by Tony Cress | Aug 14, 2019 | Knowledge Base
When I start someone’s training program, I usually will give them homework with foam rolling exercises or small band techniques or even movement pattern exercises. These little bits of homework take less than 10 minutes to do a day, and help with a problem my...
by Tony Cress | Jul 29, 2019 | Knowledge Base, Uncategorized
You might be putting out the effort to “get fit”. You also might not be seeing the results you are looking for. You’ve tried over and over and over, and seem to always end up at the same spot… no change. Well, maybe you fall into one of these...
by Tony Cress | Jul 21, 2019 | Knowledge Base, Uncategorized
Don’t let the title alarm you. Actually, do. What are you doing right now, besides reading this? What were you doing before this? My guess is something else on the interwebz. Social media or Netflix or texting or whatever. More than likely, it was NOT moving...
by Tony Cress | Jul 7, 2019 | Knowledge Base, Uncategorized
We all want to be stronger. Some have valid reasons and some don’t actually need to be stronger in the sense that they think. Whichever umbrella you fall under, this message is for you. When we think of strength we think of how much can you lift, how high you...
by Tony Cress | Jun 29, 2019 | Knowledge Base
Why am I watching people Deadlift? I already know how to do that, right? We all see a movement and THINK we’ve got it covered. In classes, I may be explaining am exercise that I’ve already demoed, and I’m still talking and people are already doing...
by Tony Cress | Jun 9, 2019 | Knowledge Base
We all have our hang ups and sometimes they seem insurmountable. But how you change isn’t by staring at the whole problem and sulking. You have to GET UP and do SOMETHING. Bit by bit. Little by little. Your problems won’t go away in a day. You probably...
by Tony Cress | Jun 3, 2019 | Knowledge Base
Burpees. You know what they are. You’ve probably done a few in your time if you go to a bootcamp or group exercise class. Heck, we’ve done them a time or hundred when we were TCPT. We don’t do them any more. Because they are a killer exercise? No....
by Tony Cress | May 2, 2019 | Knowledge Base
We think of food as the “fuel” for the body. It’s what makes us have the energy to move, lift weights, run, get on a bike, dance, walk your dog instead of watch tv, etc. Eating the right foods allows us to be more of an active human, rather than an...
by Tony Cress | Apr 21, 2019 | Knowledge Base
How many of you are actually totally engaged in your workouts? Not paying attention to music, but focused on what the task of each movement demands of your body? I ask this because I look at something like the Turkish Get Up, and I know a few people who hate that...
by Tony Cress | Apr 19, 2019 | Knowledge Base
Most of the people who come to Tony Cress Training Center understand what we do and why we do it. Some of the movements, tools, and philosophies we use seem slightly unorthodox when you compare them to traditional training methods. I’d like to think we are ahead...
