I am wondering what muscles I would need to work out to be able to hit farther.

Core, Legs, Forearms and Wrists.

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Forearms, Forearms, Forearms, do them every night.

plus legs and core.

Swing a sledgehammer and you'll get a set of forearms/wrists that will do the job.

Works the whole body.

In Texas, most baseball players do a "football" type workout during the high school's off-season. Not many off-season lifting programs are customized with "pulling" excercises vs. "pushing" excercises. I also believe the legs, forearms and core muscles are the most important strength agents for baseball players.

But...... I did a non-sanctioned survey of a major D1 baseball program during the 2008-09 season. Interestingly all the double digit HR leaders for that season were 300lb (+) bench pressers?? Again, I have no quantifiable data, just those two factors were present. Something to think about.

GED10DaD

In the following order of importance:

Hips/Quads/Hamstrings
Core
Forearms/Wrists

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Originally posted by MAXX:
In the following order of importance:

Hips/Quads/Hamstrings
Core
Forearms/Wrists

Incorrect, but at least your finally understanding the importance of the arms.

LA Ball

please explain to me the importance of arms?

The most important part of the swing is what innitiates the swing. The hands or forearms do not innitiate the swing. The back hip does.

Posterior chain is 10 times more important than forearms

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Originally posted by S. Abrams:
Swing a sledgehammer and you'll get a set of forearms/wrists that will do the job.

Works the whole body.

If your talking about hitting a tire with a sledge hammer, it's actually a great core workout as well.

The hard part is finding a massive wheel to pound on.

A swing that is initiated but has no control or ability to adjust is a poor swing.

All of the ability to adjust to a pitch and drive it is located in the foreams and wrists. It is called Bat Control.

You do not control the club head with your hip, with your legs or with your core. You control the clubhead with your arms and hands.

You can be a decent fastball hitter without learning bat control or acquiring the strength that is required to develop bat control, but you will have limited success when you face the best pitching.

The ability to "read a pitch" and lay off requires great strength in the forearms and wrists.

The abilty "to read a pitch" and adjust during a swing requires great strength in forearms and wrists as well.

Power is going to be generated by the legs (including the hip) and the core. But the ability to be an outstanding hitter is going to require strength in the arms and wrists as well as the ability to "read pitches".

A complete hitter will focus on all these aspects and not just the back hip.

I am not degrading the role of the forearms and wrists. They are a huge part of a great hitter. But they only guide the bat. If you are thrown a 90 mph fast ball on the inside corner, you must fire the hip in order to get the hands inside of the ball, and hit it with authority. A hitter who starts his swing with his hands will not maximize his power.

If the swing has no control, it doesnt matter what ignitiates it, its obviously a bad swing. I am speaking of a hitter that can let an outside fastball get deep, and fire the hips and drive the ball.

It is combining the two that makes the best hitter. That is why I train fore arms in the same movements that use the hips like a hang clean. Not a handgripper.