It’s been a hectic week in South Florida with Hurricane Matthew preparations on top of the baseball off-season, but we lucked out as the storm moved past us in Jupiter before coming ashore further North. Hopefully all our readers in Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas are safe and sound!

That said, here’s a little content to get the week going:

Elevation Training Masks: An Analysis – I’ve been meaning to write a similar post up for a long time, but suffice it to say that I never got around to it. Luckily, Doug Kechijian made it happen and did a great job. Elevation masks are a waste of time and money – and have potentially negative side effects.

Gym Owner Musings: Installment 2 – My business partner, Pete Dupuis, discusses a few of the lessons we’ve learned in running Cressey Sports Performance for the past 9+ years. I think point #3 on early-stage “learning by doing.”

The Ideal Business Podcast with John Berardi – Dr. John Berardi was been a great friend and mentor to me, and he shares some awesome business development wisdom in this podcast with Pat Rigsby. I thought the portion of the interview where he talks about the importance of saying “No” was particularly intriguing (and an area in which I need to improve!).

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Top Instagram Post of the Week:

Marlins prospect Tyler Kinley has 99 problems, and slideboard reverse lunges with a front squat grip are definitely one of them. #cspfamily #elitebaseball

A video posted by Eric Cressey (@ericcressey) on Oct 8, 2016 at 8:19am PDT