Show and Go Training
I’ve just finished going over my copy of the Show and Go Training Program by Eric Cressey and I want to review it here.
This isn’t your ordinary muscle building program, although I have no doubt that you can build a lot of muscles and burn a lot of fat by following it. This is a strength and performance program, so the focus is more on improving your physical ability and reducing risk of injury then to just get you to look bigger.
In a recent talk I had with Eric Cressey, he told me that the name of the program, Show and Go: High Performance Training to Look, Feel and Move Better was meant to portray the fact that this is a program which isn’t for the “All show and no go” kind of weight lifter, but one for people who actually want to be more athletic, strong, and capable.
In this review I will tell you what this program teaches, talk about who Eric Cressey is, and help you decide whether this program is really for you or not.
Who is Eric Cressey
In this case, knowing who the author of this program is can help you see why this is an exceptional fitness plan.
Eric Cressey is a specialty fitness coach who usually works with athletes to improve their perfromance. He is a well known author who has co-authored 5 books which sold around the world, and his writing has been featured in such publications as Men’s Health, Boston Globe, ESPN, Men’s Fitness, Boston Herald, and so on.
Cressey is not just a coach. He is a powerlifter in his own right, holding various records in his weight class. His competition bests are 540 lbs squat, 402 bench, 650 deadlift, and 1532 total in the 165-pound weight class. This is a guy that is an athlete, not just a coach. He knows what it takes to build strength.
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What is the Show and Go Training Program
The Show and Go program is a specialty strength, mobility, and movement program for experienced gym trainees. You can use it as a beginner, but you will need to take it a bit slower and use smaller weights. Having access to a gym is recommended, but the program does include variations that can be done in a home gym.
I found that there are 4 main foundations in Show and Go Training:
1. Strength building – This is one of Eric Cressey’s specialties and it’s the main focus of the program. If you’re looking to increase strength for bench presses, squats, deadlifts, or any other weight lifting, this is a program that will deliver results (if done right).
2. Injury Prevention – This is one of the main benefits of the program. Eric Cressey decidates much of the program to mobility and flexibility exercises that will help you improve muscle and joint conditioning and reduce risk of injury. You need to this kind of information if you plan on working out for many years more.
3. Mobility and movement – Being strong isn’t enough. You need to be able to move properly and to have the right kind of joint mobility in order to be more athletic and to support your increases in weights.
4. Versatility – Although the Show and Go Program advocates training 4 times a week with a lower-upper body split, there are also variations of the main plan if you prefer training just twice or three times each week. In addition, many of the exercises are presented with possible alternatives in case your gym doesn’t have a particular piece of equipment or you just don’t like a certain exercise.
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Note: this program can be tweaked for faster fat loss or for more rapid strength and muscle gains as you wish.
The Resources in the Show and Go Training Program
1. Main manual – This is the center piece of the Show and Go Training program which explains the entire concept of the plan and how the program is set up. What struck me as unusual about this plan is that most of the main manual is dedicated to questions people had about the plan and answers that Eric Cressey provides. I believe that working with people one-on-one gives Cressey a more intimate knowledge of the challenges people face than many other online fitness authors have.
2. Video Exercise Library – The program includes 175 exercise videos (accessed online) in which Eric Cressey demonstrates how to perform each and every one of the exercises in the program. Expect some exercises that you don’t know.
3. Five Fantastic Finishers – Here are five excellent exercises to finish your workouts with in order to accelerate your progress.
4. Innovative Soft Tissue Strategies – As part of the injury prevention part of the program, you will learn various techniques to improve the condition of soft tissue including self-myofascial release.
5. Show and Go Training Templates – The same templates Eric Cressey uses with his one-on-one clients. You take these templates with you to the gym and workout with them there.
6. Top Five Glutes Exercises – 5 killer lower body exercises to work on your glutes.
7. Exercise modifications manual – This manual shows you many variations of the regular exercises in Show and Go to give you more choices.
In Conlcusion
If you want to build strength, become more athletic, protect your muscles and joints from injury, and train similar to how athletes do, you can do no better than using Eric Cressey’s program. The Show and Go Training plan is an excellent program to help you become stronger, leaner, more muscular, and more athletic.
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