(Rob Kaminsky-St. Louis Cardinals 1st Round
Draft Pick/Next Generation Training Center Athlete)
Let’s be honest, there is
only two things that ALL baseball athletes must be concerned with: Total Body Strength and Explosive Power. Increasing these two areas will not only
create a better baseball player, but will more importantly create a better
athlete.
Here are 6 exercises, with
the Ultimate Sandbag, that are going to give you that MLB Power that you have
been looking for:
1.
USB Rotational
Lunge
The USB
Rotational Lunge is a GAME CHANGER for us at Next Generation Training
Center. This move is a great way to
develop flexibility in the hips, but also increase strength and mobility. With the USB Rotational Lunge, we move in one
plane and allow the weight to be moving in the other plane.
2.
USB Bear Hug
Squat
Now this one
is going to look easy and simple, but all I have to say is…WATCH OUT!!! This exercise not only takes a lower body
exercise and turns it into a total body exercise, but also puts the athlete in
a perfect squat position, loads the right muscles, and builds flexibility.
3.
USB High Pull
The USB High
Pull has become my replacement for Kettlebell Swings. The USB High Pull is going to help us create
power from our hips and is also the first step on teaching my athletes the
Clean.
4.
USB Lateral Bag
Drag
The USB
Lateral Bag Drag is by far, my favorite exercise for training the Core. This exercise will force you to stabilize the
shoulder and integrate all segments of the body. The key to this exercise is not to allow your
hips rotate while you are bringing the USB across your body.
5.
USB Shouldering Lunge
The USB
Shouldering position is one of the more challenging positions to perform a
lunge with because of how unstable the USB is.
This position will not only challenge your legs, but also challenge your
Core in a way that you never thought possible.
6.
USB Shoveling
We use the USB
Shoveling drill to teach our baseball athletes proper rotational patterns. This is one drill that is guaranteed to get
our baseball athletes hitting farther and throwing harder.
