Curtis, it seems this is a story I've posted a dozen times now so here goes a dozen +1.
I'm 6'3, was 270lbs. I started working out the week after 4th of July. Since, I'm down to 247 while taking the last 3 weeks off. I was fat and I'm still a little on the big side but I've got a big frame and like you I worked out off and on for the last 10 years. Six years ago I finally stopped working out and just let myself go.
Since I got back into working out - I like think of it as more of healthy lifestyle instead of dieting and working out. Dieting consists of eating good food in moderate proportions. Working out consists of lifting weights 2-3 times a week. Very little treadmil/cardio work simply because I HATE IT. In this time I've lost a lot of fat, 4" from around my stomach, 1" from around my chest. My pecs are coming back as are my legs. Prior to letting myself go I was 6'3 240 at 12% bodyfat. I've still got away to go. I feel and look like I've slapped on atleast 5lb's of muscle. Some call this muscle memory but whatever you want to call it my strength has almost doubled in the last 3 months.
Here's my point... After 2 months and 20lb's of weight loss I lost my swing. Not that I had a swing before but what I had was gone. It was bad. I'm just getting back to my 15 handicap. One of my buddies (a golf instructor) told me that while getting bigger and loosing weight doesn't necessarily lead to a losing one's swing but it does occasionally happen. He said that everytime I work out I should swing a club in between sets. Swing it slow and fast but swing it. I've been doing that and I think it's helping.
One of the long drive guys at my range is VERY muscular. He's somewhere around 7% bodyfat and totally ripped. He had to change his workout to 2x's a week and supplement an hour of stretching and Yoga into his daily routine. If he has a competition he won't go to the gym 2 weeks prior to the event.
Okay enough rambling for now, if you're going to workout and slap on some mass you probably need to incorporate a lot of stretching into your routine. At the very least swing a club in between your reps. Pay attention to your swing as you go through your workout regimen and as you progress.
I think the big pec thing is a myth. No doubt it has some effect but if that were the case the LPGA tour would have a bunch of double digit handicappers.
I'm 6'3, was 270lbs. I started working out the week after 4th of July. Since, I'm down to 247 while taking the last 3 weeks off. I was fat and I'm still a little on the big side but I've got a big frame and like you I worked out off and on for the last 10 years. Six years ago I finally stopped working out and just let myself go.
Since I got back into working out - I like think of it as more of healthy lifestyle instead of dieting and working out. Dieting consists of eating good food in moderate proportions. Working out consists of lifting weights 2-3 times a week. Very little treadmil/cardio work simply because I HATE IT. In this time I've lost a lot of fat, 4" from around my stomach, 1" from around my chest. My pecs are coming back as are my legs. Prior to letting myself go I was 6'3 240 at 12% bodyfat. I've still got away to go. I feel and look like I've slapped on atleast 5lb's of muscle. Some call this muscle memory but whatever you want to call it my strength has almost doubled in the last 3 months.
Here's my point... After 2 months and 20lb's of weight loss I lost my swing. Not that I had a swing before but what I had was gone. It was bad. I'm just getting back to my 15 handicap. One of my buddies (a golf instructor) told me that while getting bigger and loosing weight doesn't necessarily lead to a losing one's swing but it does occasionally happen. He said that everytime I work out I should swing a club in between sets. Swing it slow and fast but swing it. I've been doing that and I think it's helping.
One of the long drive guys at my range is VERY muscular. He's somewhere around 7% bodyfat and totally ripped. He had to change his workout to 2x's a week and supplement an hour of stretching and Yoga into his daily routine. If he has a competition he won't go to the gym 2 weeks prior to the event.
Okay enough rambling for now, if you're going to workout and slap on some mass you probably need to incorporate a lot of stretching into your routine. At the very least swing a club in between your reps. Pay attention to your swing as you go through your workout regimen and as you progress.
I think the big pec thing is a myth. No doubt it has some effect but if that were the case the LPGA tour would have a bunch of double digit handicappers.
