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Working out and general fitness
- Thread starter RobA
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I have always worked out. Disc Golf alone, for me anyway, is terrible exercise. Just enough to make you tired enough to not actually go exercise and not enough to actually contribute to fitness.
I would disagree with this. You can easily make DG more of an exercise for training purposes. Throwing a ton of shots in the field and doing things like 360 run ups most certainly will contribute to overall fitness. Not to mention playing some of the hilly courses which we have here that you get a great work out just walking and throwing discs.
I had a routine, mostly Yoga, but since we just bought a house it's gotten away from me. I need to get back into it. When doing Yoga daily I was throwing 20-50' further on average and I was shooting about 2-4 strokes lower.
tonyroberts
Par Member
Had a gym membership and went faithfully until I discovered disc golf. The choice became disc golf or gym? Disc golf always won, so I gave up the gym membership.
4ormal
Birdie Member
I run 4 miles a day. In the morning and evening I will do 50 push ups, 50 curls, 50 squats, 50 crunches, 50 calf raises and I also do regular stretching. Whenever I get a chance I ride my bicycle instead of car. I've seen a big increases in my distance and the smoothness of my form by exercising my core.
I'm trying real hard not to talk down to people posting here, but I also find it highly amusing to see what people consider "fitness" or "working out". Running 4 miles a day is straight up no joke, however. Much respect for that.
As for myself, I do 40-80 minutes of HIIT Cardio per day, usually on the treadmill or stairmaster. I prefer fasted cardio in the mornings. Anectodatally, it burns fat better, but all in all it just makes me feel better. 5 days a week I break that up with some in the morning and the rest after weight training. 5 days a week I also swim a minimum of 500 meters, with a maximum of 1000 meters.
Directly following work, 5 days per week, I weight train for 45-70 minutes. There is no reason to lift any longer than that. Cardio is far more important. I won't list my entire weight training regimen here (because disc golfers, by and large, don't give two ****s about weight training) but it is extensive. I didn't get the nickname "Big Country" because I'm a small guy.
How does it apply to disc golf? It doesn't. My exercise schedule has not helped my be a better disc golfer. Disc golfers are laid back folk so I don't even get the advantage of the intimidation factor.
The best routine, if one were to train specifically for disc golf, would be a combination of aerobic cardio, yoga, pilates and extensive core, shoulder and leg work, to include weight training. Stretching would be a must (aside from yoga and pilates.) Swimming is also a great way to work on your cardio while staying powerful yet limber.
As for myself, I do 40-80 minutes of HIIT Cardio per day, usually on the treadmill or stairmaster. I prefer fasted cardio in the mornings. Anectodatally, it burns fat better, but all in all it just makes me feel better. 5 days a week I break that up with some in the morning and the rest after weight training. 5 days a week I also swim a minimum of 500 meters, with a maximum of 1000 meters.
Directly following work, 5 days per week, I weight train for 45-70 minutes. There is no reason to lift any longer than that. Cardio is far more important. I won't list my entire weight training regimen here (because disc golfers, by and large, don't give two ****s about weight training) but it is extensive. I didn't get the nickname "Big Country" because I'm a small guy.
How does it apply to disc golf? It doesn't. My exercise schedule has not helped my be a better disc golfer. Disc golfers are laid back folk so I don't even get the advantage of the intimidation factor.
The best routine, if one were to train specifically for disc golf, would be a combination of aerobic cardio, yoga, pilates and extensive core, shoulder and leg work, to include weight training. Stretching would be a must (aside from yoga and pilates.) Swimming is also a great way to work on your cardio while staying powerful yet limber.
torihanus
Par Member
One of the main reasons why I enjoy disc golf so much is because it isn't a strenuous sport. I have chronic pain issues from playing soccer most of my life, so many exercises like running are hard for me.
I walk on an average 4 miles a day, leisurely. I try to stretch twice a day too. I do enjoy mountain biking, but it is hard on my body. During the winter months when I'm not snowshoeing or skiing, my boyfriend and I play racquetball twice a week.
I walk on an average 4 miles a day, leisurely. I try to stretch twice a day too. I do enjoy mountain biking, but it is hard on my body. During the winter months when I'm not snowshoeing or skiing, my boyfriend and I play racquetball twice a week.
