I found one sport where strength is bad.

[RusPA81]

I went golfing for the first time today and let me just say the being strong is not good, atleast when you are learning. I kept trying to over power the bar, and my body is so used to being tight that I cannot loosen up to get an even stroke. Plus my arms don't exactly move in a fluid motion in front of my body. My inner chest also got really sore. Has this happened to anymore before?

 

[Liftbig]

yep, golf is like throwing shot or disc, the more relaxed you are the farther it goes, in my experiance

 

[Mike_Rojas]

How about badmiton?

 

[RusPA81]

How about badmiton?

Thats my best sport.

 

[RusPA81]

I guess I'm lucky, I started golf maybe 5 years ago but haven't played much in the past 2. Anyway, I used to be able to drive the ball well over 275 yards as a 15 year old kid; the adults I played with were always amazed. Now that I have some strength and size I can hit it about 350 if I really go after it (which I don't do much when I play since I tend to swing at about 70% usually). My only problem has been flexibility, my muscles tend to get in the way, so I can't quite stretch back as far as I used to be able to. All in all, positive effects here.

Anyway, good luck learning, it's a great game that I hope to enjoy for many years to come.

As Liftbig said, staying relaxed is very important. That's why I tend to swing at only about 70% since I am much more accurate when I do so. You can't overpower the ball like you can a weight; it's all in using the golf club to generate speed, not force.

I know, there where skinny 10 year olds out driving me. I got up to 150 yrds with a 6 iron, which I guess is pretty good for the first time, although I am not sure.

 

[fastgain]

I guess I'm lucky, I started golf maybe 5 years ago but haven't played much in the past 2. Anyway, I used to be able to drive the ball well over 275 yards as a 15 year old kid; the adults I played with were always amazed. Now that I have some strength and size I can hit it about 350 if I really go after it (which I don't do much when I play since I tend to swing at about 70% usually). My only problem has been flexibility, my muscles tend to get in the way, so I can't quite stretch back as far as I used to be able to. All in all, positive effects here.

Anyway, good luck learning, it's a great game that I hope to enjoy for many years to come.

As Liftbig said, staying relaxed is very important. That's why I tend to swing at only about 70% since I am much more accurate when I do so. You can't overpower the ball like you can a weight; it's all in using the golf club to generate speed, not force.

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by RusPA81


I know, there where skinny 10 year olds out driving me. I got up to 150 yrds with a 6 iron, which I guess is pretty good for the first time, although I am not sure.

I think I hit my pitching wedge that far. Stick to lifting weights broly.

 

[fastgain]

Hey don't listen to him, stick with it and you'll be killing the ball in no time. I'd say it's an accomplishment if you could hit the ball 150 with any club your first time out.

 

[BlkWS6]

Originally posted by fastgain
Hey don't listen to him, stick with it and you'll be killing the ball in no time. I'd say it's an accomplishment if you could hit the ball 150 with any club your first time out.


For some clarification if the location similiarity didnt tip you off. Im Ruspa's old lifting partner (until he tucked tail and ran back to Ca).

 

[RusPA81]

Originally posted by fastgain
Hey don't listen to him, stick with it and you'll be killing the ball in no time. I'd say it's an accomplishment if you could hit the ball 150 with any club your first time out.


For some clarification if the location similiarity didnt tip you off. Im Ruspa's old lifting partner (until he tucked tail and ran back to Ca).

Actually I left in search of better lifting partners who could bench more then 200 pounds. And I know you can't wait till I get back so you could finally get motivated again.

 

[FatRat]

I always seem to strain a pec when I try a golf swing!

 

[coolcolj]

actually I would say slow strength is pretty much useless in 90% of all sports.

explosiveness rules!

 

[Zander1983]

Golf is mainly technique, a little flexibility, and a little core stability/strength. Mainly technique though.

 

[MeatHead57]

Originally posted by RusPA81


I know, there where skinny 10 year olds out driving me. I got up to 150 yrds with a 6 iron, which I guess is pretty good for the first time, although I am not sure.

I think I hit my pitching wedge that far. Stick to lifting weights broly.

lol same here i can hit 150 with a pitching wedge!!

