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Who Knew Biceps Curls Were The PERFECT Exercise for Pitchers?!?

6 May 2009 • Major League Insider Training.

Hey Guys,

So…as you know, I would say that when it comes to baseball training and conditioning

I’ve been around the block.

I’m not saying that I’ve seen EVERYTHING, because I’m a true believer that if you just open

your eyes, you can learn something new each and every day.

However, I have seen lots of stuff being done in Major League Weight Rooms, local gyms, and

by various trainers that would make you just shake your head and wonder aloud…

“What the heck does that have to do with baseball?!?”

Well, in some circles…the biceps curl exercise (yes, the same old boring version that has been around

since the days that Arnold and his buddies were doing them just to showcase their arms for the girls

on Venice Beach) has unfairly gotten knocked as having no place in a true baseball or pitcher’s workout

program.

While that may be true, because the standing biceps curl isn’t either a particularly athletic or functional

exercise as it relates to the pitching motion…it doesn’t mean that we never want to strengthen them and

instead only focus on the muscles that we “think” control the pitching delivery.

We have a tendency to focus ONLY on the muscles that generate the forward motion….but neglect those muscles

behind the scenes that “CONTROL” that forward motion. Remember, as I’ve written about on here before, a failure to

consider these “cameo actors” can ruin even the biggest blockbuster movie!

See my point?

So….the question then becomes, how can we work the biceps in a way that is more functional to what we really do

when out on the mound?

Glad you asked.

The Cable Curl and Crunch does just that from a standpoint of tying in the lower body and core.

In a subsequent post, I will show you another variation that will work the biceps more in their role as

the decelerators of throwing. But for now, lets make the classic Arnold Barbell Curl a bit more useful

for you guys whose goal it is to fans in the “STANDS” who cheer your every move, instead of fans in the

“SAND”!

That said…….the Cable Curl and Crunch