On Tuesday, I mentioned that Eric Cressey posted a video of a staff in-service of him outlining his lower body assessments. A lot of the lower body assessments we incorporate with our athletes at Endeavor I learned directly or indirectly (through resources he recommended) from Eric, so it was great to get a current look [...]

Last week I received an email with some exciting news. A couple of my good friends in Eric Cressey and Mike Robertson, alongside two highly regarded strength and conditioning coaches in BJ Gaddour and Dave Schmitz, have created what will be known as the Elite Training Mentorship. The Elite Training Mentorship provides a unique opportunity [...]

I wanted to interrupt our “2011 Review Week” to let you know about one of my favorite annual continuing education opportunities: The Sports Rehab to Sports Performance Teleseminar. Every year, my friend Joe Heiler from SportsRehabExpert.com interviews some of the world’s top professionals in rehabilitation and performance training and makes them available to you for [...]

Concussions have been a hot topic over the last two years in the NHL. Not in small part to Sidney Crosby’s concussion, more attention is now being paid awareness, prevention, and more conservative return-to-play guidelines. Long-term concussion symptoms are becoming a more prevalent problem Concussions are far from a simple injury. It’s the underlying complexities [...]

A couple days back, I wrote an article on the benefits of Generation UCAN as they pertain to maintaining/achieving low body fat levels AND in avoiding the deleterious effects of an over-reliance on carbohydrates. If you missed it (or want a re-read!), you can check it out here: UCAN Break Carbohydrate Dependence The general idea [...]