Baseball
Strength-Guidelines
• Complete
baseball skill-work (hitting, fielding, & throwing) before
lifting.
• Practice
good mechanics & don’t sacrifice technique for more weight.
• No
forced repetitions.
• Incorporate
proportionate number of “push” & “pull” movements to
create balance between muscle-groups & prevent shoulder
injuries.
• Avoid
machine-training, which restricts rotation, interferes with
coordination, & creates muscle-imbalances that predispose
baseball players to injury.
• Emphasize
ground-based movements that allow feet to apply force against
ground.
• Emphasize
movements (push, pull, squat, lunge, & step-up) that involve
multiple- joints.
• Emphasize
movements that require motion in 3-planes (forward & backward /
up & down / side to side).
• Strengthen
glute & hamstring-complex to improve balance & prevent
hamstring injuries.
• Eliminate
Olympic-lifts, which emphasize motion in 1 movement-plane with no
benefits for rotational-demands of baseball.
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