Hey guys I got a great show lined up for you today. I spoke with Eric Kressy a few days ago and I think it was one of the best interviews yet.

If you're a personal trainer or a strength and conditioning coach that works with

baseball players then this is more than just a good interview I think it is

mandatory listening for you people out there because Eric has established himself as the go-to guy in

baseball but regardless whether you're into baseball training or not there's just so much information in this interview. We talk

about everything from strength to increasing power, aerobic development, and how much

is necessary if at all for success in baseball we get into a topic

that has a lot of controversy which is throwing weighted baseballs to improve arm strength and increased pitching velocity, which a lot of people feel very strongly on both sides with that one.

So it was very interesting for me to get Eric's

take on it because he's got so much experience and he's worked with so many

pitchers so you definitely want to hear his take on that. We also get into assessing athletes. I think Eric

really originally made a name for himself by his ability to assess athletes and

he really became a go-to guy for people with shoulder and elbow

injuries and it's it's one of the many reasons why he's so successful in the

baseball world is his ability to assess an athlete, evaluate them and see specifically

what they need to get to the next level.

And an interesting kind of spin-off that we started talking about assessing and then we got into a real interesting topic where

How do you decipher the difference between a problem or dysfunction in an athlete and what's considered a sports adaptation where you know a dysfunction is something that's that you would want to fix you would would want to try to help, where a sports adaptation

is your body adapting to your sport,

and sometimes if you try to balance them out, quote unquote,

you could actually end up screwing an athlete up and it's a very fine line

I think it's it's something that a lot of trainers and coaches don't even know the difference

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