Tony Gentilcore is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) holding a degree in Health Education with a concentration in Health/Wellness Promotion from the State University of New York at Cortland. Recognized as one of the premier trainers in New England, Tony has established an outstanding reputation due to his no-nonsense approach to training, unique perspective on program design, and corrective exercise experience.
Tony is also one of the co-founders of Cressey Performance, located in Hudson, MA. His ability to relate closely to CP student athletes, aspiring professional athletes, and experienced professionals, dates back to his collegiate baseball experience. Tony was named Most Valuable Pitcher in 1996 and 1997 for Onondaga Community College (Syracuse, NY), where he was also named 1st Team all Conference and 1st Team all Region. He earned an athletic scholarship to play baseball at Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA where he was also named a “Division II Player to Watch” in 1998.
Tony is a regular contributor to Testosterone Magazine (T-nation.com), and has also been featured in Men’s Health Magazine. Check out his article archives.
Additionally, Tony is an occasional guest host of The Fitcast, one of the top weekly fitness/nutrition podcasts featuring some of the top names in the fitness industry.
Were off to a good start in the industry today with new blog posts from Eric Cressey and Tony Gentilcore along with a new T-Nation article from Bret Contreras.
Eric Cressey explains the idea behind using Open vs. Closed Loop exercises.
“Never expect true carryover from your strength and conditioning programs to the “randomness” of your daily life unless you implement more unpredictable challenges in those strength and conditioning programs.”
The article is too packed with info to summarize, but you should definitely look for the points on Olympic Lifting Methodology, Overtraining, Peaking, and Why Your Body is a Liar. The opening quote alone is classic….
If your family was captured and you were told you needed to put 100 pounds onto your max squat within two months or your family would be executed, would you squat once per week? Something tells me that you’d start squatting every day. Other countries have this mindset. America does not.
– John Broz
