This is probably the players' favorite part of the training program - pool training. The water training is tough, but being in water always adds a bit of playfulness to the endeavor. Julianne Benivedes, independent baseball player, who spent the last six years with the Giants organization, joined today for the next 8 weeks. I trained Julianne before the draft in 2003 and he was selected in the third round by the Giants. From the players' point of view, this is the best day to start training.
The pool allows me the chance to get another explosive conditioning day without the negative tear on the muscles. With some of the muscular frames in this group, this is exactly what they need to open up a little more. After the pool work was done, we met in the cardio room. We did what I call “strikers” on the treadmill. It’s a series of interval sprints, to help integrate the pool work.
After the strikers, which everyone did very well, we headed to the plyometric room for abdominal work and a routine of lunges and a view plyo drills. All in all I was very impressed with everyone. Julianne especially, being his first day back in six years….lol
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