Sooooo, I heard through the grapevine that Eric Cressey released some sort of product this week?
I jest.
I know everyone and their Little League coach has been promoting it this week on their blogs and various social media outlets, and you know what? Good!
[For those who may have missed it earlier this week, HERE’s my review of The High Performance Handbook.]
There’s a lot of garbage that gets released all over the internet on a daily basis promising abs in six minutes or the body of your dreams in 20 minutes, three days per week, or, for the more gullible, a program which guarantees immediate results using some kind of magical formula like showering underneath a rainbow every 3rd Friday. But only if you’re holding hands with a Leprechaun.
Again, I jest. But suffice it to say I’ve seen some doozies out there, and it never ceases to amaze me what people will buy (or believe) in order to be told that they don’t need to work hard (and smart!) to attain the results they want.
The High Performance Handbook
For what mounts to $20 per month (it’s a four month program), you can have one of the best strength coaches in the world in your corner coaching you every step of the way. Unlike many online programs, The High Performance Handbook can easily be CUSTOMIZED to fit your body-type (there’s actually a thorough video assessment to help you ascertain what your body-type is), training schedule, and equipment availability.
All of it is under the guise to help you kick-ass in the gym, attain results (strength and aesthetic) that you never thought possible, and without sugar coating anything. You’ll need to work. Probably harder than you’ve ever worked before. But the if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to train at Cressey Performance, this is your chance.
The Diet Delusion – Jen Comas Keck
I read this post by Jen last week and felt it needed to be read by more people, if for nothing else to help nudge people into a little dose of reality.
Sorry, you can’t crush Pop-Tarts on a daily basis and get shredded. Even if it “fits your macros.”
Concurrently, because of the recent trend of people writing about long-stemming affects of metabolic damage from long-term dieting (and it DOES exist), many people are now fearful of approaching a caloric deficit.
Hate to break it to you: but if you want to shed fat, you have to elicit a caloric deficit.
Dieting ain’t easy. Sometimes you’re going to be hungry, and sometimes you’re going to feel mildly irritated because you haven’t had carbs in two days and want to punch a hole through a wall.
It’s okay. It’s normal. Deal with it.
CrossFit: My Swimmers. My Thoughts – Tad Sayce
Tad’s a former intern/coach at Cressey Performance who now runs his own facility just outside Boston that caters to more of the swimming crowd.
Coincidentally enough, even though Tad writes with swimmers in mind, A LOT of what he talks as it relates to shoulders/elbows, shoulder/elbow care, and yes, CrossFit, parlays very well to other overhead athletes such as baseball, volleyball, as well as the general fitness population.
In addition, Tad’s thoughts on how to properly progress “plyos” and how CrossFit often (not always) misses the mark hits the nail on the head.
