Double Play : Training and Nutrition Advice from the World's Experts in Baseball

Roughly 12 million people play baseball in the United States. Add to that, the baseball-crazy countries of Japan, the Dominican Republic, and other Caribbean countries and you have one of the few truly global sports. This book is about how to get your body in better shape to play the best baseball of your life. Eating right, taking the right supplements, and engaging in a proper training regimen all contribute to our overall baseball performance. The game of baseball is played with the entire body. No swing or throw comes from one muscle-the whole body is generating movement and in turn creates power or speed. So, the entire body has to be effectively strengthened in order for you to be the best player possible. Balance in a weight-training program is critical to performance and injury prevention. The comprehensive training program in this book includes the following: Interval training for proper conditioning Drills for increasing "baseball speed" Training schedules for off-season, pre-season, and during season Baseball-specific weight training The book provides healthy eating tips, in general and also for game days. Sports supplements to enhance baseball performance are discussed; with an emphasis on safety and restorative measures (whirlp0oos, massages, rehabilitation) may e added t help the athlete reach the highest level of achievement. There's also advice on how athletes can safely gain or lose weight. So, get away from the old-school (and wrong-school) methods of nutrition and training for baseball and embrace the latest scientific advances from the leading experts. With this book we will provide you (and your coaches) with the tools for making yourself the best baseball player you can be.

Bob Alejo, CSCS, Strength and Conditioning Director at the University of California, Santa Barbara, has nearly twenty-five years of experience training athletes Jose Antonio, PhD, FACSM., CSCS, is the Chief Executive Office of the International Society of Sports Nutrition (ISSN) and one of its cofounders William Campbell, PhD, CSCS, is an assistant professor at the University of South Florida, where his primary research focuses on sports nutrition and skeletal muscle physiology