Chone Figgins workout

Whats the magazine. Would like to read it first .

It's the recent muscle and fitness magazine, I'll try to post the complete workout later today.

Please see my response in the thread titled "Roger Clemens" for my answer on this.

After reading your responce in the other thread I am pretty much lost on what a high school baseball player's workout should look like. If one shouldn't follow an MLB workout (if it happened to be one that he might have done and not changed) then what should I be doing? What is the difference? Arn't the goals of a baseball player the same no matter what level?

Goals of a high school player and MLB player will be similar in certain areas and differ in others.

For example a high school player is trying to build a base of strength/conditioning, while the MLB player (especially at Clemens age and experience) already has that base and is trying to maximize his strength/conditioning. That is just one example of many reasons.

It is impossible for me to tell you exactly what you should be doing without first evaluating you.

Let's start with what you are doing currently. Be specific as possible. Also include your nutrition.

had to jump in when I saw figgys names up

My biased view:Ofcourse figgins has a great workout

GO ANGELS!

Very underrated player. Gotta love what he brings to the table every night.

I am currently not lifting simply becuase I don't have the time. I know this isn't a good excuse, but it's true. School untill 2, practice till 5:30, dinner, then bed. However, I do lift in the offseason, and i have lifted for about 2 years. I usually don't stick to one routine for too long, constantly changing things to try to find out what works best. I almost always go with 3x10 of exercises like the bench press (I know people will tell me htis is probably not good, but I haven't had any bad effects from it), incline dumbbell bench, curls, tricep pulldowns, variations of squats, lunges, hamstring curls, leg extensions, lat pulldown (not behind the head), and a couple more exercises that I can't think of right now

As for my diet, it's not perfect, but I'm working on fixing that. For breakfest I'll usually eat a bowl of cereal. Then around 9-10 I'll have a protein bar. For lunch is something not healthy at all, school food. I'll either eat, cheese steak or a chicken patty with fries. I'm trying to bring a lunch more often. After school I get a quick snack, anything from poptarts to a protein shake, depending on how much time I have before practice or a game. After the game/practice I eat dinner, usually chicken/steak with mashed potatoes and corn. I'll usually eat another bowl of cereal before I go to bed. A diet is hard to explain because I usually don't eat the same thing every day, but that is just an example of what I might eat in a day.

nd943,
I understand how hard it is to find time to lift weights,but if you are truly serious about baseball you have to do it.

Your lucky your practice only goes until 5:30.We dont get home until 6:30

As for changing workout routines what would you say has worked best for you?just trying to see if its similar to what I have been doing

Good luck the rest of the year

Our practices get over at 5:30 (I'm on jv), but varsity usually goes till about 6:30 because they go back to school to hit (there's a cage in my school). As for lifting, I like to use a variety of exercises and usually do 3 sets of 10. For certain exercises, such as incline dumbbell bench, squats, or other similar types of exercises I'll do 4 sets. I like all types of exercises, but especially one's that work the forearms on the side. Such as an exercise that would say be for biceps, but would help out the forearms. I feel as if having strong wrists/forearms are very important in hitting a baseball.

seems we have similar programs

JV always finishes before varsity but I always practiced with varsity,but played most of my games at jv

Forearms matter alot on the pitch inside

John Doyle,

You often say that one should ''evaluate'' a player before giving him a workout over the internet. What exactly do you mean by evaluating?

As a strength and conditioning coach there are many things I need to look at before constructing a personalized workout program for a baseball player.

Some are:
-How does the athlete move?
-How does the athlete generate force?
-What is the athlete's dynamic and static range of motion?
-What muscular imbalances does the athlete have?
-What the the most glaring weaknesses and strength's of this athlete?
-What is the overall conditioning of this athlete?
-What needs to be addressed immediately to increase performance and decrease risk of injury?

Again, these are just some of the things I look at. I am very throughough, but that is one reason why my athlete get such amazing results.

Due to the Internet I am able to work with many athletes I otherwise would not be able to. If I cannot train them personally, I at least like to get an idea of some of the questions before I construct a program.

It is completely unethical, far from optimal and can be downright dangerous to blindly provide a workout to someone. Especially a younger athlete such as high school age.

You are at a different stage in your deverlopment that Chone Figgins, Roger Clemens, a college Freshman or anyone else for that matter.

You need to perform a program that will be optimal to your needs and goals at this time.

Oh yeah, don't take this the wrong way, but there is always time to workout. Even if it is 20 minutes. If the President has time to workout so do you.

Thanks for the response. When is a good time to workout? How many times per week in season? There are some days where it's not possible to get a workout in when I have road games, but other days I can manage. Even on these days it would be after practice where I'm not 100%. Also, when should I lift if I pitch? We don't have a set rotation so I never know when or if I'm going to pitch.

any time is a good time to workout.Make sure you do the things properly.

In season I lifted about 2-3 times per week.Do not max out in season.

Offseason depends on the person.Some people go everyday,some go every other.I go everyday,alternating from upper to lower body.Forearms can get worked everyday

Lift after you pitch...either right after or the next day

hey nd,
I was walking through the magazine store, and I saw that exact article. He is only 5'7" but can squat 225. Overall, his workouts looked very similar to my workout before I read the article.

Yea, I like the workout. I think I might tweak it a little to make it work better for me. I love the fact that he's 5-7 and playing in the big leagues with guys that are 6-4 230, mainly because I'm 5-7 155.

I've looked for the magazine and haven't been able to find it. Would someone who has seen the article be able to post his workout?