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November 18, 2023

4 of the BEST Ab Exercises for Softball Players

In the video below, you will find 4 of the best ab exercises softball players need to be doing this off-season. Very often, softball players think they should be doing a lot of rotation exercises like russian twists, band twists, and crunches, BUT before an athlete can rotate with power, he/she must be able to create trunk stiffness to rotate the obliques around.

So the approach is…anti-rotation before rotation. We want to shoot cannons off the ground, not out of canoes. 😂 Listen to the video to get that full explanation, ha!

My suggestions are: farmer's carry, paloff sidestep with bands, paloff trunk rotations, paloff hip rotations--full explanation of how to do these correctly and efficiently in the youtube video below.

30-Day Virtual Abs Academy--An online program with videos, 5-day a week workouts with 15-min or less of exercises. RESULTS!

For more specific core program with daily tasks, videos, and a printable book, check out the 30-Day: Virtual Abs Academy eBook.

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