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splitcity

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bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« on: August 15, 2003, 04:24:34 AM »
i have been bowling for about 7 years. in the seven years i also hit the weights 4-5 days a week. i really love both. i am 6'1'' 225 lbs and i average 203 in bowling. 25 years old and i bowl once a week. i really want to bulk up even more and am considering serious bodybuilding too. my concern is at a bulkier size say 250-260 that it may hinder my bowling game. anyone out there do them together? i love them both and dont want to sacrifice a hinderace in either area. i am beginning to feel out of place in a bowling alley with shaved legs and arms and i feel like a cat in a dog house. most bowlers around here smoke cigars and have dickie doo disease. i would love to see more muscle in the alley!
lets face it... this isnt deadlifting or picking up women.. its BOWLING!!!! Stop acting tough when you roll 4 strikes in a row!!!

 

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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2003, 07:31:43 PM »
Interesting that you should post this...  my website is about to launch a fitness program for bowlers.  Targets mainly increasing stamina and strength, rather than bulking up.  

You might want to check out the site in the very near future.  We already have the workout program, just needing to spruce up the content to make it a little more people friendly.

You can contact me if you have any questions.

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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #2 on: August 15, 2003, 09:34:29 PM »
I've been lifting for about 9 years and just got back into bowling.  I play alot of sports and lifting has helped me in every one of them, including bowling.  Even if you have the best free arm swing in the game, leg strength is still very important.  If you look at some of the pros, you don't have to be huge and ripped to be a great bowler, but there are huge and ripped great bowlers.  What I'm saying is that you can do both, love both, and be good at both - or you can be extremely skinny and be a good bowler.  Don't let "dogs" get to you, just have fun and be large.  I know I don't plan on giving up either anytime soon.  I don't know about the shaved legs part though

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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #3 on: August 15, 2003, 11:38:21 PM »
Check out Jeff Brigg's Bowling Specific Training Manual.

http://webpages.charter.net/bowlfit/manual/
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splitcity

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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #4 on: August 16, 2003, 11:11:54 AM »
i am genetically predisposed and capable. i put on 20 lbs in the last 15 months and bf% is still only 9%. many guys can put on 30 pounds of muscle in a year or 2 most of em juice though, but thats another story.so it does and will occur. also ever heard of training 1 bodypart per day? like monday- chest, tue- delts -wed- legs thur- back and fri-arms? not overtraining. i have degrees too. and 10 years of exp. that is not overtraining and it is high intensity. and i dont care much for jones theory. read the arnold encyclopedia, and by the way ferrigno was 325 not 270.he may be now but not when he was at his biggest.  reason i posted this was to see if anyone else worked out this way got big and ripped and still was able to bowl with the flexibility and limberness required. no offense taken, im sure you have 18" guns.
lets face it... this isnt deadlifting or picking up women.. its BOWLING!!!! Stop acting tough when you roll 4 strikes in a row!!!

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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2003, 08:59:24 AM »
I bowled with a guy that was real good and competed in local contests.

Had about 31 inch thighs. He could really bowl but every once in a while he would hit one of those guys going back and throw a bad one.

I would say it was about 15 pins off of his average which stood at 210.

Real good bowler but saw him loose a couple of decent money finals when this problem would pop up.

REgards,

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PS Bob????  One of the top bowlers on the Senior tour is marginally bulked up and claims an advantage.  I also am and find the strength an advantage but I would not get my thighs to contest size if I wanted to maximize my bowling.
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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2003, 09:56:15 AM »
FLEXABILTY, FLEXIBLE, FLEX.. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN YOUR BOWLING YOU MUST STRETCH BEFORE YOU BOWL. HAMS, QUADS YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE. I WOULD SAY 99% OF BOWLERS DO NOT STRETCH BEFORE THEY BOWL. THEY FEEL THE 5 MINUTE WARMUP IS GOOD ENOUGH. I WAS AT THE MINI ELIMINATOR THIS AND SAW TIM MACK DO VARIOUS STRETCHING POSITIONS TO LOOSEN UP. IT MAKES VERY GOOD SENSE BECAUSE WE ARE ATHELETES.  GOOD LUCK
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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2003, 11:03:22 AM »
When Lou did Pumping iron he was 270.
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Re: bodybuilding, bulking up and bowling
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2003, 12:40:51 PM »
Splitcity,

Over the past 8 months I have bulked up and taken my bodyfat down to 10%.  In bowling I have a tendency to muscle the ball to my backswing which creates all kinds of problems.  I don't think continuing to bulk up even more will hurt my bowling game, but I need to relax my biceps before bowling (stretching exercises).  If you can add another 25 to 30lbs of lean muscle do it.


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