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A 25-minute baseball-focused session for throwing prep, rotational power, and speed.
Intermediate Baseball Performance Routine
A 25-minute baseball-focused session for throwing prep, rotational power, and speed.
Warm-Up
Raise temperature, open hips/thoracic spine, and prep shoulders/scapulae. Throwing and movement prep.
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A full-body cardio move that trains coordination, calves, shoulders, and hips.
- Stand tall with feet together and arms at your sides.
- Jump your feet out as you raise your arms overhead.
- Jump your feet back together as you lower your arms.
- Repeat at a steady pace, landing softly each time.
- Stay light on your toes
- Keep your chest tall
- Landing hard with locked knees
- Letting your arms swing out of control
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A fast marching or running move that raises each knee to train your legs and raise your heart rate.
- Stand tall with feet under your hips and arms at your sides.
- Drive one knee up toward hip height as the opposite arm swings forward.
- Land softly on the ball of that foot.
- Switch quickly to the other knee and keep alternating.
- Keep a steady rhythm until the set ends.
- Stay tall through your chest
- Land light and quick
- Leaning back as your knees lift
- Stomping your feet into the floor
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A cardio drill where you jog in place and kick your heels toward your glutes. It warms your legs and raises your heart rate.
- Stand tall with your feet hip-width apart and arms relaxed.
- Jog in place, alternating heels up toward your glutes.
- Pump your arms naturally as your feet move quickly.
- Land softly on the balls of your feet each time.
- Slow down, then stand tall to finish.
- Stay tall through your chest
- Keep the steps light
- Leaning far forward as you kick
- Slapping your feet hard on the floor
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A full-body walkout that trains your core, shoulders, and hamstrings.
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart.
- Hinge at your hips and place your hands on the floor.
- Walk your hands forward to a high plank.
- Pause with your body in a straight line.
- Walk your hands back to your feet and stand up.
- Brace your core in the plank.
- Keep your legs as straight as you can.
- Letting your hips sag in the plank.
- Rushing the hand walkout.
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A deep lunge stretch with rotation that opens your hips, groin, and upper back.
- Start in a high plank with hands under your shoulders.
- Step your right foot outside your right hand.
- Sink your hips and hold while breathing slowly.
- Rotate your chest right and reach your right arm up.
- Return to plank, then repeat on the left. Alternate sides.
- Keep your front foot flat
- Reach long through your top hand
- Letting your front knee cave inward
- Rushing the hold or holding your breath
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A side lunge that trains your quads, glutes, and inner thighs while challenging control.
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart and toes forward.
- Step one foot out to the side, keeping both feet flat.
- Bend the stepping knee and send your hips back.
- Push through the bent leg to return to standing.
- Finish your reps, then switch sides.
- Keep your chest lifted.
- Keep the straight leg long.
- Letting the bent knee cave inward.
- Rounding your back as you lower.
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A wall-based shoulder move that trains shoulder control and upper-back posture.
- Stand with your back to a wall and feet a small step out.
- Press your head, upper back, and hips gently into the wall.
- Place your arms on the wall in a goalpost shape.
- Slide your arms up the wall as far as you can control.
- Slide back down to the start and repeat.
- Keep your ribs down.
- Move slowly and stay in control.
- Arching your lower back to reach higher.
- Shrugging your shoulders toward your ears.
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A straight-arm push-up variation that trains shoulder blade control and upper back stability.
- Start in a high plank with hands under shoulders and arms straight.
- Let your chest sink slightly as your shoulder blades move together.
- Push the floor away to spread your shoulder blades apart.
- Keep your body in one straight line as you repeat.
- Keep your elbows straight
- Move only at your shoulder blades
- Bending your elbows like a regular push-up
- Letting your hips sag or pike
Main Work
Rotational/side-to-side power, single-leg strength, and trunk stability for throwing and hitting. Power, strength, and core focus.
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A side-to-side jump that trains your legs, glutes, and lateral power.
- Stand tall with knees soft and arms ready.
- Jump sideways onto one foot, letting the other leg sweep behind you.
- Land softly with your knee bent and chest up.
- Push off and jump back to the other side.
- Keep alternating sides for the set.
- Land softly on the whole foot
- Keep your chest up
- Letting your knee cave inward
- Rushing the landing before you are balanced
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A staggered-stance squat that trains your quads, glutes, and balance one leg at a time.
- Stand in a long split stance with your front foot flat.
- Keep your chest tall and bend both knees to lower down.
- Lower until your front thigh is near parallel, if comfortable.
- Press through your front foot to stand back up.
- Finish your reps, then switch legs.
- Keep your front knee tracking over your toes.
- Stay tall through your torso.
- Letting your front heel lift off the floor.
- Pushing your front knee far inward.
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A bodyweight press that trains your chest, shoulders, triceps, and core.
- Start in a high plank with hands just wider than shoulders.
