Tag: power

  • Jogging Kills Your Power – Studies You Should Know About

    Baseball is a game of POWER, power pitchers and power hitters dominate the game and get the attention of coaches, scouts and fans.  Every play in baseball lasts only a few seconds and the two main actions, swing and throwing, requires less than a second.  Despite these facts endurance training has been emphasised for years which…

  • Tis’ the Season for Size & Strength

    There is a magic formula for adding lots of muscle in order to become bigger and stronger and the three components are: Eat Lots of Food Get Lots of Rest Lift Lots of Heavy Weights There is no better time for the college baseball player to take advantage of this size and strength formula then the…

  • Exercise Science 101 – Part 2 – Rest

    #2 – Rest Part one of this series looked at “stress” while part two will look at  the “rest” portion of the fitness formula. “Stress” and “Rest” can be likened to the Yin and Yang of ancient Chinese Philosophy. Yin & Yang = Rest & Stress We have all seen this symbol and how it…

  • Exercise Science 101 – Part 1 – Stress

    This is the first of a three part series on the basics of exercise.  The fitness industry has done a phenomenal job of complicating things and confusing people but it is my mission to break down all the geeky science and fitness myths into “Layman’s Terms” so you can succeed with whatever your fitness goals…

  • Ball Player or Athlete?

    Baseball is one of the most powerful sports earth.  Hitting and throwing are two of the most explosive actions that you’ll find in any sport.  Despite this some people don’t consider baseball to be a sport that requires a lot of athletic ability to be successful. This stereotype is a result of the fact that…