Study finds Gravitational Wellness improves batting performance

Improved Batting Performance through a Novel Resistance Training Program

DATE: January 24, 2018
PUBLICATION: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Purpose
This paper investigates the effect of adding to the off-season training program an eastern medicine weightlifting program, Gravitational Wellness® (GW) on the subsequent season batting performance of a Division I baseball team.

Methods
This study used retrospective data collected on in-season batting performance statistics for 40 Division I baseball players during seasons 2001 through 2007. The GW® intervention group consisted of 9 positional players who participated in both the 2007 and 2008 seasons and engaged in GW® training during the off season after 2007. At each GW® exercise session, the participant engaged in four separate exercises, all involving free weights using a barbell system. Change in batting performance from the 2007 and 2008 seasons was computed and compared to the year to year change in batting performance of the historic controls. The amount of weight lifted by the intervention group with each of the exercises was compared at weeks 1 and 10.

Results
Batting performance in home runs, batting average, and runs batted-in all improved in the intervention group, with all improvements greater than those found in the historic controls. This difference was significant in favor of GW® weight training in batting average (F1,47 = 11.2, p = 0.002), but did not reach statistical significance for home runs (F 1,47 = 0.011, p = 0.916), or runs batted-in (F1,47 = 1.392, p = 0.244).