Question About Working Out

BeerPerHole · July 15, 2018

Thought this might be a good place to ask this here. For those who compete in LD and who lift weights - how often do you hit the gym? I know there are variations in gym routines, etc. I have a very busy life w work and family and my life is transitioning from mostly gym rat in my spare time to mostly playing golf. My gym routines, as a consequence don’t vary much. Just curious about this. Thanks...

Jkellender · July 15, 2018

Once every two or three weeks. When I cant make it to the gym I have a short home workout routine to keep the 4 muscles I have from disappearing completely, that I try to do a couple times a week, it takes less than 25 mins (push ups, curls, squats, lunges, etc.). My best advice is keep lifting but lift less weight with more reps. Think about long limber muscles vs short and tight. Also dont fall asleep on the lower back, YouTube "lower back stretches". Longevity. You need to be able to beat your kids and grandkids and golf well into the future.

MSUIRONDAWGS · July 16, 2018

4 times a week, and LOTS of stretching. Stretching with bands that is. Lots of leg work, especially squats!

Hubijerk · July 29, 2018

I don't compete in long drive but I play competitively and would say I'm longer than avg. I take a different approach than I used to to working out. I use to go hard and split body parts. Chest/tris one day, back bi's another, etc. Now what I try to do, especially being in tournament season is something every day focusing on complex low impact movements and then have one day a week where I do some version of a 300 workout. I have a gym in my house so for example the last few days I've done pull ups, some push ups, light bench, shoulder fly's light curls, light squats throughout the hours while I'm home. Today while watching the RBC and cooking breakfast/lunch I did 30 pull ups, 30 push ups, 2 sets of 20 reps of bench at 135, 2 20 rep sets of squats with calf raise, 20 reps of shoulder flys, 20 44lb kettle bell swings.. Maybe more, I don't keep an exact count. It's enough to do some work but not enough to get sore.

Then 1 day a week, this week it will be tuesday, I'll do a 300 workout. I'm going to do 50 185lb deadlifts, 50 push ups, 50 pull ups, 50 135 bent over rows, 50 one arm squat presses (25 each arm), and 50 rotating med ball wall throws (25 left 25 right). I'll finish with 2 or 3 1000m sprints on the rower. I will change out the exercises but during the season I try not to go too heavy I just try to get faster. The above workout I've been able to finish in around an hour.

My gains come from that 1 explosive workout but depending on my interests at the time I may swim more, road/mountain bike, or roll some Jui Jitsu, that's good for me because it satisfies my desire to fight but I don't worry about hurting my hands, although you need to avoid the gym mat heroes that try to snap you're joints and win practice.

I probably don't stretch as much as I should, I'm actually probably going to go see a sports physio and just let him bend me and hurt me as much as he can, I def. need to limber up.