TheFitCast | Eric Cressey | High Performance Training, Personal Training

Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 5/22/17

I hope you all had a great weekend. I turned 36 on Saturday, and it was a pretty mellow, unremarkable birthday - which is exactly what I wanted! Here's a little recommended reading/listening/viewing for you to kick off the week:

Lat Injuries in Major League Baseball - Here's an article from Lindsay Berra on an injury on the rise in MLB. I chipped in some info on the function of the lats in throwing.

EC on The Fit Clique Podcast - I hopped on Chris Doherty's podcast last week, and you can check it out on YouTube:

Business Bench Pressing with Pete Dupuis - Speaking of podcast, my business partner, Pete, shared some great business tips for fitness professionals on The Fitcast a few weeks ago.

How Harmful Are Processed Foods? - The Examine.com crew has been on a roll with great content lately; here's another example.

Top Tweet of the Week

Good thing we have easy access to nationwide rankings of 8th grade baseball players. The more body hair you have, the higher you rank.
— Eric Cressey (@EricCressey) May 19, 2017

Top Instagram Post of the Week

Good arm care programs are really full-body care programs. If the core and lower body aren't strong and mobile, you're missing 2/3 of the puzzle. #ArmCare #cspfamily #singleleg #slideboard @jfreilich99

A post shared by Eric Cressey (@ericcressey) on May 15, 2017 at 1:10pm PDT

Sign-up Today for our FREE Newsletter and receive a four-part video series on how to deadlift!

Yoga This and Pilates That

Ever since Mike Robertson and I introduced our Magnificent Mobility DVD, we’ve been inundated with email inquiries about how what we’re recommending is different from yoga and Pilates. And, those that actually appreciate the difference keep asking what we think about it. Let me preface this entire article by saying that I’m all for anything that makes people enthusiastic about exercise, or gives individuals an outlet to relieve stress. If you’re not moving, you need to move – regardless of what it takes to make you do so. With that said, I gave these two modalities three strikes before I called them “out.” Here are my main issues with Yoga and Pilates: Continue Reading...