Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
February 15, 2009
Muscle Gain

Hanley Ramirez added close to 25 pounds of muscle this off-season:

Ramirez stepped on a scale, calibrated his weight, and smiled.

''224,'' he said. ``Close.''

Ramirez, who was listed at 200 pounds in last season's media guide, dedicated himself to a strict conditioning program over the winter to help him feel and play stronger over the course of a 162-game schedule.

That meant spending at least an hour a day, five days a week, working out in a gym in the Dominican Republic and another hour at home swimming laps in his backyard pool.

The weight training added bulk and muscle to Ramirez's torso while the swimming program was designed to strengthen his weak left shoulder, which has caused him problems in the past.

''I don't feel heavy,'' Ramirez said. ``I feel good.''

Ramirez is a young man, but whenever I hear a story like this, I'm reminded of how it's impossible to gain 15 pounds of muscle in an off-season.


Posted by David Pinto at 11:07 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Well, it says 25 pounds, not 25 pounds of muscle...
Big difference.

Posted by: Boozer at February 16, 2009 02:02 PM

In referencing your 03/09/06 blog "A Contradiction": what ever happened to Trent McBride's promise of proof? He posted about it for four weeks and then ... ?


Posted by: warriorjoe at February 17, 2009 12:11 PM

In referencing your 03/09/06 blog "A Contradiction": what ever happened to Trent McBride's promise of proof? He posted about it for four weeks and then ... ?


Posted by: warriorjoe at February 17, 2009 12:12 PM

He fell off the wagon and didn't make it. Something came up in his life that prevented him from working out.

Posted by: David Pinto at February 17, 2009 12:37 PM
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