How To Train Effective Fastball Muscle (and Stop Wasting Time)
Zach Calhoon
Every trick I learned about 95 MPH fastball muscle, in one book.
Hey There! Zach here. Head editor at pitchersthrowcheese.com. If you want to read my story, from high school nerd, to record breaking closer who threw 95 MPH click here.
But first, check this out…
I want to open up a concept that is controversial in coaching circles. If you are a coach reading this, please do not send me mean emails. Enough people already want to punch me.
But this is important, because this concept helped me throw 95 MPH. And the baseball community deserves to know…
My sophomore of college I was reading some exercise knowledge to help me learn, and “nerd out.” I kept seeing high level PHDs and trainers talk about Neural Synchronization or “Neural Charge Training,” which refers to a aspect of your brain called Neural Plasticity.
This concept can sound complicated but the premise is simple. How you train, can increase your brains ability to use muscle.
Similar to a car engine. Say you have a 6 cylinder engine that is broken, only using 3 cylinders. You go to the mechanic and get it fixed. Now the engine uses 6 cylinders, like the engine is originally supposed to operate.
Neural Charge Training is the mechanic. Fixing your brain to fire all muscle you have available.
When I understood Neural Plasticity and how your brain adapts. Everything changed (kiss distance running goodbye, more on that later).
I remember connecting the dots from my studies. Sitting back for a second, “Wow, I need to change how I treat my muscle.” And more importantly, how I train.
I lowered my distance running training. Then I started to increase my explosive movements with med balls, and explosive lifts.
My increases during training and weight increases came quickly. And I was so excited about my fastball. Now it was flying out of my hand, with faster recovery. I remember telling my teammates. “Men, not all training is good training. Especially for pitchers.”
Understand your muscles, and you can reach specific goals. Specificity matters.
To learn exactly how you can…
1) Turn on your muscle fastball muscle fibers
2) Increase “Neural Synchronization”
3) Target specific muscle adaptations for fastball muscle goals.
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If you want more information, keep reading…
Years ago, training was simple…
I was told a baseball pitcher, needed to “be able to run miles and miles on the track, and have high stamina. Eat lean and rest your arm until you ‘develope.’ Because that is what pitchers do…”
This logic is everywhere. The real facts about muscle are far different. This is “passed down” logic from a time of less research and if you do not educate your self now, you will slow down your fastball.
Times have changed.
Are You Training Functionally To Throw Faster?
Beware of the false assumption that all training is good training. For example: “If I run for 30 minutes on the track, it will help me last longer on the pitchers mound, I will not fatigue quickly, and thus be a better pitcher.” Unfortunately this is misguided. This teaching is creating a dominate muscle fiber adaption that will last long on the track, but move slowly on the pitchers mound.
If your goal is to continue to throw slowly, and just wonder how the fast pitchers continue to throw high velocities, than stop reading now…….
Muscle fiber recruitment is cumulative. In other words, the more you use, the more you make. Everyone knows this…
An important question: is your training recruiting the wrong types of muscle?
Slow Twitch Muscle Fiber and Fast Twitch Muscle Fiber
Depending on how you stimulate your muscles (how you train), dictates the primary muscle characteristics.
Which means, if you train slow twitch, long duration muscles (Endurance Type Muscle), you will see muscle adaptations that promote slow twitch muscle fibers.
If you train fast twitch, short duration muscle (Fast Moving Type Muscle), you will promote muscle fibers that can explode quickly and produce more power in a short period of time. These muscle fibers have and “give and take” relationship. The more you train one, the more the other is is hindered and vice versa.
Here is an example from the book:
When you are on the pitcher’s mound, your body is using fast twitch muscle fibers to deliver maximum force in a short period of time. Your fast twitch fibers are converting ATP to energy in order to contract the muscle. ATP (adenosine triphosphate) is the only molecule that drives muscle contraction. There is enough ATP stored in a muscle to sustain maximum effort for 2 to 3 seconds. If ATP is not replenished, than you cannot sustain muscle contraction. There is 2 pathways that replenish ATP, the anaerobic (without oxygen) and aerobic (with oxygen) pathway…
This type of muscle recruitment is vital to your success on the pitcher’s mound.
There are very practical and important training and nutrition facts that can help you develop and maintain fast twitch muscle fibers that are functional to your pitching needs.
Not based on “passed down” guessing but based on facts.
Check out this study mentioned in the book:
This study showed an increase in the amount of muscle fibers per muscle group. Not just the size.
Which leads directly to greater output of power on the pitcher’s mound.
Every explosive athlete needs more muscle fibers (hyperplasia), especially explosive pitchers.
These kinds of studies and knowledge are predominantly shared among the elite professionals sports. It is time to upgrade your training to an elite level.
This book is a quick read (about 35 pages.) You can read it in one sitting (45 minutes to 1 hour). Sit down, take notes, and walk away with an entire new perspective on fastball muscle and fastball training.
Before writing, I sat down and asked myself the question: “If I could start my pitching career over again, what would be the first thing I would need to ‘get into my brain’ to throw 95 mph in the shortest time possible?” The more I look back at the false views of training muscle, the more compelled I was to write this book.
“Teach Them To Recruit Faster Explosive Muscle”
Some of my favorite topics in this book, are “Progressive Overload” (page 17), and “Neural Plasticity (page 22)” (and making fun of endurance runners.)
What To Expect?
There is 22 studies referenced in the eBook. Outlining and explaining every study would take a much larger volume and take up much more of your time. So the two things I did, was simplify, and give experience. I want you the athlete, to walk away from this book smarter. Working on the right things. Instead of me sounding fluffy and smart, you are the main focus. So you will benefit faster.
Any part of your career can benefit from this knowledge. You will be surprised how quickly your pitching body responds. You need this book today.
Here is a great layout of what you will learn in this book. It is part of the introduction of “Fastball Muscle: Your First Step To 90+MPH”:
“ In order to build a pitchers body that throws fast, recovers quickly, and terrifies hitters everywhere, we must start with some basics. First we will touch on muscle structure and some simple terms. Then we will go into the muscle fiber types and what drastically separates them. Then we will go over muscle adaptations and some key exercise principals. We go into energy systems and how your muscles contract. Then we will discuss DNA gene transcription and how protein affects all muscle fiber adaptions. We even touch on the neurological adaptations from resistance training. Here is foundational knowledge that every pitcher and every athlete should know. Once we build the metaphorical “foundation” in your mind, we will then build a fortress on top of it. I want you to be the most educated athlete on your team. But first we must start at understanding muscle. Then you can no longer struggle with gaining weight and strength. I am willing to bet, by the end of this book, you will make some immediate changes to your training.
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“Very good stuff, I look at everything very different now. I like how you emphasize the workouts based on the individual rather than a cookie cutter program. Everything is very detailed which makes it impossible to not understand. Thank you for everything and opening my eyes to the correct way to do things…. Great stuff, I see you and your program blowing up in the very near future. I will for sure let you know about my successes in this upcoming year. Thank you Sir,” Chantz Stover
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