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Dedication to Hitting the Weights Hard
 By Donald Williams
Personal Strength Coach
During my career as a personal strength trainer I have witnessed and guided the improvement of strength and conditioning from a wide range of athletes. Some guys I work with are interested in training for the NFL combine, while others are looking to improve their total body wellness for improved performance. Throughout my 20-plus years in the training industry I have worked with a myriad of professional and college baseball players. Some are hitters while others are pitchers. I approach the training of each with the same approach with some slight modifications depending on the goals of the athlete himself. The core training regiment between pitchers and hitters are essentially the same, however varies based upon whether its post season, preseason, or maintenance lifting and conditioning during the ... |
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After a brief layoff and some technical updates to the site, InsidePitching.com is now back in business for the summer to bring you the top minds in pitching around the country today. As we move through the month of July, we are going to re-publish some of our more popular articles we have had over the past couple of years. We will begin to bring you a new series of content starting in August. In late August we will bring back the extremely popular segment entitled “Fall Ball” where various pitching coaches around the country share their thoughts on how to best prepare their staffs for the fall season. If there is something that you would like to see, please do not hesitate to email us at
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