2024 IDEA Fitness Journal Issue 4, Quiz 3: Rotational Power

Many clients enthusiastically participate in rotational sports, such as golf, baseball, softball, tennis, pickleball, hockey, lacrosse, handball, and volleyball. As fitness professionals, one major goal is to help our clients perform more fluidly in their selected sport activities, while also providing training that helps protect them from injury. However, a traditional strength training program, with a lot of sagittal plane exercises, may not effectively stimulate the muscle tissues actively involved in these rotational sports (Earp and Kraemer, 2010). Therefore, including rotational exercises in the strength training program is a meaningful complement to the other exercises. This course will review some key considerations for developing rotational strength and power and provide several tips and applications for fitness pros to incorporate with their clients.