ERIC CRESSEY

Eric Cressey is president and co-founder of Cressey Sports Performance, with facilities located in Hudson, MA and Palm Beach Gardens, FL.

A highly sought-after coach for healthy and injured athletes alike, Eric has helped athletes at all levels – from youth sports to the professional and Olympic ranks – achieve their highest levels of performance in a variety of sports.

Behind Eric’s expertise, Cressey Sports Performance has rapidly established itself as a go-to high performance facility among Boston athletes – and those that come from across the country and abroad to experience CSP’s cutting-edge methods. Eric is perhaps best known for his extensive work with baseball players, with more than 100 professional players traveling to train with him each off-season.

In January of 2020, he joined the New York Yankees organization as Director of Player Health and Performance.

Cressey, a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) through the National Strength and Conditioning Association, received his Master’s Degree in Kinesiology with a concentration in Exercise Science through the University of Connecticut Department of Kinesiology, the #1 ranked kinesiology graduate program in the nation. At UCONN, Eric was involved in varsity strength and conditioning and research in the human performance laboratory. Previously, Eric graduated from the University of New England with a double major in Exercise Science and Sports and Fitness Management.

An accomplished author, Cressey has authored over 500 published articles in all. Eric has published five books and co-created four DVD sets that have been sold in over 60 countries around the world. Eric has been an invited guest speaker in six countries and over 20 U.S. states. His Master’s thesis, “The effects of 10 weeks of lower-body unstable surface training on markers of athletic performance,” was published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research, and Cressey was a co-author for the International Youth Conditioning Association (IYCA) High School Strength and Conditioning Certification. He serves on the health advisory board for Equinox, and is a baseball consultant to New Balance. He also served as the strength and conditioning coach to the USA Baseball Under-18 National Team that won the gold medal at the 2015 World Cup in Osaka, Japan.

As a competitive powerlifter, Eric holds several state, national, and world records. A mainstay in the Powerlifting USA Top 100 lifts in his weight class, Cressey has competition bests of 540 squat, 402 bench, 650 deadlift, and 1532 total in the 165-pound weight class. He is recognized as a coach who can jump, sprint, and lift alongside his best athletes to push them to higher levels – and keep them healthy in the process.

Eric’s writing and his work with athletes have been featured in such local and national publications as Men’s Health, Men’s Fitness, ESPN, The Wall Street Journal, MLB Network, The New York Times, The Tim Ferriss Show, MLB.com, T-Muscle, Yahoo Sports, The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, Baseball America, Perform Better, Oxygen, Experience Life, Triathlete Magazine, Collegiate Baseball, Active.com, Parents and Kids, and EliteFTS. In the business world, Eric has worked with several start-up companies as both an angel investor and advisor.

Although prepared in a variety of bodies of knowledge, Cressey specializes in applied kinesiology and biomechanics as they relate to program design and corrective exercise; maximal relative strength development; and athletic performance enhancement. Feel free to contact Eric at ec@ericcressey.com.

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Our anniversary is a reminder that a) I completely outkicked my coverage, b) I'm a very lucky man, and c) I used to have hair. Two out of three ain't bad! Love and appreciate you, @annacressey! Happy 14th!
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If you're a young athlete that wants some easy advantages, look no further than quality nutrition, adequate hydration, and sleep prioritization. Here's the full show: https://ericcressey.com/csp-elite-baseball-development-podcast-7-reasons-young-athletes-dont-make-long-term-progress/
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In my latest podcast, "7 Reasons Young Athletes Don’t Make Long-Term Progress," I talk about the importance of an archetype driven approach so that we don't coach athletes into positions that their structure and physiology won't allow. Link in bio. #cspfamily
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Many folks think that @cresseysportsperformance only works with professional athletes, but the truth is that we have a long history of training kids in the middle, high school, and college ranks, too. In fact, since 2012, we’ve had 251 Major League Baseball draft picks from this amateur pool, so you could say that we’ve seen our fair share of “what works” for young athletes. Unfortunately, we’ve also seen what doesn’t work, and that’s the focus of today’s podcast. LInk in bio.
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This thorough deadlift technique tutorial covers the conventional, sumo, and trap bar deadlifts – as well as the common mistakes we see on all of them.

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  • 9 – minute instructional video

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