About the Creators of Assess & CorrectMike Robertson - MS, CSC, USAWMike Robertson, MS, CSCS, USAW is the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training and the President of Robertson Training Systems in Indianapolis, Indiana. Mike has made a name for himself as one of the premier performance coaches in the world, helping clients and athletes from all walks of life achieve their physique and sports performance goals.
Mike received his Masters degree in Sports Biomechanics at Ball State University, where he was involved in varsity strength and conditioning and research in the human performance lab. Robertson is also an accomplished powerlifter, having competed at the National Level and coached at the World Level. He’s authored hundreds of articles and the Bulletproof Knees Manual, and co-created multiple DVD sets.
www.RobertsonTrainingSystems.comEric Cressey - MA, CSCSEric Cressey, MA, CSCS is the president of Cressey Performance. Cressey is a highly sought-after coach for healthy and injured athletes alike from youth sports to the professional and Olympic ranks. Behind Eric’s expertise, Cressey Performance has rapidly established itself as a go-to high-performance facility among Boston athletes – and those that come from abroad to experience CP’s cutting-edge methods. Eric has received the most recognition for his focus on the shoulder and, in turn, his extensive work with baseball players.
Eric has lectured in four countries and more than one dozen U.S. states; written over 200 articles and four books; and co-created three DVD sets. He publishes a weekly newsletter and daily blog. A record-setting competitive powerlifter, Cressey has deadlifted 650 pounds at a body weight of 174 and is recognized as an athlete who can jump, sprint, and lift alongside his best athletes to push them to higher levels.
www.EricCressey.comBill Hartman - PT, CSCS, USAW Bill Hartman, PT, CSCS, USAW is the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training, and has been a physical therapist and sports performance coach in Indianapolis for over 17 years.
As a physical therapist, Bill has worked in a variety of settings with a specialization in orthopedics and sports medicine. He has received advanced training in treatment of spinal disorders to include spinal mobilization, treatment of lumbo-pelvic disorders, shoulder rehabilitation, knee rehabilitation, core conditioning, and treatment of soft-tissue disorders. Bill is also an Active Release Techniques Practitioner, with credentials to treat upper extremity, lower extremity, and spinal disorders.
A lifetime athlete, Bill has been competitive in the sports of javelin, collegiate football, bodybuilding, and powerlifting. He has been a contributing writer to numerous magazines and created multiple DVD sets.
www.BillHartman.net
Assess and Correct: Bill Hartman, Mike Robertson, Eric Cressey
In the new dvd set, Assess and Correct: Breaking Barriers to Unlock Performance, corrective exercise authorities Bill Hartman, Mike Robertson and Eric Cressey team up to give us a group of joint by joint self-assessments to identify movement deficiencies. Over the years, I’ve gravitated toward learning the various alternative movement-based modes of pain relief, and these three guys have contributed to that learning, Mike mostly about knees, Eric mostly about shoulders and Bill, well… everything that moves. Given that history, I was eager to get a look at their latest work.
This is a two-dvd set, the first one guiding us through the various assessments, and the second a corrective exercise documentary including progressions ranging from easy to difficult to be used once the evaluations are complete.
The assessment dvd includes the following tests (27 variations), each with visual, vocal and bullet point coaching cues: how to do it, what to look for and what would be considered normal.
* Neutral spinal alignment
* Cervical flexion
* Thoracic spine rotation
* Pec minor length
* Pec major length (clavicular and sternal)
* Shoulder flexion
* External shoulder rotation
* Internal shoulder rotation
* Scapular upward rotation
* Straight leg raise
* Groin muscle stiffness
* Hip and knee flexion
* Hip flexor strength
* Quadraped rockbacks
* Prone knee flexion
* Thomas hip extension test
* Hip abduction
* Hip adduction
* Hip internal rotation, seated and prone
* Hip external rotation, seated and prone
* Ankle dorsiflexion
* Glute medius function
* Glute maximus function
This review took awhile! I thought I would just let the dvd run while I made notes, but I found myself stopping to try every test. You’ll be pleased to know I “passed,” but I think I’d like to get any one of these guys to run me through the appraisals. I might have cheated.
Seriously, it will help to have a base of movement knowledge when doing the assessments for awareness in instinctively cheating the tests. But still, with ample attention and patience, anyone can do this.
The set also comes with three pdf e-books , one a 137-page manual that reinforces and builds upon the teaching of the dvds, the second is 21 pages of sample warm-ups based on individual corrective needs and pain issues (I’m using page 21, the desk jockey option, which I’m sure is not an afterthought even if it is the last page), and the final is a 12-page document of their favorite static stretches, done after foam rolling and before dynamic movement… the Great Eight, my new everyday stretch list.
The right corrective exercises as chosen using the pd manual after running the assessments and watching the second dvd with its 78 exercises is miraculous.
Аннотация на англ. языкеAssess and Correct: Breaking Barriers to Unlock Performance is the first resource of its kind: DVDs and accompanying manuals that educate individuals on how to identify AND correct the imbalances that lead to injuries and limit optimal performance.
If you’re an athlete looking to identify the little things that make big differences, Assess and Correct is for you. The same goes for those who have had back pain, shoulder pain, knee pain, or hip pain – or are simply looking to prevent it in the first place.
Assess and Correct is the first resource that empowers you with not only a series of self-assessments to identify your own flexibility and stability limitations, but also exercise progressions to correct those inefficiencies. In the process, you’ll take your athletic performance to all new levels and prevent injuries from creeping up on you – whether you’re a high-level athlete or someone who sits at a desk too much.
The easy-to-follow format of these DVDs takes you step-by-step to a healthy body that feels and performs well. It’s like having a coach right there with you the whole time.
Included in this package are:
* DVD #1: Your Comprehensive Guide to Self-Assessment
* DVD #2: Your Individualized Corrective Exercise Progressions
* Bonus #1 and #2: The Assess and Correct E-Manual, which is not only a guide to review your assessments on DVD #1, but also includes written cues and photos for every recommended drill in DVD #2 so that you’ll have a resource you can take to the gym with you. (PLEASE NOTE: These two bonuses have been merged into one document for easier downloading.)
* Bonus #3: “The Great Eight Static Stretches” E-Manual, which shows you eight additional flexibility drills that we use on a regular basis in addition to the drills featured in the DVDs.
* Bonus #4: The “Optimal Self Myofascial Release” E-Manual, which shows you the soft tissue methods and techniques we use with our clients and athletes.
* Bonus #5: “Warm-ups for Every Body” E-Manual, which is a collection of two sample warm-up templates for each of the following sports/scenarios
