“Power Up” episode 1 tips and tricks to increase swing strength(watch til end)

Special thanks to jimmer stick and mike Nino Domn8
These are tricks I’ve learned throughout many years of hitting, lots of trial and error!
Short forearm routine at the end
Forearms- do every other day
Routine in video- 3-4 sets 12-15 reps each variation

[@markwilburn4962]

Love that wrist/forearm work at the end. I'll be adding that at the gym this week!

[@kamillion6532]

Great i can implement this in my practice in my garage.

[@doctorpete1]

Thanks for sharing!

[@luchianocorujo1319]

Thanks for sharing. Great stuff

[@MarraSoftball]

LOVE this video so much!!! Just what I’ve been waiting for :). Could I ask you a question, Ryan? Please excuse me if this is a silly question, I never played baseball, but why is hand strength so important? I was told when learning to swing softball that I should be “loose” when swinging and lag the barrel and then squeeze it before contact and contract the wrists to “snap” through the ball. Is this style of thinking wrong? Should I be gripping the bat harder and controlling the barrel more? I notice your barrel doesn’t go loopy when you swing and mine does because I’m lagging the barrel hard. Thanks as always, Ryan! You’re really helping my game! I had the best performance this weekend in a tournament (Rec league level - nothing special lol) but all these videos helped big time!

[@MarraSoftball]

@ryanharvey35

[@brucemaclaren38]

Hey Marra - I'm not the master but here is my point of view: Yes, you are correct in that you should hold the bat "loose" before the swing. Hand strength is incredibly important. First, your guide hand must be strong in order to "guide" the bat in the proper swing path. Second, your hands and arms are what you use to create the "wrist snap". The wrist is a joint. It is powered by the muscles in the hands and arms. The stronger you are, the faster you can "snap"...the faster the exit speed.... Yes, Ryan has one of the best "stabs" in the business. He does not loop the bat around. From the connected position, he stabs the bat within the rotation. The combination of the powerful stab and snap are critical to reaching optimum distance. Finally, it's not just about the arms and hands as you know. As Ryan points out, you need to engage your core, your legs...even your small toes....everything...in order to give you full leverage. Ryan can probably bench press 850 lbs... but if he didn't get his core and legs into it, he wouldn't be hitting the ball 500 feet. Just my opinion...

[@MarraSoftball]

@@brucemaclaren38 Thanks Bruce :)

[@mattparlier8320]

Ryan - Thank you for these awesome videos! When you train your forearms, is that something you typically reserve for the offseason or do you continue to do those movements year-round?

[@harv2510]

All year, typically every other day, I try to get some type of forearm movement in

[@NathanLilley]

Keep me going Harvey!

[@charlesallain1742]

great tips , thanks for the video

[@davesch1512]

Awesome!! That’s one part of my body that is not strong is the wrists

[@Corbots80]

This is Gold. Thankyou

[@jswaby]

OK so I can’t watch this on my iPhone in the KZbin app, but when I go to the desktop and load it in the browser, it works fine.

[@harv2510]

Yea been having issues with the KZbin app on phone for some reason, the links work

[@ZombieZzLevelZ]

Is it possible for you to upload the forearm workout again?

[@gaberamirez5247]

For the last drill powering through the ball lifting the back leg. What weight of bat is best ?

[@84brabbit]

Every time I try to watch his videos it says something went wrong anyone else having this problem

[@ja_fa_9]

I have the same problem on my iPhone but not using my Roku.

[@matthewross8065]

Same problem

[@AJ-hk6zb]

Me too

[@mikecheck1214]

Use Chrome

[@nelsoncraigjr]

Mr Harvey, when you perform the early stride drill, are you transferring the weight when you stride forward? Or is the weight transferred when you swing? Great video

[@romangarcia6423]

You are tall why do you set up the tee so low? Shouldn't it be higher? Also is there a reason why you do drills with baseball?

[@ethanwright2981]

We gotta get this man some camera help

[@1190CB]

Step 1: be an absolute giant.

[@terryhoff8305]

Would like to watch your videos but for some reason all of them won’t load

[@AJ-hk6zb]

I cannot watch this video on either my phone or my PC, anyone got a fix for this?

[@harv2510]

Seems it’s been taking a couple days for it to be able to watch through the app, if you click on my link to the video on my fb page it’s watchable I believe

[@AJ-hk6zb]

@@harv2510 I just retried and they all work now, thanks Ry!

[@videogamesrule19]

For some reason I can’t any of your videos to work

[@chriskozub8012]

Yeah I have to jump off WiFi to get them To play

[@dannycostello5762]

What weight is the jimmer?

[@harv2510]

5 lbs I believe

[@justinkelly1133]

@@harv2510 with this question. I’m 6”5’ around 260 athletic build and swing a 27oz endload most of time. What weight would you recommend for hummer stick? Thanks

[@harv2510]

@@justinkelly1133 5 lbs should be good, right in the middle not too heavy not too light

[@ChevyRedneckGFX]

What tee are you using?

[@harv2510]

The G Tee they’re out of florida

[@ChevyRedneckGFX]

@@harv2510 I figured it was. I love the g tee. I only haven't ordered one because it ends up being 200 dollars after shipping

[@harv2510]

Yea they’re heavy

[@ChevyRedneckGFX]

@@harv2510 I ended up getting a gtee and have been using it for months and I love it. Going to buy a jim mer soon though