Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Working out and sports?

bweekley
bweekley
Posts: 4
Joined: 2003/01/28
United States
2003/02/07, 11:18 PM
This may sound weird but lifting weights and playing in sports is not good to do on the same day, heck, one year I tried to strengthen up to play better and I wound up playing worse in softball. Check out these stats, when I worked out and lifted weights in prep for softball season I hit only 2 dingers, last year I did nothing before the season and hit 19 dingers!
Can someone give me some info or explination on this?
mackfactor
mackfactor
Posts: 766
Joined: 2002/10/17
United States
2003/02/14, 02:44 PM
That's why pro atheletes do the bulk of their training in the off season. Most do only maintenence workouts during the season to optimize performance.

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Jake13
Jake13
Posts: 27
Joined: 2003/01/28
Canada
2003/02/15, 11:23 AM
I can't wait for Softball season. I bulked up allot over the off season and plan on statin on my same diet while playing but really start to work my cardio. My upper body stregth has grown allot so I'm goin for 20 dinger this year instead of 15.

Jake