Detroit Tigers Justin Verlander: Reverse Hypers Exercise

Justin Verlander, a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball (MBA) team and his training coach Javair Gillett teach the physioball reverse hypers exercise. ""Well, the important thing on that exercise is you have to keep your hips on the ball. It?s not like your hips are off the ball, and you got to work on squeezing your butt. And it?s not a lower back let?s-try-to-get-the-lower-back-working. It?s let?s- squeeze-the-butt-and-get-to-the-range-of-motion-of-your-straight-line, all right? You?re straight. It?s not hyperextended where your feet go over your body. When your feet go over your body, you?re using the hamstrings a little much. You got to keep yourself straight and try to relax the hamstrings and just use your butt. Keep your legs perfectly straight and squeeze the butt and just get to a straight stiff board.""

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[noahmcdx]

@Cubu47 And if your doing back in the form of weight lifting, you can increase weight, reps, sets and improve your form. You don't want to do too heavy of weight for back, but improving your form will benefit you the most, because the stronger you are the straighter you can keep your back, which will intensify your workout. For example, if your doing two-arm long bar rows, the further you can bend over, and the straighter you can bend your back(if possible almost arch), the hard the workout.

[noahmcdx]

@Cubu47 This is a back workout. Your never to strong in your back to not be able to benefit from a back exercise like this. All you have to do is increase your reps. It's like pushups. Just because you can do a lot doesn't mean they don't benefit you strength-wise.

[santoak47]

these excerices are soo effective, weight lifting made my mechanics and muscles memory super slow, which resulted in no speed.

look at all the justin verlander workouts they all involve expolsive movements not slow reps. THANKS STACK BASEBALL!

[chupalambestaki]

Should hold the top portion for a second, then take twice as long to go down...this will work the eccentric aspect as well.

[Cubu47]

That's a great prehab/rehab exercise when you don't use any additional resistance. It doesn't strengthen anything when you're already strong. The technique they were using is the "strengthen" way (waste of time for verlander) not prehab. No wonder he gave up so many runs in 2008.

[Jdb4925]

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