We’ve all heard the importance of core strength. We know core strength can help with injury prevention and sports performance, but what actually is “core” training? The days of doing crunches, sit-ups, and Russian twists are long gone thanks in large to the work done by Dr. Stuart McGill. His studies have indicated that creating core stiffness is going to have a better carryover for creating speed and power, and dynamic core exercises such as sit-ups and Russian twists are le

In part 1 of this article, we discussed the importance of building strength in baseball players. In part 2 we will discuss how we develop baseball-specific power. Most high school and college lifting programs are really going to hammer home on Olympic lifts. They are a great way to develop overall athleticism and power. We don’t do any of them with our baseball players. The injury risk is just too high with the stresses placed on the elbows, and wrists, as well as the direct