Here’s MLB pro baseball player Parker Meadows showing the most advanced version of the lateral swing exercise the single arm split stance version.
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Also big shoutout and credit to 5 strength coaches I stole & modified these from including Vernon Griffith, Christian Thibaudeau, Alex Whitehair, Lee Boyce, and Gareth Sapested. Definitely follow everyone of these amazing coaches. I simply took some of their methods & modified them for my athletes.
These exercises are not only incredibly beneficial for rotational sports & athletes such as baseball, golf, hockey, tennis, & also fighters but they also work the hips & core musculature in a very unique way that all fitness enthusiasts could benefit from.
I have my athletes perform 2 variations on any given training day. We start with the isometric variation where the lifter slows the movement down to dial in the mechanics, technique, & neuromuscular firing patterns. These lateral swings requires some unique & subtle activation techniques that can easily get sloppy & biomechanically flawed if in fact the lifter jumps too quickly into the rapid variations.
Once the lifter grooves the appropriate neural patterns & activation into their CNS & cleans up any neuromuscular aberrations then we move to the more explosive & dynamic counterparts with heavier loads. I found the iron grip 25 plates worked best for bilateral isometric variations whereas kettlebells felt most natural for the explosive swings. #sportsperformance #athleticperformance #functionaltraining #golftraining #tennistraining #core #kettlebellswings #kettlebell #stability #balance
