INgolfer
Internet Golfer
This may be more of a mental thing, but I thought I'd get other people's input on this. We see many body types in golf from skinny, average, to John Daly. I remember a few years back when Tiger's struggles started some analysts thought he had put on too much muscle and that's why his swing had started to decline.
I've put on 13 pounds of lean muscle in the last 2 months (I can put it on fast if you've seen my dad you'd know I have decent genetics) and was thinking of getting back into competing in some local powerlifting meets, but I feel like my swing has declined a little. Even after 8 months off I started off hitting the ball well this year, and I've been hitting the range at least once or twice a week and playing at least one round per week. If I know I'm playing a round I change my workout schedule so I don't lift that day or the day before so I'm not tight or fatigued. I always work out at least 4 days per week.
I played in an outing yesterday and it was my first round in a week and a half. Just didn't feel like my range of motion was as good and I wasn't getting through the ball well, had a couple drives that I pushed right. Overall not a bad round but not great either.
I guess my question is this...do you think having bigger muscles hurts the swing? Maybe I just need to stretch more, maybe I just need more range time. But I feel like my practice has been steady, not as much as I used to, but my swing is feeling harder. It was pretty cold yesterday, low 50's, so it was tough to get loose, but I've played well in those conditions before.
Guess I'm just looking for some thoughts on whether heavy lifting is good for golfers or if I should just settle with sticking with the weight I'm at. Golf and weightlifting are both passions of mine so its tough to give up one to be better at the other.
I've put on 13 pounds of lean muscle in the last 2 months (I can put it on fast if you've seen my dad you'd know I have decent genetics) and was thinking of getting back into competing in some local powerlifting meets, but I feel like my swing has declined a little. Even after 8 months off I started off hitting the ball well this year, and I've been hitting the range at least once or twice a week and playing at least one round per week. If I know I'm playing a round I change my workout schedule so I don't lift that day or the day before so I'm not tight or fatigued. I always work out at least 4 days per week.
I played in an outing yesterday and it was my first round in a week and a half. Just didn't feel like my range of motion was as good and I wasn't getting through the ball well, had a couple drives that I pushed right. Overall not a bad round but not great either.
I guess my question is this...do you think having bigger muscles hurts the swing? Maybe I just need to stretch more, maybe I just need more range time. But I feel like my practice has been steady, not as much as I used to, but my swing is feeling harder. It was pretty cold yesterday, low 50's, so it was tough to get loose, but I've played well in those conditions before.
Guess I'm just looking for some thoughts on whether heavy lifting is good for golfers or if I should just settle with sticking with the weight I'm at. Golf and weightlifting are both passions of mine so its tough to give up one to be better at the other.