Posted on Thursday, 2nd September 2010 by Eric Cressey

I suppose this blog title is more of a rhetorical statement than an actual question, but I’m going to write it anyway.
Just about every week, I get someone who comes to Cressey Performance - either as a new client, or as a one-time consultation from out of town - and they have some issue that [...]

Tags: Back Pain, Cressey Performance, Knee Pain, Shoulder Pain
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Posted on Friday, 27th August 2010 by Eric Cressey

I didn’t do a “random thoughts” feature last week, so I’ll have to be extra random this week to make up for it.
1.  Bam!

You weren’t expecting me to come out with such amazing humor, were you?  Let that be a lesson to you; nobody is more random than EC (and nobody pulls off referring to [...]

Tags: Bulletproof Knees, Cole Denormandie, Cressey Performance, Knee Pain, Mike Robertson, Sprinting Speed, Tyler Beede, Warm-Ups
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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, 5th May 2010 by Eric Cressey

At a seminar a few years ago, a guy posed the following question to a panel of speakers in which I was included:
“If you could only choose one exercise to do, what would it be?”
We all agreed that it was a pretty stupid and unrealistic question, but reluctantly, we each answered.  In spite of my [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Back Pain, High Performance Training, Knee Pain, Mike Robertson, running injuries, Strength Training for Runners, The Single-leg Solution, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Tuesday, 27th April 2010 by Eric Cressey

Here are some reading recommendations for the week:
Q&A: Partial Knee Meniscectomy - Here is a great blog from Mike Robertson about training modifications for those who have had a portion of the meniscus removed.  Mike’s a brilliant knee guy (definitely check out Bulletproof Knees if you haven’t already).  Stick around Mike’s site and read a [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Baseball Workouts, Bulletproof Knees, High Performance Training, Knee Injury, Knee Pain, Knee Surgery, Mike Robertson, Mike Roussell, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Training Baseball
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Posted on Friday, 23rd April 2010 by Eric Cressey

Back in 2008, Ray Bennett made the trip from the West Coast all the way out to see me here in Massachusetts to figure out how to train around some chronic knee issues and get his body right so that he could compete as a bodybuilder at the young age of 41.  After his initial [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Bodybuilding, Cressey Performance, High Performance Training, Knee Injury, Knee Pain
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th February 2010 by Eric Cressey

Just wanted to give you all a heads-up that Mike Robertson is running a customer appreciation sale on Bulletproof Knees this week.  If you enter the coupon code KNEES2010 at checkout, it’ll get you $15 off the cost of the product.  I’ve raved about this resource in the past, as I think it’s the single-best [...]

Tags: Bulletproof Knees, Knee Pain, Mike Robertson, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab
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Posted on Sunday, 20th December 2009 by Eric Cressey

One of the most common issues we see in both athletes and our general population clients is a lack of ankle mobility - and more specifically, dorsiflexion range-of-motion.
For just about everything in life - from sprinting, to lunging, to squatting - we need a certain amount of dorsiflexion (think of how far the knees can [...]

Tags: Ankle Mobility, Baseball Workouts, Knee Pain, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Weight Training Baseball
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Posted on Tuesday, 17th November 2009 by Eric Cressey

For more exercises like this, check out the Assess and Correct DVD set.

Tags: Assess and Correct, Flexibility, Knee Pain, Mobility, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab
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Posted on Friday, 30th October 2009 by Eric Cressey

1.Just a quick heads-up: today is the last day you can get the new Functional Strength Coach 3 DVD set from Mike Boyle with all the sweet bonuses he’s offered as an introductory special.  Definitely check it out (here).
2. There’s some great new research out in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that compares [...]

Tags: Assess and Correct, Functional Strength Coach, Knee Pain, Mike Boyle, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Subscapularis, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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