• Weight training can make a baseball player a more powerful hitter.baseball image by itsallgood from Fotolia.com
  
  Many baseball players lift weights to help them improve their fitness and strength. Power hitters often lift heavy weights, while other players use lighter weights to increase their speed. Advanced baseball players usually work out with the team's strength coach, who determines the number of days the players lift weights and the type of exercises each player performs.
  
  

Circuit Training

• Circuit training builds muscle and increases stamina.fitness equipment image by Sunshine Photos from Fotolia.com
  
  Circuit training is a type of weight lifting workout that allows a baseball player to train his entire body in one session. Circuit training workouts can sometimes last for more than an hour, depending on the player's goal. This type of training involves moving from one piece of equipment to the next, with little to no rest between sets. For example, a player may perform 10 bench presses and rest for 15 seconds, then do 10 dumbbell curls, followed by the leg press machine for another 10 repetitions. The player may continue to work out until he performs several exercises for each major muscle group.
  
  

Powerlifting

• Powerlifting helps a baseball player increase his strength.Barbell image by Semfamily from Fotolia.com
  
  Many baseball players use powerlifting as a way to build muscle mass and to increase strength. Powerlifting involves lifting heavy weights for a small number of repetitions. For example, a player may do barbell squats with several hundred pounds for 4 to 6 repetitions. The exercises the player performs usually work the major muscle groups for both the upper and lower body. During powerlifting exercises, a player must guard against injury by using safety equipment, such as a weight belt and wrist straps. The team's strength coach may have the player use powerlifting exercises only during the off-season, due to the potential for injury.
  
  

Super Sets

• Super sets reduce the amount of time it takes to work out.Hanteln image by Foto-Rhein-Main from Fotolia.com
  
  Many variations of super sets are available for a baseball player to use during a weight training session. One way to use super sets is to work 2 different muscle groups with no rest between sets. For instance, the player may do a set of 10 barbell curls, then immediately do a set of 10 triceps extensions. Performing super sets also reduces the total workout time, which gives the player more time to recover from training. If the player normally performs 20 different sets during a typical workout, he should adjust the number lower if the super sets cause him to tire faster than normal. The player may also choose to use super sets for only the first half of a training session, then perform his normal lifting routine for the second half of the workout.