Having a strong upper body is essential for softball players. A strong upper body will help you hit farther, throw harder, and be resilient to injury. It is even more important that softball players train their upper bodies intelligently. You need to consider your shoulders, elbows, and wrists in every movement that you perform. Upper…
Every position on the Softball field requires a strong, powerful core. Softball is a rotational-based sport and training should be specific to the movements most prevalent to what we see on the field. Softball players must consider this sport-specific rotational movement, time of year, history of injury, and training readiness when selecting core exercises. Softball…
Softball is a fast and explosive sport that requires players to be strong and powerful. A strong lower body is essential for long-term success in Softball. Strong, powerful legs will help you run faster, jump higher, throw harder, and hit farther. To gain strength in the lower half, I think the best implements are barbells,…
Having a strong upper body is essential for baseball players. A strong upper half will help you hit farther, throw harder, and be resilient to injury. It is even more important that baseball players train their upper bodies intelligently. You need to consider your shoulders, elbows, and wrists in every movement that you perform. Weight…
Baseball is a fast and explosive sport that requires tremendous strength and power. It is extremely important to have a strong lower half to help with sprinting speed, force generation from the legs to the hips, and then rotating to hit far and throw hard. To gain strength in the lower half, I think the…
It is essential for baseball players to train their cores in respect to their sport. Baseball players must consider their sport for sport-specific rotational movement, time of year, history of injury, and training readiness. Baseball players need a strong core in all planes of motion, resisting trunk extension, stabilizing the trunk, and rotating powerfully. All…
One of my personal favorite exercises, the curl and press is an awesome exercise that works the biceps in the curl and the shoulders in the press. This is a great option for lifters to get an awesome pump at the end of an upper-body session. In this guide, I will go over how to…
The dumbbell shoulder press is a great movement for upper body strength. The dumbbell implement allows the shoulders to move very naturally and engages the stabilizing musculature to keep the shoulders healthy. The dumbbell press and its variations are used by strength and conditioning specialists, physical therapists, powerlifters, bodybuilders, and general population lifters for overhead…
Dumbbell bent-over rows are a great exercise for lifters in their progression to rowing a barbell. The dumbbell bent-over row helps to develop the posterior chain muscles and reinforces a good lifting step up. In this guide, I will go over how to perform Dumbbell Bent-Over Rows, coaching tips, common mistakes and more. How To…
One of the most basic but also probably one of the most important exercises a person can master is the push-up. The push-up is used by many strength and conditioning specialists, physical therapists, sports medicine professionals, and even the military to gauge upper body strength and strength endurance. Once you’ve gained enough upper body strength…