Im a bit tied up with holiday preparation stuff on top of the regular cp goingson, so i thought id use today to throw out some recommended reading for the week. Optimal shoulder performance by eric cressey and mike reinold. Effectively, its an alternative to a back to wall shoulder flexion for those who may struggle to compete against gravity as they take the arms overhead in the standing position. The program begins with an easytoapply selfassessment component. Finished eric cresseys maximum strength and wondering. Mike reinold and eric cresseys optimal shoulder performance seminar was one of a kind. Im a baseball pitcher who was diagnosed with a posterior labral tear. Ive already written quite a bit about the program elsewhere, so ill keep my response on the topic of the book.
Eric cressey july 3, 2015 the seated scapular wall slide is great for opening up the front of the shoulder and training scapular control without unfavorable core compensations. Eric cressey s cuttingedge fourphase program, featuring constant progression, variation, and inspiring goals, keeps you focused on increasing strength along with muscle mass, helping you achieve the fittest, most energetic, and bestlooking body youve ever hadwith fewer hours at the gym. Though its called a handbook, this isnt some book that is going to sit on your bookshelf and. This book is a very quick read, but youll get that foundational. Slap lesion eric cressey high performance training. The program begins with an easytoapply selfassessment component that helps you. In these 30 quickfire practical tips you will learn how to assess arm and shoulder health, exercises, cues to improve mobility, and more. You dont have to read many workout books to know that eric cresseys maximum strength is phenomenal, both for its content and workout programming. In this weeks episode, joe interviews the president and cofounder of cressey sports performance eric cressey. May 17, 2014 the point eric cressey makes intrigues me. I did weight lifting on my own for three months prior i would not go into m.
Eric cresseys 30 days of arm care all videos the ptdc. In episode 70 i got to sit down and chat with eric cressey. The program detailed by cressey is nothing new, nor spectacular. For a lot more functional anatomy insights like these as well as a comprehensive look at shoulder assessment, programming, and coaching be sure to check out sturdy shoulder solutions signup today for our free baseball newsletter and receive instant access to a 47minute presentation from eric cressey on individualizing the management of overhead athletes. Eric is the owner of cressey sports performance and the foremost authority on strength and conditioning specific for overhead athletes. With the recent release of mike reinold and my optimal shoulder performance dvd set, i thought itd be a good time to list of a few more reasons to pick up a copy of this thorough resource. I had a onetime consultation client at cressey performance yesterday, and when i noticed that he had some interesting stuff going on, it made me realize that i need to do more case studies here in the blog. But, in my opinion you can take a premade free routine from the wiki and incorporate some things from cresseys and gentilcores blogswebsites. Effectively, its like a chooseyourownadventure book, but you get jacked instead of just entertained. Shoulder hurts eric cressey high performance training, personal. Mike reinold and eric cressey optiomal shoulder performance. Copyright 2009 by eric cressey, bill hartman, and mike. This past weekend dave and i attended a course with eric cressey titled making movement better. Let me go through, the 10 reasons show and go is a must have.
There are some introductory chapters selling the concept of strength training to beginners, but the majority of the book describes the program, which includes the foam rolling and mobility warmups, the structure of the program, and all the exercises. When the pn team sat down to put together a program for offseason training for athletes to integrate with the pn system, we turned to the guy who does it best. High performance training to look, feel and move better. I have done several of erics programs and they all work extremely well. You can watch and listen to me coach an athlete through every exercise in the program. The e book format is adobe acrobat pdf, which can be viewed on mac or pc. Doing a simple full body compound regime and incorporating some exercises from them like external rotations, one armed cable pulls, etc. From rehabiliation to high performance 4dvd 8 hour seminar set comprehensive resource for testing, treating and training the shoulder. You dont have to read many workout books to know that eric cressey s maximum strength is phenomenal, both for its content and workout programming.
Finished eric cresseys maximum strength and wondering what program to go with next. The course was shoulder assessment, corrective exercise, and programming presented by eric cressey of cressey sports performance and it was hosted at landow performance in centennial co. Theyll be your daybyday show and go success blueprints to ensure that you perform each show and go training session to the max. As you can probably imagine, given that i deal with a ton of baseball players and the fact that ive written about shoulder pain a ton over the past decade a lot of people initially come to cressey performance because their shoulder hurts. Sturdy shoulder solutions eric cressey high performance. As youll see, it builds on some of the thoughts i published here at a few weeks ago. First off, the book has a complete section on proper warmups, nutrition for building strength, and then the actual exercises.
