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Eric C. Healthy Living Professional

Boston, Massachusetts
Eric Cressey is the owner of Cressey Performance, a facility with locations in Hudson and Framingham, Massachusetts. A highly sought-after 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... Full Bio
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Quick and Easy Ways to Feel and Move Better: Installment 4 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here are some random tips to help you lose fat, get strong, gain muscle, feel better, and take over the world - compliments of Cressey Performance coach Greg Robins. 1. ... Read on »
10 Hidden Expenses in Opening Your Own Strength and Conditioning Facility by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Today's guest blog comes from Pete Dupuis, my business partner at Cressey Performance.  Pete might fly a bit under the radar with respect to the online scene, but as you'll ... Read on »
5 Things that Might Surprise You about our Baseball Strength and Conditioning Programs by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise We have quite a few baseball coaches, athletic trainers, physical therapists, and strength and conditioning coaches who stop by Cressey Performance to observe our training. ... Read on »
Lose Fat, Gain Muscle, Increase Strength, Be More Awesome: Live Q&A #1 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here at EricCressey.com, tonight marks the start of a new feature: live Q&A.  Periodically, I'll post a blog where you can post questions in the comments section and get rep ... Read on »
Fitocracy: A Cool Online Resource by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise One of the biggest mistakes I think I've made in my career is believing that I would be able to leverage all of my knowledge all the time.  In other words, early on, I assum ... Read on »
5 Quick and Easy Ways to Feel and Move Better: Installment 3 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here are this week's random tips to get you headed in the right direction with your workout routine and nutrition program, with assistance from Cressey Performance strength ... Read on »
Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 5/17/12 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here's this week's list of recommended strength and conditioning reading: The Coming Meltdown in College Education and Why the Economy Won't Get Better Anytime Soon - ... Read on »
Tips for Long-Term Triceps Health by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise I’d wager that if you chatted with 100 lifters over the age of 30 with more than five years of strength training experience, they’d tell you that their triceps exercise sele ... Read on »
Training the Rotator Cuff and Scapular Stabilizers Simultaneously by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise I'm always surprised when I see "arm care" portions of baseball strength and conditioning programs that attempt to break rotator cuff exercises and scapular stability exerci ... Read on »
115 Ways to Improve Pitching Velocity by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Everyone wants to improve pitching velocity, but unfortunately, the answer to the question of "how" is different for everyone.  To that end, I pulled together a quick list o ... Read on »
Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 5/9/12 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here's this week's list of recommended strength and conditioning reading: Elite Training Mentorship - I just had some new content loaded here for one of our twice-a-mo ... Read on »
5 Quick and Easy Ways to Feel and Move Better: Installment 2 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise I'm excited to announce that new Cressey Performance employee Greg Robins is going to be helping me out with this series moving forward.  Greg brings a unique skill set to t ... Read on »
Rocket Science Alert: Strength Training for Pitchers STILL Improves Throwing Velocity by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise With an old post, Strength Training for Pitchers , I *thought* I had put to rest the silly idea that strength training doesn't help with improving throwing velocity.  Unfor ... Read on »
How to Measure Volume in Strength and Conditioning Programs by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise During my first ever live Facebook Fan Page Q&A last night, I received the following question, and wanted to use today's post to expand on it: Q: How do you go about m ... Read on »
Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 5/3/12 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here's this week's list of recommended strength and conditioning reading: How to Be More Consistent with Your Strength and Conditioning Programs - This is a blog I wro ... Read on »
5 Great In-Season Lower-Body Strength Exercises that Won’t Make You Sore by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise One of the biggest concerns players have when it comes to in-season strength and conditioning programs is whether or not a particular exercise will make them sore.  It's a v ... Read on »
Pitch Count Roundtable: Your Thoughts? by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Last week, I contributed on a pitch counts roundtable for ESPN Boston. You can read it HERE . I'd love to hear your thoughts on the matter in the comments section below, ... Read on »
5 Overlooked Resources for Making Your Strength and Conditioning Programs More Effective by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise I know there are a lot of fitness professionals who look to EricCressey.com as a continuing education resource. With that in mind, I wanted to discuss a few resources tha ... Read on »
Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 4/26/12 by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Here’s this week’s list of recommended strength and conditioning reading.   The Walk-On – This article by Jim Wendler should be mandatory reading for an high school ... Read on »
Baseball Strength and Conditioning: What to Do With an Extra Day Between Pitching Starts by Eric C. Healthy Living Professional Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Q: I read your series, A New Model for Training Between Starts , and love the ideas you introduced.  Since eliminating distance running between outings, I’ve noticed a big ... Read on »