Baseball

[Grogthurk]

So, this isn't a thread following the season (especially seeing as it is halfway over, GO YANKEES!)

 

Anyway, I suck at working out. Like, every time I start getting into a routine I get sick or hurt or something. So I just suck at doing it.

 

However, every 2-3 days I throw 100+ pitches (sometimes I need more rest depending if my arm is hurting) and everyday I practice batting. I know this probably isn't the best calorie burner. But, do you think it qualifies as exercise? I am active, and when I pitch+batting practice I'm outside and active for an upwards of two hours. Just batting practice is 30mins-1hr.

 

Halp?

[JohnTheCop]

I play varsity baseball at my school, i am a starting pitcher and am at the moment batting .440 for the season, you really shouldnt be throwing 100+ pitches every other day you should either do it from a closer/relief standpoint and work on throwing 40-50 pitches a day or from a starting standpoint and pitch 100+ pitches every 4-5 days. as for batting that should be a daily activity but doing drills ALONG with that bp in a cage/open field. That being said if you are taking infield/outfield with that i would consider that a workout indead as you are strengthening alot of your body including your sholders forearms glutes and legs (as you should no legs are where your power comes from in baseball as well as all sports.) also if you dont want your arm to be sore after you pitch 100+ pitches you should run 2-3 miles right after you pitch and then ice your sholder and elbow (trust me the running helps.)

[Sy_Accursed]

Technically anything is exercise, as in this sense you are looking at the definition: "Activity that requires physical or mental exertion"

And any movement undertaken by a body involves both mental and physical exertion, just not a great deal of it.

 

Just pitching/batting I wouldn't consider a workout though, it doesn't work much of the body, save a few muscles and even then the repetition makes it ineffective to a point. And it isn't likely to get you heart rate up high for extended periods (Not that I know much, but I don;t associate throwing a ball and hitting a ball to be taxing enough to raise heart rate much) which is a sign of a good workout usually.

 

Example would be:

Just lifting weights most programs advise you to do only 5 sets of ~10 reps on each exercise as beyond hat they become ineffective and in a proper weight training session you can feel your heart rate rise and stay higher for the duration (obv not to the same extent as cardio stuff does but still)

[Grogthurk]

I play varsity baseball at my school, i am a starting pitcher and am at the moment batting .440 for the season, you really shouldnt be throwing 100+ pitches every other day you should either do it from a closer/relief standpoint and work on throwing 40-50 pitches a day or from a starting standpoint and pitch 100+ pitches every 4-5 days. as for batting that should be a daily activity but doing drills ALONG with that bp in a cage/open field. That being said if you are taking infield/outfield with that i would consider that a workout indead as you are strengthening alot of your body including your sholders forearms glutes and legs (as you should no legs are where your power comes from in baseball as well as all sports.) also if you dont want your arm to be sore after you pitch 100+ pitches you should run 2-3 miles right after you pitch and then ice your sholder and elbow (trust me the running helps.)

 

 

In my summer league (which uses AL rules. I pitch relief and I DH), I'm batting .340 0HR, 31 RBIs. I also have a 1-3 W-L and a 2.30 ERA. I can't exactly say that pitching that much is hurting me. The truth is I need practice. Half of the pitches are short tosses and about 60% are off speed. I always ice my elbow, and take care of it. I rarely have strain in it.

 

The question was more, how much does this count as exercise? I know I am being active. I know weight lifting is more than this. By a long shot. But this is so much fun for me.