In case you didn’t check out yesterday’s post – “Do Pitchers Need to Stretch?” – that leads up to today’s, check it out here. Although the recommendations in this blog post are extremely important for hypermobile (loose) athletes, they’re also great to include for pre-game activity no matter who you are. To bring you up to speed, here’s a quick recap from “Do Pitchers Need to Stretch?” Hypermobile individuals naturally have all the range of motion they’ll EVER need Hypermobi

“The next time you eat a piece of buttered toast, consider that butter is actually the more healthful component.” -Harvard professor David Ludwig Although buzz words like “paleo,” “primal,” “gluten-free,” and “low-carb” are becoming mainstream, people still have tough time overcoming their fat-phobias, and especially saturated fat-phobias. Last summer, I did a little self-experiment and started my mornings with around 400 calories of pure saturated fat in my coffee and ended

To celebrate the launch of my free eBook – 10 Secrets Learned from Training 100+ Pro Athletes at Cressey Sports Performance – I’d like to throw a little “secret” from the eBook your way. It should help you decide what to do before you go out and pitch in a game, prepare yourself to throw, or compete in an overhead sport. 2) High-level pitchers rarely need to stretch In many cases, what allows pitchers to throw so hard is that they are unusually hypermobile (loose), especiall

In 2008, researchers in Arizona divided collegiate baseball pitchers into two groups, tested their power capabilities, and then followed them throughout their season. Group 1 used cardiovascular endurance training as their conditioning. Group 2 used less time-consuming sprint drills for their conditioning. After the season, the pitchers were retested. The cardiovascular endurance group lost power by the end of the season, while the sprinting group actually increased their ab

Baseball is a sport of lateral and rotational motions. Think about it. Pushing off a mound laterally and rotating in throwing The lateral stride and rotation of hitting A basestealing start The way the body turns laterally in a crow-hop from the outfield. How do we most commonly train for baseball? In a linear (or straight line) fashion. Benching, squatting, cleans, pull ups, forward lunges, straight-line sprints/foul poles etc. While one would use all of these in some fash

In late summer of 2013, I began the process of looking for an internship that would finish my undergraduate degree as an Exercise and Sport Science Major at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. I stumbled upon the NSCA job board and found a position at a well-known university thats I was extremely interested in. After I clicked on the link, I was expecting to see a job description and long list of duties and responsibilities. What I saw made my jaw drop. The entire listin

Tastes great No added sugar No gluten Takes 10 min to prep Ingredients 1 cup mixed nuts 1/2 cup oats 1 cup unsweetened shredded coconut 2 tbs chia seeds 2 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 to 1 tsp stevia powder 2 tbs coconut oil 2 tbs unsweetened natural peanut butter 1 tbs grassfed butter Directions 1) Blend shredded coconut in blender/processer 2) Add in mixed nuts, blend for only a couple seconds to avoid the base being too fine 3) Combine blended mixture, oats, chia, cinnamo