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How I’m Breaking Out of My Training Rut: Lean Hybrid Muscle
The baseball off-season is a lot of fun for me, but it also means crazy long hours, loads of competing demands, and quite a bit of stress. To take it a step further, though, most of my long hours are spent on my feet on the floor at Cressey Performance, which isn’t exactly conducive to [...]
Weight Training Programs: You Can’t Just Keep Adding
Can I just add some direct arm work?
How about cardio? Would a few 30 minutes interval training sessions work?
What if I did extra rotator cuff stuff every day? Just a little tubing, you know?
I’m going to add two extra days of calves, abs, and forearms. It shouldn’t be a problem, right?
These are just a few [...]
Exercise and Stress: 6 Strength Training Tips for When You’re Already Overworked
Right now is the busiest time of year at Cressey Performance on top of our facility having more clients than ever. So, needless to say, life is a bit crazy and there are times when I admittedly get stressed out and wish there were more hours in the day to get everything I have on [...]
Five Reasons You Aren’t Getting Stronger
Like just about all lifters, I got a lot bigger and stronger in my first 1-2 years of training in spite of the moronic stuff that I did. In hindsight, I was about as informed as a chimp with a barbell – but things worked out nonetheless. That is, at least, until I hit a [...]
When Did “Just Rest” Become a Viable Recommendation?
I suppose this blog title is more of a rhetorical statement than an actual question, but I’m going to write it anyway.
Just about every week, I get someone who comes to Cressey Performance – either as a new client, or as a one-time consultation from out of town – and they have some issue that [...]
