Training rotational power and the importance of strength outside the sagittal plane with Eric Cressey (President of Cressey Performance)

In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast, I have the pleasure in speaking to President of Cressey Performance, Eric Cressey. Eric is THE man when it comes to physical preparation for baseball in the US so naturally, rotational sports was high on the agenda for this episode. Thank you to all the people that replied on Twitter and came back with some fantastic questions.

In this episode, you will learn -

• Who is Eric Cressey (background, experience, and current role)?
•  Importance of developing strength/stability outside the sagittal plane
• Medicine ball work
  - for the rotational athlete
  - for the team sport athlete
• Movement assessments
  - overhead lunge walk
  - practical examples of other more focused assessments
• Unilateral work and the use of fillers

Eric can be found on Twitter @EricCressey

This episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast is sponsored by Vald Performance, the team behind the NordBord and the new Groinbar, a hip and groin strength measuring solution. They can be found at valdperformance.com and you can get more information on the groin bar at groinbar.com and on Twitter @groinbar.

This episode is sponsored by Fatigue Science. Fatigue Science combine wearable technology with biomathematical science developed by the US Army to offer fantastic insights into sleep and cognitive fatigue.

This episode is also sponsored by Forcedecks. If you want to know more about ForceDecks, listen to episode #139 of the Pacey Performance Podcast with co-founder, Dr. Daniel Cohen.

Keep up to date with everything that is going on with the podcast by following on Twitter @strengthofsci or visiting strengthofscience.com/podcast.

Enjoy

PP