Week 77 Recap: More Velocity Day Numbers

Last week was another solid week of training. My arm is moving better each week and my patterning as a whole is improving. I’m still only testing once a week, for two reasons. One, I need a fair amount of patterning work and testing limits my ability to throw with the...

Why My Throwers Don’t Barbell Bench Press

Training programs for throwers often do not include barbell bench and overhead pressing. I’ve heard several coaches complain about this programing, saying that throwers are babied too much in the weight room, and that throwers are more resilient than we think....

Week 75 and 76 Recap: Velocity Day Numbers

Week 75 and 76 were both great weeks. I’ve been able to push the envelope with intent and get some testing in, which has been great! Week 75 I did some plyo testing with the results as follows (for perspective my PR’s will be in parentheses): Roll-Ins (mph) Red: 80,...

Arm Care Do’s and Don’ts

Velocity enhancement programs have become significantly more mainstream over the past few years, and with them so have “arm care” programs. While many arm care programs are well intentioned, they often fail to meet the goal of keeping throwers healthy and on the road...

Week 74 Recap w/ Video

Last week was thrown off a bit by a trip to Moab, Utah but was still a solid week of training. It was just a long weekend so it didn’t require too much adjusting, and it was a great trip! Now back to training. I’ve been continuing to work on hip/shoulder separation as...