One of my biggest influences when it comes to strength training is Eric Cressey. Years ago, his articles helped me fix my back & shoulder injuries by pointing me out to the importance of posture, mobility & balanced training programs.
April this year I heard Cressey had a book coming up: Maximum Strength. I was familiar with his other products like Magnificent Mobility DVD, so I pre-ordered Maximum Strength without hesitation. Here’s the review.
Who’s Eric Cressey? Eric Cressey, MS, CSCS is a strength coach and owner of Cressey Performance in Boston, MA. He’s also a competitive powerlifter: 400lbs Bench Press, 500lbs Squat and 650lbs Deadlift in the 180lbs category.
Cressey works with athletes of all kind, but mostly baseball athletes. They call him the “shoulder guy” or the “mobility guy” because he can not only get you stronger, he can also make you lift pain- and injury-free again.
Maximum Strength. Tagline reads “Get your strongest body in 16 weeks with the ultimate weight-training program”. Maximum Strength counts 12 chapters, 190 photos & 227 pages. Table of contents:
- Foreword by Dr. John Berardi (from Precision Nutrition)
- Introduction
- 1. Why Stronger is Better
- 2. Building Strength
- 3. Maximum Strength Program Overview
- 4. What to Expect
- 5. Maximum Strength Warm-ups
- 6. Phase 1: Foundation
- 7. Phase 2: Build
- 8. Phase 3: Growth
- 9. Phase 4: Peak
- 10. Nutrition for Maximum Strength
- 11. The Muscle Between Your Ears
- 12. Maximum Strength for Life
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