You don’t see this often but once in a while I come across an athlete who tries to replicate their sport movement in the weight room using strength training equipment. There a couple classic examples – replicating a baseball swing, golf swing, or tennis stroke with cables or free weights. Once you add weight to your hands and perform the movement everything changes. The kinematics and kinetics of swinging a baseball bat and replicating your swing with a cable machine are vastly different.
I always tell athletes (and design athletic programs) with rotational movements include in their routine. However, I never ask an athlete to replicate a swing in the weight room. It is very important to develop core strength – especially rotational strength but be smart about choosing your exercises.
Check out the following post about rotational training for sport – Here are some examples on video.
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