Best Posts of 2014
Tis the Holiday Season, and as such since it’s the end of the year (and my desire to write new content is on par with wanting to wash my face with broken glass) I like to take this time to reflect on things and post a handful of “round-up” articles highlighting the best of 2014…. Read more
Inside the Athletic Grind
Gotta keep this one short and sweet today. I had the opportunity to appear on the Inside the Athletic Grind Podcast earlier this week as a guest. Nick Merich, one of the Editors-in-Chief, was a former athlete who trained at Cressey Sports Performance and his experience training with us a few summers ago inspired him… Read more
Welcome to the New TonyGentilcore.com!
Why heeeeeeeello there! Sorry I’ve been out of the loop this week as far as writing prowess is concerned, but as you may or may not know, I’ve been up to a few things. For starters, as I type these very words I’m en route to Washington, DC for mine and Dean Somerset’s Excellent High… Read more
Bridging the Gap Between Rehab and Strength and Conditioning
Dean Somerset is like Gandalf. Except Dean doesn’t own a staff (I think), or fight dragons, have a Hobbit for a BFF, or have an affinity for taking long journeys towards mountains with ominous names. In fact, Dean isn’t even a wizard!! So what the hell? Why am I making the connection? Dean’s a good… Read more
The Grind and Investing in Yourself
I love what I do for a living. I know a lot of people can’t say that. I always make a joke about my career path. When I was finishing up my undergraduate work out of college I came to a metaphorical fork in the road. In one direction I could take my degree in… Read more
Exercises You Should Be Doing: Barbell Overhead Shrug
One of the main bullet points I hit on last weekend while in London was that many of the same movement distortions and predictable postural imbalances we see in overhead athletes manifest themselves in the general fitness population as well. Specially, when we take someone with a extensive history of lifting heavy things – a… Read more
Where I Am
I spent a lot of time alone as a kid. Part of it was due to my personality. I’m an introvert through and through. Part of it was because I was the middle child. My sister is six years older than me and when we were younger she was more into Rick Springfield, denim, and… Read more
Is Running Natural?
Note from TG: Today’s guest post comes courtesy of Mike Sheridan, a nutrition researcher, trainer, and author of the book Eat Meat and Stop Jogging. That’s about as manly of a title for a book as I’ve ever seen. The only way it could be even manlier is if it said: He-Man Says to Eat… Read more