Chew On This!

Another good post from my good friend and awesome trainer Adam Brush. From an October 18, 2011 article appearing on ESPN.com the 1st sentence, regarding the ban of tobacco in MLB, read like this- “U.S. senators and health officials are taking on a baseball tradition older than the World Series itself: chewing tobacco on the [...]

Rotational Based Superset Exercise

Her is a great post from my good friend Adam Brush, top trainer at the Institute for Human Performance and Five Tool Baseball. There’s no doubt that the core/trunk of a baseball player takes on a fair amount of rotational stress when it comes to on-field movements such as throwing, hitting, running. To train for [...]

Olympic Lifts for Baseball? Really?

Great post by my good friend Adam Brush Just so we’re on the same page, baseball is a rotational sport. So while recently looking over a collegiate baseball summer training program I couldn’t help but notice Olympic lifts were included. Really? Olympic lifting is a sport in and of itself that includes lifts such as [...]

Build Sport Specific Rotational Strength

Exercise to improve your baseball and golf swing, tennis stroke, and hockey slap shot. —Mens Health Magazine A powerful rotational turn will give you an extra 10 yards off the tee or 10 mph on your fastball. Exercises to boost that strength are overlooked but important. “Most sports require stabilization, strength, and power through some [...]

Grip Strength for Baseball (or Anything)

Here is a great post from my good friend Adam who trains many high school and professional athletes down in Florida. As stated in my previous Training to the 5th Power blog, I commented on the importance of multi-joint training. As baseball players we cannot underestimate the importance of stromng forearms. However, in various baseball performance training [...]