Ryan Yoshida

Founder - @armoredheat

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Secret Weapon For Pitchers 👇

The Serratus Anterior is a hidden muscle that is crucial for a healthy and hard throwing arm!

I love this exercise to really beef it up

The Upward Motion + trying to slide you forearms on the roof gives you the Upward Rotation/Protraction Combo

Keeping the hands wider than the elbow locks in the Posterior Tilt of the Scap

THIS IS THE SERRATUS TRIFECTA!

*The meat and potatoes of your Cerritos strengthening will come in all of your heavy pressing work, so we love to use more isolated versions for our supplementary work, like this movement!

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Red Hot ➡️ "Get your warm up in without
moving"

Gold Bond ➡️ "Air Conditioner for your junk"

Smelling Salts ➡️ "Add some ticks to your velocity and destroy your ability to overthink"

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Get Buttery Hips👇

🔥 The Pelvic Rotation around the Front Hip is a Combo of Closed Chain Hip IR and Horizontal Adduction

⛽️ This is rotation is Primarily accelerated by the abrupt stop by the lead leg sending the force up the Femur and into that hip which aids in spinning the pelvis

🛑 This motion is decelerated or restricted by the Front Side Glute Max, Glute Med, and Deep 6. Structural Impingement of the Hip and Oblique Activation Above The Pelvis may also act as a stopping force of this rotation.

THE PROBLEM👇

❌Most hip mobilization techniques don’t have enough leverage and aren’t strong enough to make quick changes

🔓 I really like these 3 high leverage techniques to use body weight and higher forces to add mobility

🔥 Make sure everyone is on the same page with what the athlete needs in their body/delivery before implementing (Ex: If an athlete is hyper mobile in this movement already, it is unlikely you want to mobilize this. You need to hit the point of stiffness to optimally transfer the force)

🛑 If You Feel a pinch in the groin at the bottom of each rep, you are just impinging the front of your hip. Address that first then resume

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5)Christopher Sanchez
4)Logan Webb
3)Cam Schlittler
2)Michael King
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How This Works SO Quickly👇

Putting a towel roll in the elbow crease and moving through it may improve the way the joint feels for a couple reasons.

First, the compression changes the pressure around the front of the joint while you actively move. That can help influence how synovial fluid moves through the joint surfaces. Synovial fluid is part of what helps a joint stay lubricated and glide more smoothly, so when you get motion plus pressure in the right area, the elbow can sometimes feel less sticky and more fluid.

Second, the towel roll can act like a positional input. It may subtly change how the ulna, radius, and humerus are interacting as you bend and straighten the elbow. That can create the sensation of more space in the joint and a cleaner path of motion, especially if the elbow has been feeling compressed or irritated.

Third, active movement with that setup gives the nervous system a new input. Sometimes stiffness is not just a mobility problem. Sometimes it is the body guarding a motion that does not feel great. When the joint gets a better movement experience, the brain may reduce some of that protective tone, and motion can immediately feel easier.

So in simple terms:

The towel roll may help the elbow feel better by improving fluid movement, slightly changing joint mechanics, and reducing the body’s sense of threat during motion.

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Runners-Up
🥈 @BoydCoBaseball (Kentucky)
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Semi-Finalists
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Pitchers LOVE This Stretch👇

A common spot to get sore or tight after throwing is in the Lat, which runs through the armpit and down the back

A lot of guys like to stretch this in their recovery program, but the banded overhead stretch and overhead hangs are only really stretching it in one plane of motion

I really like this specific position because you're combining two huge movements that stretch the lat, which are overhead shoulder flexion and side bend of the trunk, which creates a much bigger stretch

📈 If you want to take this even further to the next level, add in shoulder ER by turning your palm facing backwards and let your back round as well 👊