We’re excited to welcome Atlanta Hawks strength and conditioning coach Ty Terrell to this week’s podcast for a great chat on important foundational movement competencies, coaching strategies, and career progressions. Ty shares some general principles as well as specific applications to baseball preparation. CSP-MA Director of Performance John O'Neil takes the lead as a guest host as well.

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You can follow Ty on Instagram at @Ty.Terrell.

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We're excited to welcome Oakland A's starting pitcher Jesus Luzardo to this week's podcast. He talks about his quick ascent to the big leagues, things he learned during Tommy John rehab, sacrifices needed to compete at the highest level, and the things he's working on to keep improving.

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You can follow Jesus on Twitter at @Baby_Jesus9 and Instagram at @Baby_Jesus9.

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Today's guest post comes from Cressey Sports Performance - Massachusetts coach Andrew Lysy.

The 1-arm Cable Rotational Row is a versatile exercise for a number of reasons. For starters, it’s a beneficial rowing variation for baseball players who have flat thoracic spines and struggle to get the scapula rotating around the rib cage. This rowing variation focuses more on the protraction and/or upward rotation of the scapula compared to retraction of the scapula, which is what you’d typically see in a conventional rowing exercise.

Another benefit of the rotational row is the ability to teach proper front hip loading and proper hip extension throughout the same exercise. Where you angle the cable is going to determine how much you load your front hip and how much scapular upward rotation you’ll be getting.

There are three main 1-arm Rotational Cable Row exercise variations that we use at CSP regularly:

1. 1-arm Rotational Cable Row – Eye Height: This variation is going to work on more scapular upward rotation and less on hip flexion.

2. 1-arm Rotational Cable Row – Chest Height: This variation is going to work on more scapular protraction and hip flexion than the eye height setting.

3. 1-arm Rotational Cable Row – Lowest Setting: This variation is going to focus more on hip flexion than the rest of the variations, because the cable pulls you into your front hip.

These variations are typically programmed in the beginning of a training session with power as the main focus. I’d suggest easing into the exercise at first, mastering the form before moving the weight faster. We typically program these exercises for 3-4 sets of 4-6 reps.

About the Author

Andrew Lysy was a right-handed pitcher at Rowan University, where he graduated with a degree in Health and Exercise Science. He was a former Cressey Sports Performance – Florida intern and is now a full time Strength and Conditioning Coach at Cressey Sports Performance – Massachusetts. He can be found on Instagram at @ALysyStrength.

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We're excited to welcome recently retired MLB infielder Kevin Youkilis to this week's podcast. We cover a range of topics, including how Kevin was overlooked during recruiting/scouting; how he moved quickly through the minor leagues; what learning opportunities players commonly overlook; and how he learned from some of the best hitters in the game. With him now involved in player development, "Youk" comments on the status quo and direction of the game, and reflects on the adjustments he's made to transition from player to coach/mentor.

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You can follow Kevin on Twitter at @GreekGodofHops and Instagram at @KevinYoukilis_GGOH.

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We're excited to welcome physical therapist Bill Hartman to this week's podcast. Bill discusses how his approaches to training and rehabilitation have evolved over the years, and emphasizes the importance of range as a professional rather than early specialization. We converse on the common mistakes made with training rotational sport athletes, and delve into more complex topics like infrasternal angle and sacral positioning.