 

[Nonerz]

strength + technique = super stud!

 

[teen1216]

Damn, not only is everyone on these boards a hulking behemoth, everyone can hit their pitching wedge 150 yards! Assuming y'all don't just slam it and it goes God-knows-where, I hope to see you on the long drive championships sometime, since you're bound to be hitting it 300+. Man it feels good to be surrounded by amazing atheletes on these boards.

 

[FatRat]

"Power is nothing without control" - thats off some car add on TV, but seems to be apt for sports too...

 

[MeatHead57]

yep i hit 300 thats as far as the driving fence is like 300 but iv hit it over the fence befoer ( billy madison) last year we were at my moms work picnic and there was a driving range next to it and that was aprt of the picnic so we go over there and theres this barelle its 250 if you hit a ball in it you win a prize i go hey y not try 2nd hit i made it right in i got a free ticket to cedar point!!

 

[fastgain]

Damn, not only is everyone on these boards a hulking behemoth, everyone can hit their pitching wedge 150 yards! Assuming y'all don't just slam it and it goes God-knows-where, I hope to see you on the long drive championships sometime, since you're bound to be hitting it 300+. Man it feels good to be surrounded by amazing atheletes on these boards.

Hit a couple buckets of balls and play 18 every day for 3 years and get lessons every week from a great pro and see where you are. 300 is not that impressive; sure, the average hack can't do it, but then again the average hack never takes the time to learn the proper swing path. Each and every pro on the tour can hit it well over 300, they just choose not to because they are much more accurate when they take a little off of it.

As far as the pitching wedge goes, there's too big of a gap between a 75 yard sand wedge and a 150 yard pitching wedge. That's why they make a gap wedge. I don't know where you play, but most experienced golfers hit their pitching wedge around this distance.

 

[teen1216]

Well, maybe it is just who I have played with before, but the top notch guys who hit it 280+ were few and far between, and I think they hit their sand wedge about 125 or so but they were deadly accurate with irons. Congratulations if you can bomb it and still have accuracy. Also, I dispute that every pro on the PGA Tour can hit it 300+. For instance, people like Loren Roberts and Corey Pavin hit it 260-70. Could they uncork it for 300+? Maybe, but I was thinking you meant 300+ with some semblance of consistency or accuracy.

 

[benchmonster]

300 yard drives are not average, or normal, but then neither are 300 plus benches. There are many who can do both tho.

I quit playing golf after law school, but could boom it out there pretty good when I played. I played with a guy back then who was a solid full club longer than Tiger Woods. We are talking John Daley long, or longer, but of course was not nearly as accurate as those guys.

I was commonly driving it 300+ yards and was getting Rhondstated by my buddy. (Blue Bayou)

I have known a lot of guys who drove it 300+ pretty consistently, but they were all in their 20's, very flexible, and pretty strong. I know without a doubt I could not go pick up my 975D right now and drive a ball that far, tho, but it is not cause I am "too strong" or "too big" it is because I have not picked up a club in 3 years.

The guy, whose name is escaping me at the moment, but who was a 3 or 4 time national long drive champion had like 18 inch arms, a 50 inch chest and a 400+ bench. And I have seen a former Mr. California in a long drive contest, so guys with big muscles can play golf too. It is just that most of them (like myself) choose not to.

B.

 

[fastgain]

Well, maybe it is just who I have played with before, but the top notch guys who hit it 280+ were few and far between, and I think they hit their sand wedge about 125 or so but they were deadly accurate with irons. Congratulations if you can bomb it and still have accuracy. Also, I dispute that every pro on the PGA Tour can hit it 300+. For instance, people like Loren Roberts and Corey Pavin hit it 260-70. Could they uncork it for 300+? Maybe, but I was thinking you meant 300+ with some semblance of consistency or accuracy.

The top people in long drive competitions hit it around 400. And I wasn't implying that all the tour pros could consistently hit over 300, that's why I said some of them would really have to go after it to hit it 300. I guess I was just gifted or lucky with my drives, I can hit it accurately and consistently 300-310; I don't claim to be anywhere near a good golfer, just a guy with a long, accurate drive. I have amazing flexibility and good rotational hip power. I don't claim to have developed either one on my own. My short game was never good enough to consistently get into the 70s.

