Posted on Monday, 7th June 2010 by Eric Cressey

A few months ago, I gave a two-day seminar to just over 80 fitness professionals and strength and conditioning coaches.  Even with a seminar this long, I can never cover everything I’d like to cover - and it’s generally because much of what I’d like to address relies on some prerequisite knowledge that the attendees [...]

Tags: Anatomy Trains, Athlete Training Programs, Bill Hartman, Bulletproof Knees, Gray Cook, High Performance Training, Mike Boyle, Mike Reinold, Mike Robertson, Optimal Shoulder Performance, Shirley Sahrmann, Stuart McGill, The Anatomy of Breathing, The Athlete's Shoulder
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Posted on Wednesday, 28th April 2010 by Eric Cressey

This guest blog comes from current Cressey Performance intern, Sam Leahey.
Last time, we discussed circuit training and the validity of whether or not it develops “mental toughness” in our athletes.  We then questioned whether this “mental toughness” (however one defines that term) is actually translating into enhanced sports performance. This week’s article focuses on the [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, Deadlift, High Performance Training, Interval Training, Mike Boyle, Sam Leahey, Sprinting, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, work capacity
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Posted on Monday, 5th April 2010 by Eric Cressey

This guest blog comes from current Cressey Performance intern, Sam Leahey.
Preface
A qualification needs to be made first. This debate often times confuses people because they don’t take the time to qualify what exactly they’re discussing. The overriding issue here is on the use of exercise or conditioning circuits in training to develop “mental toughness” and/or [...]

Tags: Athlete Training Programs, High Performance Training, Interval Training, Malcolm Galdwell, Mike Boyle, Outliers, Sam Leahey, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Wednesday, 10th March 2010 by Eric Cressey

At Cressey Performance, we have a few interns in the spring (1/5 - 5/10), summer (6/1 - 8/30), and fall (9/1-12/23).  Over the past three years, this internship program has “kicked out” some coaches who are doing great things in the industry, including names you’ll recognize like Brian St. Pierre (who we wound up hiring [...]

Tags: Brian St. Pierre, Chris Howard, Cressey Performance, Kevin Larrabee, Kevin Neeld, Mike Boyle, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab
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Posted on Monday, 22nd February 2010 by Eric Cressey

Simplistic Programming
Let’s face it. There are so many aspects to Strength & Conditioning that it’s easy to be left wondering, “How am I going to fit everything in?”  For a young coach, program design can be somewhat of a frustrating process. But, over time, as experience rolls in and confidence flourishes, the program design conundrum [...]

Tags: Cressey Performance, Mike Boyle, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Sam Leahey, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Weight Lifting Routine, Weight Training Program
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Posted on Wednesday, 13th January 2010 by Eric Cressey

Just wanted to give you all a heads-up that Joe Heiler is following up last year’s successful Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar with a 2010 installment.  I’m thrilled to be one part of an incredible lineup:
Gray Cook
Shirley Sahrmann
Robert Panariello
Stuart McGill (bonus interview with Chris Poirier from Perform Better)
Craig Liebenson
Clare Frank
Mike Reinold
Greg Rose
Mike Boyle
Gary Gray
(and [...]

Tags: Craig Liebenson, Gary Gray, Gray Cook, Greg Rose, Mike Boyle, Mike Reinold, Physical Therapy, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shirley Sahrmann, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Sports Rehab to Sports Performance, Stuary McGill
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Posted on Thursday, 7th January 2010 by Eric Cressey

This week, I’ve already featured our top articles, product reviews, and videos of 2009.  I was also really lucky to have some bright minds as guest contributors this year, and today I’ll feature a few of their submissions.
The Rocker Inferior Capsule Stretch - This excellent submission from physical therapist Tim DiFrancesco shows a shoulder mobility [...]

Tags: Back Pain, Core Stability, Eric Talmant, Fat Loss, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Interval Training, Jim Smith, John Berardi, Mike Boyle, Pitching Coach, Precision Nutrition, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Tim Difrancesco
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Posted on Wednesday, 23rd December 2009 by Eric Cressey

I’m a bit tied up with holiday preparation stuff on top of the regular CP goings-on, so I thought I’d use today to throw out some recommended reading for the week:
Cardio Strength Training - I just got my copy of Robert dos Remedios’ new book in the mail.  I was honored to have contributed to [...]

Tags: Baseball Workout, Cardio Strength Training, Fat Loss, Medicine Ball, Mike Boyle, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Robert dos Remedios, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab
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Posted on Sunday, 13th December 2009 by Eric Cressey

It’s not easy buying holiday gifts for me.  I’m “that guy” who really can’t think of anything that he really wants - or even needs.  Call me simple, or call me stubborn (or a bit of both), but short of books, audiobooks, and DVDs within my field (all of which are continuing education write-offs that [...]

Tags: Assess and Correct, Baseball Workouts, Mike Boyle, Personal Trainers, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Throw Baseball Faster, Tony Gentilcore, Weight Training Baseball
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Posted on Friday, 11th December 2009 by Eric Cressey

1. Sorry for the slower week here on the blog.  In addition to trying to catch up from my three days in Houston, I had a few projects that needed to get sorted out this week.  For starters, we had to finalize the agenda for my seminar in Vancouver in March.
And, the bigger task of [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Craig Liebenson, Deadlift, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Matt Blake, Maximum Strength, Mike Boyle, Mike Reinold, Pitching Injuries, Rotator Cuff Exercises, Rotator Cuff Rehab, Shoulder Exercises, Shoulder Health, Shoulder Impingement, Shoulder Pain, Shoulder Rehab, Stuart McGill, Throw Baseball Faster, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine, Weight Training Baseball
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