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The Importance of Grip Strength

The Importance of Grip Strength Squat, Bench, Deadlift, Muscle-ups, Snatch, Clean, Jerk, Curls, Ropes, Pull-ups, Push-downs, Climbing. What is the common thread between all of these awesome ways to train, get stronger and build muscle? It is your Grip. If you are lacking in the Grip Strength department your performance in any of these lifts will suffer. While it may be clear to see why Grip Strength is important in lifts such as Deadlifts and Pull-ups where your hands have to Grip something and be Read more…

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The Decelerators – Strengthening the FORGOTTEN Part of the Pitcher’s Shoulder

This is a guest post by Jedd Johnson, CSCS, RKC. Did you know that NOW is the time for you to start bullet-proofing your shoulder for the season to come? Yes, even if you are wrestling, playing basketball, diving, swimming or doing some other sport during the winter, it's time to get serious. You need to start putting in time to strengthening the back of your shoulder so that when the season rolls around you are at your best. Now you may be wondering why I would be writing a post about strengthening the back of your shoulder. After all, isn't pitching power generated in the lower body and Read more…

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Are you building confidence or creating an EGO?

Are you building confidence or creating an EGO? By Rick Daman Confidence leads to success while an EGO will lead to injury. As a strength coach or personal trainer the last thing you want to happen is to get one of your athletes injured. Good buzz travels fast and bad buzz travels even faster. There are a ton of videos on the internet of athletes training. Everyone wants to have the strongest athletes and see the best results. What happens when you train high school and college athletes? You must have a set philosophy and believe 100% in what you preach. You cannot let any athlete dictate how Read more…

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Don’t Condition Like an Idiot

Guest Author: Jay Ashman If you read Jason Ferrugia’s excellent post on conditioning and strength training, you already have an idea of how stupid over-conditioning is. Even if you play a sport you need to tailor your conditioning to fit those needs. Very few power sports require you to run almost continually for a long distance/time, most of them are in sprint intervals and a degree of aerobic capacity is required, but let’s not overdo it. When I played baseball in high school, and for my local American Legion team, we would never do sprints, wind sprints or any kind of anaerobic Read more…

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Grip Training for Baseball

Ultimate Forearm Training for Baseball As a college baseball player and strength coach, I understand the importance of grip training. Grip training is critical to YOUR success as a baseball player. I decided to reach out to the master of grip training, Jedd Johnson, to give my followers the best possible advice when it comes to building Popeye like forearms. Below is a guest post with brother from another mother, Jedd Johnson. If you are a baseball player looking to reach the next level, be sure to check it out!! Never mind the broken bat, check out Matt Holliday's forearms! If Read more…

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