We have almost all our athletes deadlift barefoot at Cressey Sports Performance. Barring some sort of foot/ankle injury, we lose our shoes in lieu of stocking feet so we can achieve better overall deadlift mechanics. This week’s Technique Tuesday gives my top three reasons to deadlift barefoot. Check it out: Was this video helpful? …
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Power development for powerlifters sounds pretty redundant. I mean, they’ve got “power” in their name so they must be pretty powerful, right? Actually, powerlifters have the most deceiving title in all of strength sports. Strongmen are indeed strong and weightlifters do indeed lift weights, but by definition, powerlifters are NOT powerful. That’s because power requires …
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Hey all – What a week! The New England Patriots are Super Bowl champs (again!) and The Strength House Podcast is finally up and running. Give the podcast a listen and check out all this other great content from around the web: The Strength House Podcast is here! You can listen/watch it on… iTunes (make …
It’s here – the first episode of the Strength House podcast is live and available for streaming and download! In this episode, Greg Robins and I discuss how we got to where we are now as coaches and lifters. We sample two of Vermont’s most coveted IPAs and chat about what holds people back in …
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Box jumps are a staple in many of my programs for all kinds of athletes. They develop sagittal plane power, teach rapid force application AND absorption, and require minimal equipment. But if there’s one thing that stresses me out like crazy, it’s athletes trying to jump on a box that’s too high. That’s an injury waiting …
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Hey all – Happy Superbowl Sunday! Even if your team didn’t make the big game, I hope you have a blast crushing food while enjoying friends and football. Here’s a quick recap from around the web this week: Best Fitness Reads of the Week Stop Telling Me to Loosen Up by Christy Shaw Christy is a …
Rotator cuff work is for more than just baseball players. Whether you’re a powerlifter, CrossFitter, football player, whoever, you need healthy shoulders to stay in the game. I’m not so sure I can say anything about the rotator cuff that Eric Cressey hasn’t said already, but this week’s Technique Tuesday shows you two tips that …
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Hey all – Today is the LAST day to save $50 off CSP Innovations, the newest product from the Cressey Sports Performance staff. It’s got 11 webinars covering all kinds of kickass fitness info and it goes back to full price at midnight, so don’t miss out! For more information on CSP Innovations, click here. …
I used to think the bench press lockout was something raw lifters didn’t need to train. If you lifted raw and you missed at lockout, it was because you messed up something in your setup. Or so I thought. While the geared lifters of the late 90’s and early 2000’s were preaching nothing but triceps to …
“Push yourself away from the bar” is a common bench press cue that works great in theory, but gets butchered by many lifters. When done improperly, it not only saps you of strength but puts your shoulders in a potentially dangerous position. This week’s Technique Tuesday explains the right and wrong way to implement this …
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