 

[teen1216]

Well, then congratulations on your driving prowess as it is something I am working towards. =)

 

[RusPA81]

300 yard drives are not average, or normal, but then neither are 300 plus benches. There are many who can do both tho.

I quit playing golf after law school, but could boom it out there pretty good when I played. I played with a guy back then who was a solid full club longer than Tiger Woods. We are talking John Daley long, or longer, but of course was not nearly as accurate as those guys.

I was commonly driving it 300+ yards and was getting Rhondstated by my buddy. (Blue Bayou)

I have known a lot of guys who drove it 300+ pretty consistently, but they were all in their 20's, very flexible, and pretty strong. I know without a doubt I could not go pick up my 975D right now and drive a ball that far, tho, but it is not cause I am "too strong" or "too big" it is because I have not picked up a club in 3 years.

The guy, whose name is escaping me at the moment, but who was a 3 or 4 time national long drive champion had like 18 inch arms, a 50 inch chest and a 400+ bench. And I have seen a former Mr. California in a long drive contest, so guys with big muscles can play golf too. It is just that most of them (like myself) choose not to.

B.

Theres not many big guys in law school either. But soon I will have a long drive to match my bench. Maybe I can go pound for yard. That would be sweet.

 

[slobberknocker]

Golf is fun when you're drunk. Other than that, I get easily bored.

 

[coolcolj]

Shane Hamman plays golf, he can hit it

 

[Swolenpecs]

yea flexibility and relaxation are keys at golf. Wow i sucked when i first started. I swung as hard as i could using just my arms.

 

[Peckz]

Strength and drive range = key!!! Tiger woods took six month of golfing just to work out and he came back stronger and better than ever. Just look at the women golfers they have very bad range.

Take a bodybuilder and teach him how to golf and you have one mean driving machine.

 

[coolcolj]

Strength and drive range = key!!! Tiger woods took six month of golfing just to work out and he came back stronger and better than ever. Just look at the women golfers they have very bad range.

Take a bodybuilder and teach him how to golf and you have one mean driving machine.

actually an olympic weightlifter would be a better proposition

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/golf/plus/2000/08/14/

Shane Hamman can hit the ball a ton, which isn't surprising considering that he can lift half a ton. What is surprising is how Hamman, a 28-year-old Olympic weightlifter who set the world record in the superheavyweight division for the squat (1,008 pounds), is able to swing a golf club around a body that's as wide as a phone booth. "I'm really flexible," says Hamman, whose tale of the tape reads as follows: height, 5'9"; weight, 360 pounds; chest, 62"; biceps, 22"; thighs, 35". "As part of my training I stretch so many times a day I never let myself get tight." He is so supple he can do a standing backflip and dunk a volleyball.

On the course Hamman turns fast enough to pound out 350\!yard drives but also battles a nasty slice. Thanks to a deft short game, he has whittled his handicap to 14. "A hundred twenty yards and in with my pitching wedge is my money shot," says Hamman, who has played golf for seven years.

 

[PlatnumKowboy]

Golf is fun when you're drunk. Other than that, I get easily bored. [/QUOTE

The golf carts are always good for a laugh or two also drunk or not.

 

[Tiervexx]

as my strength went up i got better at driving and irons but my putting game whent strait to hell. Anything that requars a gentle but firm touch i can't do anymore.

If i am taking something apart i have to do it REEEEAAAALLLLYY SSLLLOOOOOOOOOWWWWWLYYY or else it gets riped to shreads.

 

[wildonsquats]

Before i started working out my stroke was nice and smooth. Now everything has gone to hell, arms are too big, lats get in the way and legs, well my stance is just nasty.

The funny thing is, i hit pitching wedges for over 200 yards straight. So... since i cant hit anything properly i play with my friends on a real course like it was pitch and putt. I use a 7 iron, pitching wedge and putter. 500 yd par 5, and im on in 3, no eagles but no matter.

they just shake their heads at me, and i just laugh and start doing warmup squats on the tee before i tee off.