strength and conditioning

Cressey Sports Performance Round Table: Carving Your Path as a Strength Coach

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This week at Cressey Sports Performance Massachusetts, we received an email from an athlete looking to pursue a career in fitness when his playing days are over. This is a common scenario and one to which many athletes-turned-coaches can relate. Here’s the email (edited slightly to protect privacy): To the Guys at CSP, My name is …

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Stack.com – Improve Your Squat Depth with 5 Easy Warm-Up Exercises

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Squat depth is a funny thing. When people start lifting, they usually squat high. They don’t know how low they’re supposed to go, or they’re scared if they go too low, they won’t be able to stand back up. Then, once they read or hear that you “must” squat ass-to-grass, squat depth is everything. Like, …

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SheerStrengthLabs.com – 3 Exercises That Get You Herculean Hamstrings

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The hamstrings might have it worse than any other muscle group in the body. They sit below the waist and on the backside of the body. Unless you’re running around in a Speedo, no one’s going to see your hamstrings at the beach. But that doesn’t mean you should ignore your hamstrings. Far from it. Strong …

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Stack.com – 3 Post-Activation Potentiation Combos for Explosive Strength

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As the high-school and professional baseball season approaches, more and more of our athletes are Cressey Sports Performance have shifted their training focus from maximal strength to maximal speed. Baseball, like most team sports, relies heavily on lightning-fast movements, so the athlete’s training must reflect that. We’ve spent all off-season training our athletes to be brutally …

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TonyGentilcore.com: Tips for Becoming a Better Fitness Writer

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Last week, I had the honor of being featured on Tony Gentilcore’s website with a guest blog entitled Tips for Becoming a Better Fitness Writer. I’ve always looked up to Tony G (figuratively, because he’s awesome, and literally, because he’s tall and I’m not) since well before we became coworkers at Cressey Sports Performance, so …

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