Question: What exercises would be good to generate more hitting power for baseball?
Answer: All athletic skills begin with developing core strength. This includes the muscles and muscle groups in your thighs, glutes, abdominals, lower back, obliques and hip flexors. T
he most common exercise you can use is the clean or high pull. Vary these by pulling from the floor some days and doing hang cleans on others.
Also, the clean/front squat combo is a great addition to your training. One tip for you is to remember to pull the bar vertically by lifting your elbows through the movement and avoid moving the bar in a semi-circle by keeping your elbows low. You have to explode through your hips. Typically keep your reps low with this exercise doing only 3 to 5 reps per set and do 3 to 5 sets
Hip raises combined with the reverse crunch work the abdominals with a forward backward movement.
If you have a partner, then a ball rotation/toss works the olblques for 3 sets of 10 reps in each direction.
The bench press or dumbbell press works the chest, shoulders and triceps. 3 to 5 sets of 4 to 8 reps fir this exercise.
Kettlebell or dumbbell swing squats are another great exercise for developing an explosive core. These are best for three sets of 6 to 8 reps.
Dumbbell pushup/ rows are done by doing a pushup on the dumbbells and then a row on the right pushup again and the a row on the right, Use medium weight dumbbells.
Do these exercises two times a week to develop your core and power in your swing.
Connecting with the ball is up to you!
God bless and keep training,
Daryl
Baseball Power Hitting Excersies
August 7, 2012 By