[Football24_7]

same goes for baseball, it messes with arm motion and swing.

THIS "OLD-WIVES TALE" IS SUCH B.S. and stated out of such IGNORANCE of what's true about HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY and SPORT SCIENCE!!!

What you are talking about -- "hurting the swing of a baseball player" -- would be caused by BODYBUILDING!!!! (doing exercises to SHORTEN the muscle, thereby making it "bulge" and making the person look "bulky").

WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT "BODYBUILDING!"

A GOOD, WELL-THOUGHT-OUT weight program for a HS athlete should be based on building strength through MOVEMENT!!!

Correct lifting in the off-season (and even IN-season) should actually INCREASE flexibility WHILE increasing STRENGTH!!!!

VIRTUALLY EVERY PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL AND BASKETBALL PLAYER (AND EVEN TIGER WOODS, THE BEST GOLFER EVER -- IN A SPORT THAT NEEDS MORE UPPER-BODY FLEXIBILITY THAN ANY) DOES FREE-WEIGHT STRENGTH TRAINING BASED ON BUILDING STRENGTH WITH FLEXIBILITY BY DOING MOVEMENT LIFTS!

Let's look at the previous assumption in today terms:

...so if LIFTING and getting STRONGER is such a bad thing for a baseball player's swing, why is it being said that many of the great power hitters today getting into steriods gives them an unfair ADVANTAGE???

If lifting and getting stronger HURTS a baseball player's swing, wouldn't then Barry Bonds, Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmiero, Jose Canseco, etc, etc, have doing something to put them at a DISADVANTAGE?

Seems to me, they're WANTING to do steriods...wanting to get STRONGER...LIFTING to get stronger...because it makes them a BETTER hitter!!!!

Hurts your swing...wow. I thought baseball and basketball people were finally starting to come around with all the SCIENTIFIC and REAL-LIFE EVIDENCE out there, but I guess I was wrong.