Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 5/13/19

Written on May 13, 2019 at 5:13 am, by Eric Cressey

I hope you had a great weekend. After being a bit all over the place on when I published these features, we’re back on a Monday schedule with these recommended readings.

Table for One: How Eating Alone is Radically Changing Our Diets – I came across this article on The Guardian the other day and found it really interesting socially and nutritionally.

Speed Training for Hockey – I don’t have a big hockey following on this blog, but Kevin Neeld (Head Performance Coach for the Boston Bruins) is a good friend, former intern, and super bright mind in the hockey training field. He just released this resource, and it’s available at an excellent discount. If you train hockey players (or are one), it’s a no brainer to pick it up. I actually went through it and found some excellent ideas we can use with our baseball athletes as well.

5 Important Lessons on Balance Training – I wrote this article about a year ago, and a recent social media discussion brought it back to the forefront.

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Young coaches: there are key coaching qualities that immediately differentiate you, yet require no experience or academic preparation:

1️⃣ punctuality
2️⃣ spring in your step

Nobody wants to train w/someone who’s always late and just mopes around. Act like you want to be there.

— Eric Cressey (@EricCressey) May 7, 2019

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Here’s a preliminary rendering of the new 10,000-square-foot @cresseysportsperformance FL facility in #palmbeachgardens. It’ll open up this winter. Some notes: 1️⃣ the grassy area in front of the building will actually be a turfed infield and double as a Miracle League field 2️⃣ the West (left, in this photo) end of the roof will extend out to cover hitting cages and pitching mounds 3️⃣ we aren’t renaming CSP as “The Sports Center;” we’re just working through signage logistics 4️⃣ the building will back up to the right field line of a showcase stadium field 5️⃣ this is the view from @lomogram’s parking spot 🤣 We’re excited for what will be a great one-stop shop for athletes and general fitness clients alike. In particular, Palm Beach Gardens is quickly evolving as a training and competitive destination for baseball players from around the country. We’re thrilled to be a part of that evolution. #cspfamily

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