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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 [...]
5 Great Stretching Exercises
Stretching is an easy way to improve range of motion, flexibility and circulation – all in about 10 minutes a day. To make the most of your workout time, choose stretches that specifically address your areas of tension and discomfort. It is also important to choose the right times to stretch, which is often right [...]
Ulnar Collateral Ligament Injuries in Quarterbacks vs. Pitchers
Here’s an interesting study on the incidence of ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) injuries in professional football quarterbacks. With only ten reported cases between 1994 and 2008, it’s obviously (and not surprisingly) much lower than the rates we see in professional baseball players. This is right in line with what I discussed in Weighted Baseballs: Safe [...]
A Quick, How to, Guide To Permanent Weight Loss
Losing weight permanently is a goal we all want and work to achieve. Just how can we achieve it? We lose, gain, lose, gain, like a yo-yo, and we seem to gain back more than we lose each time.
Doing Workout Routines at Home To Conquer Stress
I know that you can be very busy almost every day of your life, and that can be a difficult hurdle when you are trying to schedule time to exercise. It’s not so easy to stick to a regular gym routine, I know. I can’t speak on behalf of everyone in this world, but I can say how impossible it is to even get a couple of minutes in to take on my fitness. I’m going to take a guess on what you are going through: You get up, you rush to the shower and do all that personal hygienic stuff so you don’t stink at work, and then you skip the most important meal of the day (yes, it’s called BREAKFAST) before you take on the ever so wonderful part of the day: YOUR JOB. It’s the daily grind, the money-maker, and the way to make your ends meet. Should you cave in to the evil junk food and its constant availability, you pay the consequences by the end of the day when you get home. Tired and out of energy.
