Brandon, Cressey also doesn't do any of the Olympic lifts which I am a big advocate of. I have based most of my programs more on trial and error than theory. Cressey is talking a lot of theory in his explanation of why he does not allow pitchers to squat. I believe in the back squat as much as I believe in the Olympic lifts. I have been back squatting and performing the Olympic lifts all of my life and I have never had an issue and neither have any of my pitchers and the pitchers I have trained around through my career. I like Cressey's work, I just feel he is a little over protective for me. I take a more aggressive approach in the gym because all bodies are different and what is an issue for one guy, isn't an issue for another. I hate putting ever athlete into the same mold and you will never know if an exercise is good or bad for you, if you do not try it.

I avoided bench press most of my pitching career because I heard it was bad for your arm and I tore my rotator cuff. After my rotator cuff tear, I never stopped doing bench press and I never had an injury again.

If your rotator cuff and shoulder is apart of your strength and conditioning program it is a none issue. Squat away but always focus on good technique everytime you lift.

Thanks for the resource jroback! Here is the Olympic Lifting Coach Gayle Hatch instructing the lifts. He is the best and a legend!