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Feeling stuck in your career? Go here: https://treadathletics.com/connect/xBX70V15bnk ------------------------------- Progressing the Kettlebell Waiter Walk The kettlebell waiter walk is an excellent stability exercise for pitchers as it trains co-contraction of the serratus anterior, low trap, upper trap and posterior cuff muscles in an overhead position. The weight distribution of the kettlebell gives the exercise an inherent instability and you must fight hard to stabilize the head of the KB in three dimensions. But how do you progress it? Traditionally, coaches keep prescribing higher and higher weight in an effort to progress STABILITY, but what happens is the anterior belt begins to take over and you end up losing the entire point of the exercise which is a synchronized contraction and tool to improve motor control of the scapular stabilizers. We decided to add instability in the form of an external load hung from a band. As you walk (and ultimately skip) with the KB, the plate will bounce all over the place - drastically intensifying the stability demand without needing to use a 40+ lb kettlebell. Give these progressions a try and let us know what you think! ------------------------------- What is Tread? A message from Tread's Co-Founder, Ben Brewster If you're new to this channel, my name is Ben Brewster, and since 2015 my partner Coan and I have run Tread Athletics, a remote pitching development company that has impacted thousands of high school, college and professional pitchers' careers. Here's my story: at 15, I was just a driven but naive kid with a dream of playing at the highest level. This took me down a wild path, that included: -Getting cut from travel teams and throwing low 70s as a 6'3" 155lb freshman. -Being unrecruited out of high school (seriously, not a single offer to pitch in college). -Landing a walk-on spot at the University of Maryland & earning a degree in Exercise Science. -Getting drafted by the Chicago White Sox and throwing 98+ mph from the left side. -Pushing through 5 surgeries in my late 20's, despite people telling me to throw in the towel. Seeing that very few pitchers, like myself, had access to the types of instructors and information locally that would truly make a difference in their careers, Tread's remote coaching was born. Today: Tread oversees the development of over 1,500 amateur and 500+ pro pitchers around globe (check out our interactive athlete map it's pretty cool), and has become home to over 50 of the top Pitching coaches in the world. Our staff operates out of a 33,000 square foot training facility in Charlotte, NC that includes one of the top private pitching labs, a biomechanics team, world-class sports medicine staff & more, as we work to lead the charge on building better, healthier pitchers. While my own playing career has been defined by more setbacks than successes, these personal struggles give me a crystal clear perspective that Tread isn't just about building superior pitchers – it's about fighting toward a shared dream; whether that means making your high school team, landing a college scholarship, signing a pro contract or debuting in the big leagues. For these players, I'm all in -- let's continue to pursue the dream together. -Ben ------------------------------- Twitter: https://twitter.com/treadathletics Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tread_athletics/ ------------------------------- Free downloads: https://treadathletics.com/free-stuff/ How does remote coaching work: https://treadathletics.com/coaching/ See our athlete results here: https://treadathletics.com/featured-stories

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