Reply to "Which lifts are safe for baseball?"

CoachCavaleaML100+ posts

Originally Posted by Dominik85:

Eric cressey has discouraged many exercises for baseball including many very popular lifts like Olympic lifts, barbell bench press, the back squats, almost all overhead work plus some other exercises like swimming.

I have still done most of them but maybe it is time to reconsider.

So which lifts are actually safe and make sense.

Stay away from broad-stroking as to what is defined as good or bad. That is determined by the athlete. Example- if an athlete has a forward rounded posture, bench pressing should be avoided. For many athletes- there are always progressions, regressions, and alternatives that can be used to obtain a result. The bottom line is there are not many absolutes and by making broad claims you can limit the athletes potential to make some nice gains.

11/19/1511:37 PM

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