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[QUOTE="K Otto XLIV, post: 1518667"]
Baseball plays 6 days a week which is a lot different. Flexibility and explosiveness need to be trained as well. The trainers I follow, one of whom has trained a bunch of SU athletes, like to use the conjugate method for 1 upper body exercise a week and 1 lower. Then the rest of the work out is auxiliary doing 3 sets of higher reps targeting other muscle groups. So for instance doing 1-3 sets of heavier bench, 3 sets of lighter chest, back, shoulders, and triceps. That can include weight, body movement, plyo, etc.

The working max should be going up every 4-5 weeks. If you are going 2 sets of 5-4-3-12 as your four week rotation and you do all those comfortably then the next week you should go up 5 lbs for each. Kids have egos they will be glad to go up.

Unless you are going very light, doing 3 sets of 12 will tire you out just as much as 2 sets of 3. And if you are going very light then you are going to lose strength. Also kids can leave just as much in the tank doing 12 vs 3.

Adults and professionals can keep form easier. Kids that are 18-21 who are extremely competitive want to prove themselves. I think the ego aspect is big in the gym at all ages and bigger at younger ages. Also Hicks cannot eagle eye all 85 kids. It isn't like he is a personal trainer. He can't be by everyone's side.
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