Off-Season workouts play an important role for any teams success, especially for the baseball team here at the University of Montevallo. The baseball team uses the fall as their off-season to get in shape for the season which starts in the Spring.
The baseball team uses the weight room in the Student Activity Center (SAC) four days a week and the workouts are separated into two specific routines, one for the pitchers, and the other for position players.
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| Position Players working out on "leg Day" |
Pitchers focus mainly on constant
movement and the position players focus more on getting stronger.
Pitchers are constantly moving throughout a game, they move the most out of anyone on the field which explains the specific routine to their workout.
Position players try and workout as much as possible and get bigger now in the fall because of the amount they will be playing in the spring.
U-M Strength Coach Ed Langham says what the team tries to focus on most being safe in the weight room and having the proper form on the exersizes given to prevent injury.
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| Baseball Players "Maxing Out" on the Leg Press Machine |
This years workouts have a different wrinkle than last year's, This year the coaches implemented "Maxing Out" to the workout.
"Maxing Out" in the words of Senior Pitcher Aron Mcree is lifting heavier weight each week to see how much the weight of the particular player has increased throughout the year.
This new wrinkle will not only get the players stronger, but make sure they go up in the amount they lift each week to keep up with their progress throughout the semester.
The falcons will complete off-season workouts with an Iron Man Competition on November 16th-20th in the SAC to see which players made the most progress throughout the year.
For more news on the baseball team visit their team page here
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