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Show Outline

• How Bill became involved in the world of rehabilitation and how have his practices evolved since he first entered the field nearly 30 years ago
• What tools have remained consistent throughout Bill’s professional career and how his perspective has changed despite this consistency
• Why Bill is still constantly tweaking, adapting, and refining his processes as a physical therapist and how he is working to master his model and find true efficiency in his craft
• Why professionals should be wary of specialization and should avoid limiting their perspective to the insights of one profession
• Why the common hierarchical perspective of movement rehabilitation doesn’t capture how we truly drive adaptation in individuals
• How coaches and rehab professionals alike can start at the ideal outcome and work backwards to create an actionable plan to drive change
• Why asymmetry may actually be the recipe for elite athletic performance
• What infrasternal angle is and how this measurement is utilized as an assessment tool
• What specific insights does infrasternal angle give us for rotational athletes and their capabilities to move efficiently for their sport
• What the two types of infrasternal presentations are and what action-based plan Bill has for dealing with each respectively
• Why the dynamics of the rib cage are more important than static infrasternal angle presentation and how professionals can observe an individual's capacity for movement at the core of the body
• Why the position of the sacrum is an overlooked factor for analyzing optimal movement
• What sacral position demonstrates to professionals about an individual’s movement profile
• Why quality training isn’t about changing someone but rather about reinforcing what someone was meant to do
• Why exercise selection is vital for transforming athletes into the best version of themselves and how professionals can create programs for individuals that match their movement capabilities
• How much strength is too much strength for athletes and how the dosage of training can drive adaptations that actually make an individual worse at their sport
• Why defining the amount and rate of force production needed for a sport is essential for properly training athletes of the sport and how these insights set the parameters for training strategies
• How blind exercise prescription and an overemphasis of strength training are limiting the capabilities of rotational athletes and what Bill’s big rocks for creating elite throwers are
• Why more strength training is not always better and what key performance indicators professionals can monitor to maintain progress and limit the negative effects of training
• Why strength training is not inherently bad, but professionals should be more particular about its implementation
• What Bill’s key competencies for high level learners are and how you can be the best learner possible
• What three books all performance professionals should read
• What research Bill would like to see done to progress the field

You can follow Bill on Twitter at @BillHartmanPT and and Instagram at @BillHartmanPT. You can also learn more about him at www.BillHartmanPT.com.

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We’re excited to announce that on Tuesday-Thursday, September 22-24, Pete Dupuis and I will be hosting our fifth CSP Business-Building Mentorship. For the first time, this event will be offered in an online format over Zoom. Pete and I have spent over 13 years crafting the operational systems and strategies that fuel CSP today, and we’re excited to pull back the curtain for fellow gym owners.

It is our intention to foster an environment conducive to learning and the exchanging of ideas, so we will be capping the number of attendees who participate. The event will run from 12pm-3pm Eastern time (Boston) each day so that we can account for attendees in many different time zones.

Here’s a look at our agenda for the offering:

Day 1 – Introduction & Lead Generation

12:00pm – 12:30pm: Introduction: The Four Pillars of Fitness Business Success
12:30pm – 3:00pm: Lead Generation: Strategic Relationship Development, Identifying & Connecting with Opinion Leaders, Social Media Strategies

Day 2 – Lead Conversion & Business Operations (Part 1)

12:00pm - 1:00pm : Lead Conversion: CSP Selling Strategy & Methodology
1:00pm – 2:00pm: Operations: Accounting for Gym Owners – Guest Lecture from Mike Graham, Certified Public Accountant
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Operations: Internship Program Design & Execution

Day 3 – Business Operations (Part 2) & Long-Term Planning

12:00pm – 1:00pm: Operations: Hiring Protocols, Staff Development & Continuing Ed.
1:00pm – 2:00pm: Long-Term Planning: Lease Negotiation Considerations
2:00pm – 3:00pm: Long-Term Planning: Strategic Brand Dev., Evaluating Opportunities, SWOT Analysis

Note: we will include Q&A opportunities throughout the presentations and at the end of each day, so the 3:00pm is not a "hard stop" time.

Cost: $899.99

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It's time for another edition of recommended reading/listening from the strength and conditioning world:

Eric Cressey on coaching the individual, building a community of hard work and athlete best practices - I recently joined Lewis Hatchett on the Raising Your Game Podcast for a discussion on a variety of coaching topics.

How to Use the Stage System for Strength, Speed, and Size - Yesterday, I had a conversation with a client after he saw the rep scheme "3x3,1x6" plugged into his program - and it reminded me of this article I wrote about the stage system a while back. I figured today would be a good time to reincarnate it, in case you missed it the first time around.

Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - I just finished up this (audio)book from James Nestor, and found it to be a really good listen, particularly in the context of the history of breathing training/reeducation.

Top Tweet of the Week

Sad that this even has to be written; 12-year-olds shouldn't be having UCL reconstructions. They should be having fun, crushing Big League Chew, and learning how to move and love the game. I feel for the surgeons who have to have these conversations. https://t.co/YK5xfs9OfV pic.twitter.com/LaIJhCwDBB

— Eric Cressey (@EricCressey) July 21, 2020

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