility, Maximum Strength, Weight Lifting Program
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Posted on Tuesday, 11th August 2009 by Eric Cressey

Males and Females: Similar, but Different
During my weekly Pubmed scan, I came across this study the other day:
The Core and Hip in Soccer Athletes Compared by Gender
It seemed like a good fit for this week’s newsletter for a few reasons.
First, we always hear that men and women should train exactly the same.  While there are [...]

Tags: ACL, Female Fitness, Knee Pain, Shoulder Pain, soccer injuries
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Posted on Wednesday, 1st July 2009 by Eric Cressey

Of course not - but, at least the title caught your attention!
Truthfully, as my fiancee can attest, I don’t understand much about women, but I do know a bit about training them.  In fact, I devoted my entire 100th newsletter to this topic; you can check it out HERE.  And, I’ve watched this scene at [...]

Tags: Cressey Performance, Female Fitness, Female Weight Training
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Posted on Friday, 5th December 2008 by Eric Cressey

1.  I have seen a lot of guys who have hamstrings pulls in their health histories, but I don’t recall ever coming across any studies that show that shooting yourself in the leg expedites recovery time.

The sad truth is that you’ll probably have dozens of kids around the country with hamstrings strains shoot themselves in [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Building The Efficient Athlete, Cassandra Forsythe, Cressey Performance, Female Fitness, Flexibility, Magnificent Mobility, Medicine Ball, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Shoulder Pain, Unstable Surface Training, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Weight Loss, Workout Program, Workout Routine
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Posted on Friday, 29th August 2008 by Eric Cressey

1. As you probably know, I haven’t been updating here quite as frequently of late, but fortunately, it’s with good reason. The summer’s winding down, so we’ve been getting our fall schedule all squared away with the high school guys - plus some local college guys at programs that don’t have organized S&C programs. [...]

Tags: ACL, Baseball Workouts, Building The Efficient Athlete, Female Fitness, Knee Surgery, Magnificent Mobility, Off-Season Training for Pitchers, Strength Training, Unstable Surface Training, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Weight Training, Workout Program, Workout Routine
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Posted on Friday, 8th August 2008 by Eric Cressey

1. My girlfriend is good at pullups.

2. Nice front squat, Clark (430).

3. Not to be outdone, here’s a 350 bench and then an easy 315×3 from me.

4. Last night, I managed to convince one of our new high school pitchers that the YMCA dance was good for shoulder health (Y=lower trap activation, M=pec minor stretch, [...]

Tags: Bench Press, Building The Efficient Athlete, Cressey Performance, Female Fitness, Magnificent Mobility, Maximum Strength, Medicine Ball, Powerlifting, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Unstable Surface Training, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Workout Program, Workout Routine
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Posted on Friday, 18th July 2008 by Eric Cressey

1. Here’s a great article on the potential drawbacks of yoga. I’ve written about this before, but it’s nice to see someone else providing a “user’s perspective.”
2. My girlfriend deadlifted 250 and benched 135 this week. She’s awesome and I’m the luckiest guy in the world.
3. I’ve written about it before, and I’m [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Female Fitness, Inside-Out, Magnificent Mobility, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Unstable Surface Training, Vitamin D, Weight Lifting for Baseball, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Workout Program, Workout Routine, Yoga
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Posted on Thursday, 17th January 2008 by Eric Cressey

I’m opening a big can of worms with this subject line…
The truth is that I really don’t know anything about women; I just know how to train them and am relatively observant.  I actually got the idea for this newsletter when my girlfriend and I returned from our trip to Ireland on Tuesday.  On the [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Female Fitness, Female Weight Training, Magnificent Mobility, Newsletters, Unstable Surface Training, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Workout Program, Workout Routine
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