Watch: Burl Carraway, Adbert Alzolay Join the Pitcher Deadlift Craze as Labrum Fearmongering Intensity

Guys, this deadlift craze is constantly growing throughout the Cubs organization, with pitchers picking up and placing heavy weights. Add a very clear Russian hip-hop song with a catchy beat and you can call on the soccer moms to join in.

There’s a bit of a negative current running through the responses to each of these exploits, however, with trainers and trainers clutching their pearls out of misplaced anxiety for laboratories. Almost every Random Man on Twitter knows about these things more than professional athletes under supervision.

More on that in just a bit, but let’s get to the 184 pound weight loss pill first Burl Carraway lift 515 pounds. Like Max Bain, Carraway is cheating a bit with the hex bar. However, the shorter pitcher gets extra credit for his flow and doesn’t need blocks.

Heard the Cubs Org had a severe deadlifting? Here’s my submission for the 500 club: A slow pull 😂 515 pounds @ 184 body weight (65 pound trap bar) https://t.co/1gsc6onS84

Not to be outdone by fully clothed, topless youths Adbert Alzolay Join the fun with your own elevator. Obviously no one wants to use a straight bar anymore.

However, that could be by design, as Bain pointed out to us in appeared on The Rant Live and then on Twitter. More than simply trying to get strong, the deadlift helps pitchers improve their grounding power production. Lift is always done off the hip hinge, but using a hex bar/trap reduces pressure on the lower back and saves shins at the same time.

This Tuesday night talk has earned Bain a new fan and that’s why you should follow him if you haven’t already. I could have been much more picky about it.

@ fantasyppr12 That’s the best lift for developing our ground force production capabilities, which is a pretty big component when considering the biomechanics of thrust and velocity generation. Additionally, the deadlift is a lift performed off the hinge, a very important part of the delivery process. https://t.co/JyubrXK95D

Watching all of these videos makes me want to run to the gym and throw some weight around, but then my knees squeal when I can’t get up from my chair. Speaking of complaints, it’s probably best to keep injury predictions to yourself when watching an athlete pitch or lift.