Nutrition, Medicine Ball Training, and Overhead Pressing for Baseball Players

Written on September 7, 2010 at 4:34 am, by Eric Cressey

In honor of the end of the minor league baseball season yesterday, I thought I’d go with a baseball-only theme today for our “Stuff You Should Read.” First, though, I thought I’d give you the heads-up that I finally broke down and got a Twitter account, on the recommendation of a few people.  If you’re interested in following me, you can do so HERE.

With that out of the way, some baseball articles that may interest you:

Athlete Profile: Shawn Haviland – This is a great feature at Precision Nutrition on one of our athletes, Shawn Haviland, who was recently named a California League All-Star after striking out 169 batters in 153.2 innings, with a 3.65 ERA.  Shawn has worked really hard to get where he is, and this article shows just how tough getting in proper nutrition can be during the professional baseball season.

Medicine Ball Madness – This piece touches on our unique medicine ball training program.  At some point, I’m going to get around to writing up a detailed resource on this, but for now, this will do.  Suffice it to say that our guys will get a little bit of a break over the next few weeks, and then we’ll be destroying a lot of med balls up through the first of the year.

Should Pitchers Overhead Press? – The following video is an excerpt from Mike Reinold and my Optimal Shoulder Performance DVD set.  It’s a great resource for fitness professionals and rehabilitation specialists alike – especially if you are working with baseball players.

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