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Baseball Core Workout For Strength and Stability

This is a guest post from Rob Smith, owner of 500CalorieFitness.com, a site that promotes the benefits of intermittent fasting and regular exercise as part of a well-rounded, healthy lifestyle.

If you’re a serious ball player then you need a great baseball core workout as a part of your strength training program. There’s no two ways about it.

Taking time to build the muscles around your abdomen and lower back will improve your core strength and stability, which will ultimately help you pitch faster, hit harder and sprint quicker.

In this article we’ll look at:

Why Core Exercises For Baseball Are Important
The Best Baseball Core Workouts
The Benefits of Good Balance and a Strong Core

The Controversy on How to Hold a Baseball Bat

It really should be simple - how to hold a baseball bat, that is.

And, generally, it is simple, especially if you've been playing the game for a while. Most people don't give it that much thought. "Grip it and Rip it", they say.

But, lately, there's been two schools of thought on the proper way to grip a bat. And it seems like no one can get on the same page.

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Proper Batting Stance – What is it and do you have one?

I hate to break it to you, but you don't have the proper batting stance. Nope. Sorry. You just don't have it.

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Doing Tee Work The Curtis Granderson Way

Tee Work. Two dreaded words in a young baseball player's vocabulary.

What I Learned: Velocity Changes Everything

Baseball Season is here! And that means it's time to be overly critical of every at bat, play in the field, and failed stolen base attempt. As part of a series of posts this summer, I'll be breaking down my own performance, and seeing what lessons I can take away from every game.

I play in a men's adult baseball league called the National Adult Baseball Association (NABA for short).

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