E 10 | Strength And Conditioning For High School Baseball And Softball With Chris Bartl

0:00 – Show Intro3:29 – Podcast begins4:54 – How Chris got into strength and conditioning9:25 – How Chris approaches training athletes22:41 – Lower body training philosophy for baseball/softball athletes30:08 – Metrics to determine a strong baseball player34:46 – How Chris uses his progression and regression model with his athletes44:50 – The similarities between training adults and athletes52:40 – How Chris approaches his athletes from a nutrition standpoint1:01:43 – Communicating the value of academics in athletics1:10:24 – Embracing the meathead stigma we get as strength coaches1:17:34 – The value of safety and lessons learned in the weigh room via accountability1:20:12 – What Chris recommends to get involved in high school strength and conditioning1:27:30 – Chris's recommendations for baseball and softball coaches for continuing educationAbout Chris BartlInstagram: @chrisbartleadChris Bartl is the Head Strength & Conditioning Coach at Mt. Baker High School in Deming, WA. He is also the owner and Co-Founder of Elite Athlete Development, where he consults with various high school sports programs to help with their strength and conditioning programs, as well as the owner of Bartl Strength & Conditioning, an online training business dedicated to helping working adults ages 35-50 keep the belly fat off, develop nutritional habits that fit with their ideal lifestyle and basically kick ass at life.He has been a personal trainer for over 11 years and has worked with hundreds of different clients, ranging from 9-year old athletes, to 65-year olds battling cancer and everyone in between