Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 12/4/17

Written on December 4, 2017 at 3:38 am, by Eric Cressey

Happy Monday! It's been two weeks since my last recommended reading compilation, as I took a little blog hiatus last week in light of some travel and the chaos that is the professional baseball offseason. The good news is that it gave me time to stockpile some good content for you. Here goes...

Tinkering vs. Overhauling - and the Problem with Average - One of our interns asked me about my thoughts on the "average" range of motion at a particular joint, and it got me to thinking about this article I wrote last year. There are big problems with using averages in the world of health and human performances, so I'd encourage you to give it a read to learn more.

Core Control, Hamstrings Patterning, and Pitching Success - This was a whopper of an Instagram post from CSP-MA pitching coordinator, Christian Wonders. Be sure to check out all four parts.

Brett Bartholomew on the Art of Conscious Coaching - This was an excellent podcast from Mike Robertson, as Brett is a skilled coach and charismatic personality. It's definitely worth a listen.

Top Tweet of the Week

Using extra conditioning to make up for poor diet is a definite path to continuing to use extra conditioning to make up for poor diet for a long time. Slippery slope. You're better off plugging the leak in the roof (diet) than you are buying more buckets to collect the water.

— Eric Cressey (@EricCressey) November 21, 2017

Top Instagram Post of the Week 

 

If you are at all familiar with my work, you have probably seen me highlight the bench t-spine mobilization. It’s a great exercise, but the name isn’t particularly appropriate, as it is more of a lat and long head of triceps stretch than it is a true thoracic spine mobility drill. I think that going to the single-arm variation helps to remedy this. We just started using this and I’m quickly becoming a fan. #cspfamily #mobility #shoulderhealth #thoracicmobility #sportsperformance #sportsmedicine

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