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Understand that maximum velocity in a baseball pitcher occurs through a combination of many qualities. Enhance force generation from the legs and trunk. Work on enhancing each of these will result in a maximum amount of velocity while reducing the chance of injury.
Corrective exercises are designed to enhance how well you move and perform. Stop trying to correct and start trying to enhance.
“Movement age” may be the most important, yet most neglected, variable to consider when designing strength and conditioning programs. In this article, I’ll describe how we use “movement age” in addition to chronological, biological, and training age when designing strength and conditioning programs at Champion.
I wanted to show a video of a great example of how a simple assessment really tells you a lot about how pelvic positioning should influence how we coach exercises such as squats and deadlifts.
I’ve talked over and over again that overuse is the number one reason why we have so many high school and youth baseball injuries. It’s likely the most significant factor while also being the easiest to address. People grasp the concept that overuse can lead to injury, but overuse is also the number one reason why performance is decreased over the course of a baseball season.
Using a contralateral load during the lunge enhances gluteus medius activation and triplanar stability during a sagittal plane exercise.
The latest Inner Circle webinar recording on my Periodization for Strength Training and Rehabilitation is now available.
When designing programs to enhance strength, there are many variables that you can (and should) manipulate to facilitate improvement. These can obviously include the sets and reps (volume), loads (intensity), frequency, and rest time (density). However, how we periodize these variables is also very important. Periodization is the systematic structuring of how you plan on manipulating these variables over time. But the real question still remains – does strength training periodization even matter? And if so, what type of periodization is best?
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