Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Don't expect performance gains from low load rehab exercises....
🏏 Improved isometric trunk rotational strength can improve bat speed, wrestling, and other athletic movements.
But we wouldn't expect to see increased trunk strength from a typical pallof press.
📊 That's because it's done with a band and at most ~25-30% of the max force you can produce.
We need more than 80% of our max force potential to increase strength.
🏋🏽♂️ Changing the movement to an overcoming isometric with a rigid strap is one way to turn this rehab exercise into a performance movement.
The same principle applies broadly.
Don't expect performance gains from low load rehab exercises....
🏏 Improved isometric trunk rotational strength can improve bat speed, wrestling, and other athletic movements.
But we wouldn't expect to see increased trunk strength from a typical pallof press.
📊 That's because it's done with a band and at most ~25-30% of the max force you can produce.
We need more than 80% of our max force potential to increase strength.
🏋🏽♂️ Changing the movement to an overcoming isometric with a rigid strap is one way to turn this rehab exercise into a performance movement.
The same principle applies broadly.
