Back pain will wreck your workouts. Here’s how to prevent it and how to fix it if it’s already too late.
Hurt your shoulder? Big deal. Hurt your leg? Who cares? But hurt your back and your lifting days are on hiatus.
A few unique exercises that Cressey gives to all his athletes, whether they're baseball players, powerlifters, boxers, or ordinary schlubs.
Seven bad benching habits that keep you weak, and how to get rid of them.
Cressey's 2008 lessons-learned include how to stay lean without really trying, loving the goniometer, how alcohol kills soft tissue quality, and lots more.
Stretches to ensure chest/shoulder stability, health, AND performance. Check ‘em out.
Eric tells you what to do if your knee, shoulder, or back hurts, but you still want to work out.
Eric describes how doing the YMCA song can help shoulder stability, why "your balls still suck," the right way to do a push-up, and how to do a DB Overhead Reverse Lunge.
Faulty lunges, squats, and stretches can make you worse off than you were before entering the gym. Check these out before it's too late.
It's not always a good idea to do deep squats, overhead presses, or dips, and why is it that fat-bastard bicyclists wear Spandex shorts anyhow? The answers to these mysteries and more in today's article.
Maybe you're not injured and you don't plan on being injured. (Ha!) Regardless, this article contains secrets to the weightlifting universe that will help you understand how the body works and, as they say, knowledge is power.
Training ideas that’ll improve your squat, bench press, and even your abs.
How to fix the most common mistakes with rows, squats, bench presses and more.
Life getting in the way of your gains? Keep making progress with these strategies.
Certain things look good on paper, but most don't pan out. For instance, Eric Cressey thinks wave loading is a bunch of hooey, as are weight gain powders and, believe it or not, the notion that external rotation movements are a cure all.
No matter your age, it's a safe bet that you're occasionally banged up from lifting huge amounts of weight. That's okay, but you need to to do a "prehab deload" one week out of every four.
The complete guide to dominating the deadlift, from shoe selection to advanced training techniques.
The complete guide to dominating the deadlift, from shoe selection to advanced training techniques.
The complete guide to dominating the deadlift, from shoe selection to advanced training techniques.
A little analysis is always good. But there's a point at which more won't make you stronger, and may lead to a lot of wasted gym time. Here's why.
Eric Cressey is like a Swiss cheese in a sea of Gorgonzola... oh, forget it. We were trying to come up with an analogy that was at least half as good as the training analogies Eric uses in this article, but we failed. Luckily, Eric was spot on.
Sure, this article is about a sometimes boring, often unsexy topic: injury prevention. But unlike most articles on the subject, this one contains plenty of info that'll help any lifter, regardless of whether his joints are bulletproof or not.
Strengthening your lats can lead to bigger deadlifts, faster sprints, and much more. Here’s what you need to know.
The popular leg exercise goes under the microscope!
It’s difficult to lift hard and heavy when your elbows and wrists feel jacked up. Here’s how to keep them strong and healthy.