It seems that a lot of the younger guys coming up are big into fitness and working out. Sounds like you are pretty hard core. I am not a body builder by any means, more do it to stay in shape and maintain what I have. Like my buddy says "My goal in working out is to not get any fatter or any weaker."
For me, I find any form of cross training helps. I get in a rut if all I do is play rounds or throw in the field. Not to mention injury prevention, especially as I near grand-master level.
My choices are to accept aging and play fewer, or less intense rounds, or to work out, do the right things, and play at the level I want to play at.
I played a lot of racquetball before I started playing disc golf. It is great exercise.
Andy, with all due respect, I would have to ask you what it is that you are training for, or what is it that you are attempting to accomplish with a regimen such as listed?
When is your body getting the time to recover, especially from your resistance training, doing it 2x a day (5+ days a week?) in may cases, and usually 45-70 minute sessions?? .. and then piling on all the use of those muscles and connective tissue for your 'endurance' cardio activities while they are in a 'tore down'/recovery mode/condition ...
Unless you are training for competition of some sort, you are severely overtraining ... and even then you need periods of time off for the body to realize the benefit of such an extensive program ...
The whole reason for doing HIIT is to accomplish the same results as slow go/steady pace cardio work in a much shorter period (while shortening the bodies cardiovascular recuperation capabilities)... 40-80 minutes of HIIT is something generally not suggested ... 20 minutes of HIIT (done properly) is comparable (actually more beneficial) than 40-80 minutes of steady pace activity, and any more, usually considered excessive ..
You failed. :|
This is exactly why I like skipping rope, and mixing in some heavy bag and speed bag work - for 20 - 25 minutes. Great low impact, high intensity work, and fun also.
Hardcore? Are you kidding? I barely meet what the Surgeon General advises for daily activity. America has become a sedentary nation, and a lot of that is people saying someone like myself, who is essentially doing the bare minimum, is "hardcore."
That's another reason I've scoffed at the idea of disc golf as exercise. For me, it's a neat hobby, but I don't see how it improves my fitness. Of course, it's much better than sitting on the couch. And for someone who is impaired, walking around for 18 holes while using basically all their muscles is good. Very low impact. No cardio. No joint impact. I.e. not real exercise, per se.
For pro disc golfers, Paul McBeth and Ricky Wysocki were both baseball players, so working out was probably part of their routine already. David Wiggins, Jr. Is a hoss, a brick ****house, and has posted some of his routines online. I know Shusterick mentioned cross country running in some interview a few years back...don't know if he still does it but just by looking at his lean and tones physique, and the way he moves, I assume he does something still. Joe Rovere, another Innova pro, looks like he could be an Ironman Triathelete. Just from looks you'd almost not believe his chosen sport is disc golf.
So clearly exercise is beneficial. My exercise sure isn't though. Which is fine, because dispite my many posts on these forums, disc golf is a really small part of my life. But if you're looking to compete, or even just to prevent injuries, pilates and yoga are a great start. Running never hurts, either. If America could come around to how intense good yoga really is, I think it'd open a lot of eyes.
Typing this on my phone, so the quote got screwed up. But you seriously misread my post. I don't do resistence training more than five days a week and I don't do it twice a day. Perhaps re-read what I posted. Clearly, you are knowledgable about fitness, so I won't get into it any more. But at 32, I have no injuries, am in some of the best shape of my life, and have a full-time career as an Army Infantryman. If I was truly overtraining, little to none of that would be possible.
BTW the reccomended daily activity for vigorous and moderate activity is only slightly below what I do.
ummm, OK. Not sure how to answer any of this as it seems off topic.
My question was specifically what do you do to help with your disc golf game. You could have just answered "nothing" and it would have been spot on.
That back story fills in the gaps, now I understand where you are coming from. I don't believe the intensity of your regimen is recommended at all by anybody for the average person, but it makes sense for an infantryman.
Ha, so good
JNichols
Smelling the Shame
I, myself, think that core and back strength play a Huge part in this game. The more I lose my Uni-Ab and back pain, the better I do on the course. Just me though....
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