CST Free Weight Exercises By Scott Sonnon

Just a quick heads-up about a great article in The Boston Globe about Cressey Performance’s Elite Baseball Development Program.  It features interviews with Kevin Youkilis, Curt Schilling, Chad Rodgers, Joe Bick, and Adam Ravenelle.
Custom Body Shop: Hudson Personal Trainer Gains a Following Among Elite Athletes

Click here for more information on the Cressey Performance Elite Baseball [...]
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Just a quick heads-up on where some of the Cressey Performance minor league guys are winding up to start the season.  If you’re in their neck of the woods, get out and show ‘em some love at your local ballpark.
Tim Kiely - (Little Rock) Arkansas (Angels AA) - Opening Day Starter Tonight
Jim Fuller - Savannah [...]
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I sent off an email to my good friend Alwyn Cosgrove about our new Optimal Shoulder Performance DVD set, and he asked me what I thought were the three most important things that folks - from fitness professionals to regular ol’ weekend warriors - ought to know with respect to the shoulder.  Here were the [...]
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I posted this poll on my fanpage on Monday: if faced with a crisis where the life of a someone you loath depended upon rapid action, and you may face almost-certain harm, would you take the action: YES / NO?
95% would be a Good Samaritan. Though I believe in the intrinsic goodness [...]
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This guest blog comes from current Cressey Performance intern, Sam Leahey.
Preface
A qualification needs to be made first. This debate often times confuses people because they don’t take the time to qualify what exactly they’re discussing. The overriding issue here is on the use of exercise or conditioning circuits in training to develop “mental toughness” and/or [...]
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I’m about to head out to go to Fenway Park for the season-opening Red Sox vs. Yankees game.  So, with the baseball season officially underway, I thought it’d be good to kick this week off with a collection of baseball-related recommended reading material.  Of course, you can certainly always find plenty of great stuff on [...]
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Recently, I was on the “Let’s Talk Baseball” show with Ron and Jill Wolforth, where we talked baseball development in the context of assessing pitchers and correcting their inefficiencies.  Check it out:
Let’s Talk Baseball
We discuss the Assess & Correct DVD set quite a bit - and you can pick up a copy HERE.

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The TACFIT symbol is made up of a Florian cross bearing two crossed Clubbells set on bat wings.
The Florian Cross represents Saint Florian, patron saint of firefighters. Firefighters have been heavily involved in the design and ongoing evolution of TACFIT, and we honor their willingness to run toward danger to rescue innocent lives. The Florian Cross [...]
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1. We moved into our new house on Wednesday of this week.  All of the packing, lugging, and unpacking was well justified when I realized that my commute is now limited to a whopping 3-minute walk to Cressey Performance.  It’s a far cry from the 40-60 minute drive (each way) I had previously.  I did [...]
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Great article here about Lincoln-Sudbury baseball, including their training at Cressey Performance:
A Dominant Decade on the Diamond

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