Plan on putting up progress picsnumbers at my one year mark. Eric cressey is an elitelevel performance specialist with training facilities located in the boston area and jupiter, fl. What stride length means and how to improve it this threepart series was very popular with my baseball audience, as preparing the body for an appropriate stride is key to pitching success. Eric cressey presidentcofounder cressey performance. At cressey performance, our staff has started up what for lack of a more masculine term were calling the staff book club. Often, there is so much focus on glute activation and hamstrings range of motion that we overlook the adductors. This arc may occur in a different place on each shoulder, but as long as its symmetrical from sidetoside, youre off to a good start and thats when you work further down the chain to see whats going on with scapula stability, thoracic spine mobility, etc. As a strength coach at the collegiate level who works with baseball, swimming, and tennis, i couldnt wait to get back to work and implement the protocols and assessments i learned while attending the seminar. My role of the shoulder guy was actually born out of necessity, as i have a right shoulder thats structurally a mess. You know the ones that are 200 pages long and you only look at 50 pages of it.
Consisting of a 240page textbook, 2dvd set, and several sample pro. Shoulder impingement eric cressey high performance. Eric cressey is president and cofounder of cressey performance, a facility located just west of boston, ma. Eric has helped athletes at all levels from youth sports to the professional and olympic ranks from a variety of sports. Eric is a renowned strength and conditioning coach in the united states who provides a lot of terrific, thought provoking content through blogs, social media, newsletters and associated products. Breaking barriers to unlock performance take your athletic performance to the next level comprehensive guide to selfassessment individualized corrective exercise progressions dvds plus manual and workbook optimal shoulder performance. Corrective exercises and agility training book written by mike robertson, eric cressey, and bill hartman. I started the pttp several months ago i had to stop due to time constraints and was making good progress, but started developing a pain in my right shoulder clavicle the shoulder joint doesnt hurt, but the pain seems to start there and radiate through the clavicle. Finished eric cresseys maximum strength and wondering what. Shoulder impingement eric cressey high performance training. Back to wall shoulder flexion with band around wrists duration.
Eric cressey, author at athletes acceleration sports. For shoulder stuff, i think that the athletes shoulder is a great resource. For shoulder stuff, i think that the athletes shoulder is a great. With his program, you wont become a nonfunctional stiff mass that just lifts heavy. Shoulder rehab eric cressey high performance training. Question about paid training programs by eric cressey and. Bill hartman, pt, cscs, usaw is the coowner of indianapolis fitness and sports training, and has been a physical therapist and sports performance coach in indianapolis for over 17 years.
For the past 30 days one of the worlds best coaches, eric cressey, has been posting a quick minute video on arm and shoulder health. In this episode, we talk about assessment, evaluation and treatment of shoulder injuries and how to bett. Rick in this era of bootcamps and semiprivate training, its important for trainers to go out of our way to make sure that certain clients dont get lost in the shuffle. I started the pttp several months ago i had to stop due to time constraints and was making good progress, but started developing a pain in my right shoulderclavicle the shoulder joint doesnt hurt, but the pain seems to start there and radiate through the clavicle. Eric cressey, ma, cscs, is president and cofounder of cressey sports performance, with facilities in hudson, ma and jupiter, fl. Development center and author of multiple bestselling books for personal. Eric cressey is the owner of cressey performance, a facility with locations in hudson and framingham, massachusetts. This massive multiauthored opus is a goldmine of precious nuggets of information not readily available in another form. I was expecting one of those crazy huge exercise books. This guy had a history of onandoff rightsided lower back and left shoulder pain. The high performance handbook the high performance handbook is the most versatile training strength and conditioning program on the market today, as many individuals have used it with success for goals such as fat loss, athletic performance enhancement, and increased muscle mass and strength. I have been reading erics stuff for years and even brought him up to vancouver, canada to do a 14 hour courseseminar. As you can probably imagine, given that i deal with a ton of baseball players and the fact that ive written about shoulder pain a ton over the.
