Bengals Suddenly Thin at DB

[SunsetBengal]

(04-04-2020, 12:21 PM)Fan_in_Kettering Wrote: Since my sport is golf I just do lots of cardio and lifting to keep my legs strong.  Years ago when I was playing competitively I fell for the old “strength = speed” argument and started lifting with my upper body too and I LOST distance!  Adding muscle mass to my upper body was counterproductive to my swing.  Now I just use light weights with lots of reps to keep my core toned and much of my distance has returned.

This takes an ego check in the gym.  While most guys are on the bench press lifting astronomically huge weights, I’ll get on there and maybe lift 75 pounds — but I’ll do three or four sets of twelve reps.  On the leg press I’ll lift all I can but for upper body exercises I stick to light weights with lots of reps.

I took Golf as a P.E, elective just for fun.  The instructor was Coach Lawhorn, the head basketball coach.  He told me right then and there, after watching one swing;  You're a big, strong guy, but in Golf you'll need to just relax and be fluid.  I also read up and learned that the large upper body muscles of athletes from other sports inhibits range of motion and retards the ability to swing smoothly and naturally.  So, your experiment with training upper body seems to confirm what I read.

So, now that we've totally taken the thread off the rails, Cheers! The Bengals will be perfectly fine at DB.