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7:15AM | posted by Shelley Ng | April 13, 2009 | comments: 1

Wake-Up Workout: Get Into Amazin' Mets Shape

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We're getting in the spirit of today's Mets home opener with a baseball wake-up workout. Declan Condron, co-founder of PumpOne, stopped by to show us how to get in Amazin' shape.

Dumbbell Lunge
Muscles: Glutes, Hamstrings, Quadriceps, Calves
Baseball Benefit: Builds strength and endurance in the legs for sprinting between bases



Dumbbell Scaption
Muscles: Deltoids, Trapezius, Levator Scapulae, Sternocloidmastoid, Serratus Anterior
Baseball Benefit: Strengthens and stabilizes shoulder muscles for throwing

Medicine Ball Side Throw
Muscles: Internal & External Obliques, Rectus Abdominus, Quadratus Lumborum, Erector Spinae
Baseball Benefit: Promotes muscle synchronicity throughout midsection for batting


Muscles: Internal & External Obliques, Rectus Abdominus, Erector Spinae
Baseball Benefit: Strengthens trunk and core muscles to increase power for batting


To download Condron's PumpOne workouts onto your iPod, log onto www.pumpone.com/trainer/Declan. Specials thanks to Tessuta, Modell's and New Era Cap for the Mets gear.

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Comments: 1

Posted by James Piccoli at April 13, 2009 11:38 AM

Lets Go Mets in 2009!!!
Looking adorable in that Black Mets Jersey. As Mets fans, we know it is a long, roller-coaster ride. We must be in good physical shape to endure the season.
Lets Go Mets in 2009!

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