In perhaps no scenario is this more important than. Cressey sports performance ma 577 main st, ste 310, hudson, massachusetts 01749 rated 4. Since i was young and the doctor didnt feel that the tear was too extensive, he recommended physical therapy and not surgery. Jul 03, 2015 eric cressey july 3, 2015 the seated scapular wall slide is great for opening up the front of the shoulder and training scapular control without unfavorable core compensations. Eric has worked with clients from youth sports to the professional and olympic ranks, but is best known for his extensive work with baseball players. Correct neck, back, posture spine pain and improve your sports performance. Shoulder pain eric cressey high performance training. Todays guest post comes from cressey sports performance florida director of performance, tim geromini. The chin remains tucked, and with the elbows locked at 90 degrees of flexion, the humerus is externally rotated against the resistance of the band. With that in mind, at the attendees request, i sent a follow up email to all of them with a list of some of the best resources booksmanuals and dvds that ive. Eric cressey is president and cofounder of cressey performance, a strength and conditioning facility located just west of boston, ma. Loren landow is the newly hired strength and conditioning coach for the denver broncos and his facility is beautiful with stateoftheart equipment and.
Mike reinold and eric cressey s optimal shoulder performance seminar was one of a kind. The presentations in this dvd set not only outline the differences in shoulder conditions among ordinary lifting populations, sedentary. The supine banded shoulder flexion on roller is a new shoulder mobility drill i came up with that is really growing on me quickly. For the past 30 days one of the worlds best coaches, eric cressey, has been. If you want a quality strength training program, the mens health book by robert dos remedios is much better and probably one of the best out there. As a strength coach at the collegiate level who works with baseball, swimming, and tennis, i couldnt wait to get back to work and implement the protocols and assessments i. I think itll be a great way to cover more material and keep us all accountable to each other on getting our continuing education done. His bio says he has trained wnba athletes, too so extra points in my book. View eric cresseys profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. A highly soughtafter coach for healthy and injured athletes alike, eric has helped athletes at all levels from youth sports to the professional and olympic ranks achieve their highest levels of performance in a variety of sports. One of the more forgotten muscle groups in the lower extremity is the adductor groin complex. He has worked with players from all 30 mlb teams and he currently has more than 100 professional. After you order, you will get instant access to download the e book onto your computer. Cardio strength training i just got my copy of robert dos remedios new book in the mail.
Im still training the rest of my body hard, but am finding that i cant back squat because it causes pain in the shoulder. I was honored to have contributed to it, and its an awesome resource with a ton of protocols. Covers a wide range of topics in the most complete resource for the evaluation, treatment, and training of the shoulder. Maximum strength share book recommendations with your. Eric cressey on shoulder packing strongfirst forum.
As a side note i would highly recommend maximum strength by eric cressey. The information in this book is offered for educational purposes only. If youre not familiar with erics work, hes a strength and conditioning coach with facilities in hudson, ma and jupiter, fl and, though he is most well known for his work with professional baseball players, he also works with the. Behind the neck presses bodybuilding forums t nation. His programming is spoton when it comes to lifting. In depth text book edited by kevin wilk, mike reinold, and james andrews. Today, i have a guest blog post from eric cressey on what to do about loose joints enjoy. Each staff member will present on what he learns in a different book each week. Sturdy shoulder solutions is a modern guide to the who, what, when, why, and how.
Eric cresseys cuttingedge fourphase program, featuring constant progression, variation, and inspiring goals, keeps you focused on increasing strength along with muscle mass, helping you achieve the fittest, most energetic, and bestlooking body youve ever hadwith fewer hours at the gym. I feel most people hurt their shoulders with behindtheneck presses because they like to do intensification techinques like supper sets, drop sets, forced reps, rest pause, etcetra with this exercize which is more risky because you are doing the movement when you are fatigued and its harder to stay in the grove. Still, ive managed to work around it to move some solid weight for a guy my size, and it doesnt give me any problems at rest unless i do something stupid most notably overhead pressing and even incline pressing. Shoulder health eric cressey high performance training. Indianapolis fitness and sports training 9402 uptown drive, suite 300 indianapolis, in 46256 phone. Eric cressey is one of the top high performance coaches in the world. As a physical therapist, bill has worked in a variety of settings with a specialization in orthopedics and sports medicine. This month, it wont be quite so random, as i want to hone in on shoulder stuff. I was honored to have contributed to it, and its an awesome resource with a ton of. Maximum strength eric cressey free ebook download as pdf file. In this exercise, the shoulder blades are pulled back and down around the halfroller to pop the chest up. Eric cressey the seated scapular wall slide is great for. May 07, 2014 optimal shoulder performance by eric cressey and mike reinold. The athletes shoulder this book from andrews, wilk, and reinold outlines the specific issues youll encounter when dealing with shoulders in an athletic.
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