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
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Posted on Tuesday, 3rd November 2009 by Eric Cressey

Tags: Back Pain, Flexibility, Mobility
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Posted on Wednesday, 28th October 2009 by Eric Cressey

EC’s Note: Today marks the first of what I hope will be many guest blog posts from Matt Blake, an absolutely fantastic pitching coach who works out of the cage at Cressey Performance.  Matt is way ahead of the curve with what he’s doing, and the results he’s gotten with a lot of our athletes [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Functional Strength Coach, GIRD, Increasing Throwing Velocity, Matt Blake, Mike Boyle, Mobility, Pitching Coach, Pro Baseball Pitcher Workout
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Posted on Monday, 26th October 2009 by Eric Cressey

Today’s a really exciting day for Mike Robertson, Bill Hartman, and I - and hopefully for you, too!

You see, after months of planning, filming, and editing, our new product, Assess and Correct, is now available at www.AssessAndCorrect.com.  And, for the first week ONLY, we’re making the product available for $30 off what will be [...]

Tags: ankle pain, Assess and Correct, Back Pain, Bill Hartman, Core Stability, Corrective Exercise, Flexibility, Foam Roller, Hip Pain, jump higher, Knee Pain, low back pain, Mike Robertson, Mobility, personal trainer, Rotator Cuff Exercises, run faster, Shoulder Pain, sports injuries, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Lifting Routine
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Posted on Thursday, 4th June 2009 by Eric Cressey

Some reading recommendations for the week:
Why You Don’t Need Bottled Water - This blog post from my good friend, Cassandra Forsythe-Pribanic, will definitely make you think twice about the containers in which you keep your drinks.
Max Push-ups and Upper-Body Strength - A perspective on the use of the push-up in females.
Regaining Shoulder Mobility for Back [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Cassandra Forsythe, Magnificent Mobility, Mobility, Push-Up, Shoulder Pain, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Tuesday, 2nd June 2009 by Eric Cressey

First off, I wanted to kick this newsletter off with a huge congratulations to Cressey Performance athlete Dede Griesbauer, who won Ironman Brazil on Sunday. In the process, Dede set a new course record by ten minutes.  Great job, Dede!
Now, on to the meat and potatoes…
Subscriber-only Q&A: Hip Injuries in Baseball

Q: On Sunday, The New [...]

Tags: Baseball Workouts, Building The Efficient Athlete, Flexibility, Hip Pain, Labrum, Magnificent Mobility, Mobility, New York Times, Oblique Strain, Tony Gentilcore, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Tuesday, 19th May 2009 by Eric Cressey

Subscriber-Only Q&A
Q: How should I warm up properly before sprinting sessions? Back in the day when I did sports my quads were always prone to injuries. Funny thing is I haven’t had any problems when doing squats of any kind. Recently I decided to involve some alactic work in my workout and immediately did my [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Fat Loss, Flexibility, John Berardi, Magnificent Mobility, Mobility, Precision Nutrition, quad pulls, Sprinting, Stretching, Unstable Surface Training
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Posted on Thursday, 14th May 2009 by Eric Cressey

In Part 1 of this series, we outlined several crucial prerequisites to understanding the nature of lower back pain.
In this installment, I’ve got a few more thoughts in this regard, and then we’ll get to work on strategies for preventing these problems in the first place, and working around them once they’re [...]

Tags: Back Pain, Building The Efficient Athlete, Flexibility, Magnificent Mobility, Mobility, T-Nation, Unstable Surface Training, Weight Lifting Program
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Posted on Tuesday, 5th May 2009 by Eric Cressey

A Few Quick Announcements
To kick things off, a few quick congratulations to some Cressey Performance athletes on some nice achievements from the past few weeks.
First, Danny O’Connor ran his professional record to 6-0 with a winning decision at Foxwoods last weekend.  O’Connor, a 135-pound 2008 Olympic boxer for the US, knocked his opponent down twice [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Danny O'Connor, Flexibility, Interval Training, jeff locke, Lincoln-Sudbury, Magnificent Mobility, Mobility, Perform Better, Stretching, Unstable Surface Training, Weight Lifting Program, Weight Loss, will inman
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Posted on Wednesday, 29th April 2009 by Eric Cressey

What the experts are saying about The Truth About Unstable Surface Training…
“Unstable surface training is many times misunderstood and misinterpeted in both the physical therapy and athletic performance fields. The Truth About Unstable Surface Training e-book greatly clarifies where unstable surface training strategically fits into an overall program of injury prevention, warm-up/activation, and increasing whole [...]

Tags: Building The Efficient Athlete, Flexibility, John Pallof, Magnificent Mobility, Mike Reinold, Mike Robertson, Mobility, Off-Season Training for Hockey, Powerlifting, Pronation, soccer injuries, Unstable Surface Training
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