- Brace your core and keep your body in a straight line.
- Bend your elbows and lower your chest toward the floor.
- Press the floor away until your arms are straight again.
- Repeat for your reps.
- Keep your ribs down
- Move your body as one piece
- Letting your hips sag
- Flaring your elbows straight out
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A side hold that trains your obliques, hips, and shoulder stability.
- Lie on one side with your elbow under your shoulder and legs stacked.
- Lift your hips until your body forms a straight line.
- Hold the position and breathe steadily.
- Lower your hips with control.
- Finish your hold, then switch sides.
- Keep your hips stacked
- Press the floor away
- Letting your hips sag
- Rolling your chest toward the floor
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A core move on your back that trains control while you move opposite arm and leg.
- Lie on your back with arms up and knees bent over hips.
- Press your lower back gently toward the floor.
- Lower one arm and the opposite leg with control.
- Return to the start, then repeat on the other side.
- Keep alternating sides for each rep.
- Move slow and stay braced
- Keep your ribs down
- Letting your lower back arch
- Rushing through the reps
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A fast plank move that trains your core, shoulders, and hip flexors.
- Start in a high plank with hands under shoulders and legs straight.
- Brace your core and keep your body in a straight line.
- Drive one knee toward your chest, then quickly step it back.
- Alternate knees at a steady pace for the set.
- Keep your hips low
- Push the floor away
- Letting your hips bounce high
- Dropping your head or rounding your shoulders
Acceleration Repeats
Fast but controlled: 10 seconds hard, 20 seconds easy walk.
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A fast run that trains your legs, hips, and cardio power.
- Stand tall with feet hip-width and eyes forward.
- Lean slightly from your ankles and drive one knee up.
- Push the ground back hard and swing your arms cheek to hip.
- Run fast with quick, powerful steps for the set distance or time.
- Slow down gradually after the sprint.
- Stay tall and relaxed.
- Drive arms straight forward and back.
- Overstriding far in front of your body.
- Tensing your shoulders or jaw.
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A simple walking movement that trains your legs and builds steady full-body rhythm.
- Stand tall with your feet under your hips.
- Step forward with one foot and roll from heel to toe.
- Swing the opposite arm naturally as you step.
- Push off your back foot and step forward with the other foot.
- Keep alternating steps at a steady pace.
- Stand tall
- Let your arms swing naturally
- Looking down the whole time
- Taking steps that feel too long
Stretch Reset
Breathe slowly and keep stretches gentle—no bouncing.
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A standing thigh stretch that targets the front of your hip and quad on one leg.
- Stand tall and hold a wall or chair for balance if needed.
- Bend one knee and hold your ankle or foot behind you.
- Keep your knees close and gently draw your heel toward your glute.
- Hold the stretch and breathe slowly.
- Release with control, then switch legs.
- Stand tall through your chest
- Keep your knees close
- Arching your lower back
- Pulling the knee out to the side
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A simple shoulder stretch across your chest that targets the back of your shoulder.
- Stand tall or sit upright with your shoulders relaxed.
- Bring one arm across your chest at shoulder height.
- Use your other arm to gently pull it closer to your chest.
- Hold and breathe, keeping your neck relaxed.
- Release slowly, then switch sides.
- Keep your shoulder down
- Pull gently, not hard
- Shrugging your shoulder toward your ear
- Twisting your torso to force the stretch
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A kneeling rest pose that gently stretches your back, hips, and shoulders.
- Kneel on the floor with your big toes together and knees apart.
- Sit your hips back toward your heels.
- Fold forward and reach your arms in front of you.
- Rest your forehead down and let your chest sink between your thighs.
- Hold the position and breathe slowly.
- Relax your shoulders
- Breathe into your back
- Forcing your hips down
- Holding your breath
Rotational Chain Starts at the Hip
World's Greatest Stretch and Lateral Lunge prime the hip flexors, adductors, and thoracic spine — the exact chain that generates bat speed and throwing velocity. Skater Jumps then train lateral force production and single-leg stability, mirroring the push-off mechanics of a pitcher's stride or a fielder's first step.
Why Baseball Destroys Shoulder Integrity
The throwing motion creates extreme eccentric demand on the posterior rotator cuff and scapular stabilizers, making overhead athletes uniquely vulnerable to impingement and labrum stress. Wall Slides and Scapular Push-Ups directly reinforce serratus anterior and lower trap function — the muscles most responsible for keeping your shoulder blade tracking safely through every throw.
25 Minutes Built Around Neuromuscular Timing
This session follows an activation-to-power sequence: mobility unlocks range, Dead Bug and Side Plank groove anti-rotation stiffness, then Sprints express that stiffness as speed. To personalize, increase Split Squat depth as hip mobility improves — deeper range builds the hip extension strength that directly transfers to drive-leg power off the mound or in the batter's box.