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The other day, on the instructions of the president of the company where I currently work, I visited a professional baseball camp with a journalist from a certain media outlet for the first time in five years.
The purpose was to report on the current strength training situation of NPB players as a former MLB player.
Recently, many players have been incorporating weight training from their high school days, and there has been an increase in the number of players who are building bodies that make you think they are aiming to be bodybuilders.
In my personal opinion, young players should build a flexible body and start strength training in their late twenties when they start to feel a decline in their physical strength.
When I entered the training center to observe the players’ training, I noticed that many of them were frequently checking their cell phones.
I thought they were interested in interacting with their wives or girlfriends, but when I looked closely, the players’ interests were completely different.
Journalists and professional baseball OBs who are involved in the baseball world do not talk about inconvenient things because they have a negative impact on their future work, but I think I should tell you.
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