push ups, Bad?

As long as the whole shoulder muscle group is getting worked, including theraband and cross lateral pulldowns etc., we have found bench and pushups are integral in building strength for shoulder and chest. The key is working to keep flexibility and range of motion. This transfers into more power in hitting and throwing.

I hear this so oftem, and it really bothers me. When training athletes should not skip body parts because it is not sport specific or they feel it can cause problems. Problems arise when muscles are developed out of proportion (example, lots of work on thighs and no work on hamstrings).

It takes many years and some "genetic freakiness" to get big "too big" for sports. I refer to that, because I hear it all to often again.

Train your whole body, train smart and develop overall strength. This is easiest doen by working large muscle groups: Legs, Chest, Back, Shoulders, Arms, Calfs. Don't forget core work for Abs ad low back!

I love it when "trainers" talk about an exercise is not "sport specific". If you get right down to it, the ONLY baseball sport specific movements are swinging a bat and throwing a ball.

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Originally posted by ZacksDad:
If you get right down to it, the ONLY baseball sport specific movements are swinging a bat and throwing a ball.

That and stuffing this mocking, memory challenged, thing back into it's blue kit bag!







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Originally posted by gotwood4sale:
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Originally posted by ZacksDad:
If you get right down to it, the ONLY baseball sport specific movements are swinging a bat and throwing a ball.

That and stuffing this mocking, memory challenged, thing back into it's blue kit bag!







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LOL

They said weight lifting was bad to Nolan Ryan. Nolan Ryan lifted anyway.

Pushups are good. They work more then one thing at once(by the book called compound movements). People say dont do curls either,but everyone does and its not that bad for you.As long as you don't sit there and do it too much,or too repetitively,its ok.