Baseball Workouts
Block More Pitches With These Baseball Catcher Drills
A baseball catcher's job description has three main components: receiving, blocking and throwing. Sure, they must also hit and handle a pitching staff (perhaps calling pitches), but on an individual [...]
How to Construct a Baseball Workout
Over the years, baseball strength training has evolved toward greater emphasis on functional training. The days of going to the gym to max out on the Bench Press are gone. [...]
Pitchers: Throw Harder With This Med Ball Workout
Pitching a baseball is one of the most complex and difficult-to-train sports skills. If you want to throw harder, you need to rethink how you work out. (Check out Justin Verlander's [...]
Increase Hitting Power with a Full-Body Workout
Were you a homerun hero or a strikeout stooge last baseball season? If you leaned more toward the latter, look at your workout routine. Are your exercises limited to single-joint [...]
5 Grip Strength Builders to Improve Batting
Grip strength is an under-appreciated attribute. Most baseball athletes spend too little time building up their forearms. It's unfortunate, because being up to par here has a big carryover to [...]
Build Muscle to Make the Starting Lineup Next Baseball/Softball Season
Did low percentages or nagging injuries keep you out of the starting lineup last baseball or softball season? Assure your position on the diamond next spring with the following multi-joint, [...]
Mastering the Perfect Baseball Off-Season, Part 1: The Program
Sacred Heart University's off-season baseball program has yielded tremendous results, dramatically improving team performance on the field. Our methods are based on individualization for each athlete to optimize injury prevention, [...]
Baseball Conditioning: Considerations For Pitchers
When setting up a program for baseball conditioning, the most important design consideration is the physical demands of the individual positions. For pitchers: baseball is classified as a "repeat sprint" sport, [...]
The Year(s) of the Pitcher: Train Like Baseball's Best Pitchers
There’s a reason why big-league pitchers are putting up record numbers. Today’s pro hurlers are workout fanatics, beasts in the gym during the off-season, so they can throw heat all [...]
Build Muscle With This Off-Season Baseball Program
With fall ball underway, now is a great time to work on overcoming last season's shortcomings. For many baseball players, this includes getting bigger, stronger and more powerful to handle [...]