My posts tend to be too long for strings like this. I’m a rambler. laughs But I’ve referred to Dr. Elliott as a ‘damned genius’ before, and I stand by that. His work on sports-specific training, injury rehab, effective protein chain combos etc are friggin’ outstanding.
 
Basically instead of having you run til you puke or sweat gallons in 100 degree heat to toughen you up, Elliott finds out what mechanical and instinctive improvements you may need for your sport’s movement type. For baseball players a lot of it is rotational work (which they should be doing anyway but usually aren’t), first step quickness (to help fielders get to the ball better, base-stealers beat out throws, etc), proper application of force, improved reaction times (CRITICAL for improving batting), nutritional advice for maintaining strength throughout the season, etc. He also helps an athlete relax one set of muscles while contracting the opposing set, working on reducing injury and decreasing internal resistance during the movement to maximize output.

Dr. Elliott is a giant in the field of trained athletic enhancement. He runs studies on hamstring injuries for the NFL, he puts together nutritional plans for Olympians from multiple countries, he remakes top-tier athletes so that they find extra growth in their games after injury that they never had prior… Jack calling him up and having him work with all of our top minor leaguers the way he’s already worked with players like Ryan Braun is a great boon to the Mariners, and another feather in the cap of our front office, which is becoming littered with such feathers.

This can only be good news.

~G