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Rookie Mistakes in Spring Training

February 19, 2016 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

  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 […]

Filed Under: Baseball, Human Performance, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: baseball, bullpen, condtioning, physical preparation, pitchers and catchers, professional baseball, show me strength, spring training, spring training mistakes

The Biggest Problems With Your Offseason

November 18, 2015 by Chad Rodgers 1 Comment

  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 […]

Filed Under: Baseball, General, Hacking Your Offseason, Human Performance, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: baseball, baseball performance, offseason training

Baseball Physical Preparation : Oxidative Fitness For Baseball by Pat Davidson

October 29, 2015 by Chad Rodgers 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: Baseball, Build Muscle, General, Human Performance, Pitching, Training Tagged With: baseball, Drago, Human Performance, MASS, pat davidson, strength training

How a Poem Changed My Career & What It Means To Be a Professional

October 7, 2014 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

    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 […]

Filed Under: General, Human Performance, Motivation, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Atlanta Braves, Doug Mientkiewicz, If, Minnesota Twins, Rudyard Kipling

20 Lessons Learned In Professional Sports (Part 7)

June 20, 2014 by Chad Rodgers 1 Comment

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” […]

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20 Lessons Learned in Professional Sports (Part 5)

May 9, 2014 by Chad Rodgers 3 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: General, Human Performance, Mental Game, Nutrition, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: 20 Lessons Learned, 48 Laws of Power, Minnesota Twins, professional baseball, Robert Greene

Do(n’t) Be the Hero? by Ryan Wood

December 13, 2013 by Chad Rodgers Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: General, Motivation, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: Ryan Wood

20 Lessons Learned In Professional Sports (Part 2)

December 6, 2013 by Chad Rodgers 4 Comments

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 […]

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20 Lessons Learned In Professional Sports (Part One)

November 22, 2013 by Chad Rodgers 10 Comments

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 […]

Filed Under: General, Human Performance, Mental Game, Pitching, Training, Uncategorized Tagged With: 20 Lessons, Bruce Lee quote, Chad Rodgers, Greg Maddux, lessons learned

Soft Tissue Troubleshooting For Pitchers (Part 2) by Chad Rodgers

October 9, 2012 by showmestrength 4 Comments

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 […]

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