Core · Bodyweight
Baseball
How to do the baseball, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Timed
- Movement
- Extension
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Baseball includes batting, sprinting, and fielding with rapid reaction times and rotational power. It targets the shoulders, core, and legs with moderate intensity.
- 1When batting and throwing, you should feel rotational power coming from your core and shoulders
- 2Expect short bursts of running and quick changes of direction that challenge your legs and agility
- 3Hand-eye coordination and timing are constantly engaged throughout the game
Common mistakes
- Don't play without warming up or learning proper technique for swinging and throwing
- Avoid ignoring signs of overuse or impact injuries
- Don't collide with other players or obstacles, stay aware of your surroundings
Muscles worked
The baseball works the biceps, triceps, mid chest, lats, lower back, upper abs, lower abs, quads, glutes, hamstrings, calves, side delts, forearms, upper traps, and obliques.
- BicepsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- Mid ChestSupport
- LatsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- GlutesSupport
- HamstringsSupport
- CalvesSupport
- Side DeltsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- ObliquesSupport
Kovo programs the baseball for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed April 2026.