The time is here. For a baseball fanatic this is the greatest time of the year, and the only month that will be filled only with promise and positivity. The regular season, by nature is a roller coaster marathon ride that only the resilient survive, both fan and player. In my eight seasons of […]
The Biggest Problems With Your Offseason
I’ve got a bone to pick. A few actually..but as a relatively newish retired baseball player, I’ve grown to see my past, the current state of the game, and the future of the sport in a different light. When playing, I had blinders on. I was totally wrapped up and obsessed in accomplishment and […]
Baseball Physical Preparation : Oxidative Fitness For Baseball by Pat Davidson
Note from Chad and Andrew: We are absolutely fired up that Pat Davidson and Doug Kechijian have decided to come on board at Show Me Strength and address all things physical preparation for the baseball athlete. Pat and Doug are two of the most knowledgable, yet humble professionals we know, while also doubling on the side as […]
How a Poem Changed My Career & What It Means To Be a Professional
A little over four months ago, I decided to retire from my interesting journey as a professional baseball player. It was to my fortune that I was lucky enough to play for nearly 9 years as a pitcher in both the Atlanta Braves and Minnesota Twins organizations, respectively. My first seven years were […]
20 Lessons Learned In Professional Sports (Part 7)
You can catch updates about our training, and learn more about our philosophies on how to become awesome on the field and off at Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Also, Here are the links to the other parts of my series. Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 ,Part 4, part 5 , and part 6 . I’m going to make this my final installment of “20 lessons learned” […]
20 Lessons Learned in Professional Sports (Part 5)
You can get a glimpse into our life and training on our social media pages – Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram < Click to view. Also click here to learn how we can coach you into a seriously awesome human being > Show Me Strength’s exclusive online training and lifestyle design programs. “You can die […]
Do(n’t) Be the Hero? by Ryan Wood
Show Me Strength is on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram < Click the links to check us out! Our guest today is from one of the hardest working guys we’ve met. A former college pitcher at West Virginia University, and Randolph-Macon College, Ryan is pushing every day to find his limits as an athlete and […]
20 Lessons Learned In Professional Sports (Part 2)
Show Me Strength on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram! < Click Links! “You gotta be a man to play baseball for a living, but you gotta have a lot of little boy in you, too.” Roy Campanella As you all could see from >>Part One<< of this series, the beginning of my professional career got off to a […]
20 Lessons Learned In Professional Sports (Part One)
Show Me Strength on Facebook! Instagram! Twitter! “Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again. That’s the way life is, with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is.” Bob Feller June 6, 2006 was a date that would change […]
Soft Tissue Troubleshooting For Pitchers (Part 2) by Chad Rodgers
In Soft Tissue Troubleshooting For Pitchers (Part 1), I ran through a few areas in the upper body where we as pitchers tend to get knotted up, then outlined some solutions to combat those soft tissue restrictions. Here in Part 2, I will do the same, but for areas in the lower body that tend to […]