Eric Cressey

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Elbow-Supported Dumbbell External Rotations: Do or Don’t? - ericcressey.com/elbow-supporte…

Game Belt Secured ✅ #RepBX

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We use "hot-feet" medicine ball rotational drills often to teach back hip loading, but we commonly see athletes who don't grasp that we're trying to create elasticity and pre-stretch in the frontal (side to side) plane. As a result, they wind up just running in place (first video) and then going into their normal rotation. One cue to get us to what we want (second video) is to simply tell them to do a mini-Heiden (or mini-skater), a drill with which they're already familiar. When in doubt, build on something they already know!

The Yankees announced that RHP Carlos Lagrange is the recipient of the 2026 James P. Dawson Award, given annually to the most outstanding Yankees rookie in spring training. @LagranCarlos has gone 1-0 with a 0.66 ERA (13.2IP, 6H, 2R/1ER, 4BB, 13K, 1HR) in four spring appearances 👏

Changing your workout time of day impacts everything from mood to performance. The most common adjustment takes place when someone decides to exercise in the morning. Here are six tips for safely making a smooth transition to morning exercise:
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In the new podcast, I highlight the importance of pitchers employing high-low models to their routines in order to optimize recovery and reduce the risk of injury. Additionally, I share examples of how this structure works in the real world. ericcressey.com/csp-elite-base…

Game. Set. Opelka. 🚀 Reilly Opelka upsets Draper to reach the third round on home soil! @MiamiOpen | #MiamiOpen

Congrats to our 2025 Kevin Lawn Award winners, OF Spencer Jones and RHP Elmer Rodríguez, on being named the Yankees’ minor league “Position Player of the Year" and “Pitcher of the Year” 👏 Rodríguez ranked second among all minor league pitchers last season in strikeouts (176K) while Jones ranked second among all minor league players last season in home runs (35 HR).

Exercise of the Week: Offset Yoga Push-Up By elevating one hand on a 3” box, this variation adds thoracic rotation to a yoga push-up that might otherwise encourage rib cage rigidity. It’s great for challenging shoulder stability and rotational movement quality. 💪 #cspfamily

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This time next week. Max on the mound. #RepBX

I posted five years ago about how to use the Acumobility ball for upper extremity health and performance, so it seems long overdue for me to share one of the ways we’re using it a bit further down the chain: on quadratus lumborum (QL). ericcressey.com/exercise-of-th…