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thefuture37
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I guess u didnt understand the pot/kettle...
I've watched Zuback in person, and have seen his flexibility firsthand. No, having layers of muscle do not inhibit his flexibility. And I've seen a lot of flexible bodybulders, so that is too narrow a generalization to be valid as stated.
Zuback also is not a bodybuilder. His training was in powerlifting; so he is actually in the strong category. And while I can't defitively say that he hasn't used performance enhancing drugs, I really find it extremely narrowminded to say that he couldn't get where he is physically with out them. There are people who are genetically gifted enough to be able to put on a great deal of muscle, and disciplined enough to lean out. Why is it that many times when somebody sees a big, strong guy, especially if he is fairly well defined, that that guy is on steroids?
One other point about Zuback and the MMA fighter. Why wouldn't they be a good comparison, regarding the effect of muscularity on flexibility? They're close to the same size.
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thefuture37
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Power lifter vs fighter...its not that difficult to see the difference. How many MMA fighters look like zuback? BTW, if u think steroids/drugs aren't a BIG part of pro longdriving then you probably believe Clemens only took lidocaine and "B12" also.
The MMA fighter in the video, for one. Besides that, the issue was one of muscle size and flexibility, wasn't it? The guy in the video was both heavily muscled and highly flexible, and he and Zuback are, again, similar in size.
I never said that. What I was saying is that it was highly presumptive to assume that Zuback could only look the way that he did by using performance enhancing drugs. That said, unless you have some kind of inside info, then you're assuming a lot about the longdrive community. Contrary to the popular belief of little people everywhere, you don't need steroids to be big and strong (unless you need steroids to be big and strong). If you've ever been to a long drive competition, you'd see some big guys, but that's not everybody. All you had to do was watch the finals. Of all the guys hitting, only 1 guy was unusually large. Everybody else looked like regular guys you'd see walking down the street. Even Zuback dosen't look as "impressive" in person as he doesn on those photos (where he's flexing, with good lighting, may having done some pushups to get a pump ahead of time).
I recently watched a dvd of a seminar conducted by biomechanist Chris Welch, who has been working recently with Zuback. In it, he discussed how they are trying to improve his kinetic linking to add more angular force into his motion. He obviously generates an incredible amount of linear and shear forces and they believe that the addition of more angular force will allow him to hit the ball even further. Chris also talks about how much "earlier" he releases the angle between the left arm and clubshaft (sweep release) compared to several other long drive champions who generate more angular force and delay the release a bit longer. It was an interesting perspective coming from someone who does not teach the mechanics of the golf swing per se.
He was going for ball speed so possibly a combination of less loft and longer shaft. I watched LD Art Sellinger in an exhibition trying to make a long carry over a ditch. He kept going back to the bag until one noticeably longer club was left and made it on the first ball. He told me it had 6* of loft. This was before ProV1/Strata days.
dashfan87
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insert shaft joke here....
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