[Matt]

EDIT: Wow. This Dual Factor Theory stuff sounds cool. I'm going to re-evaluate my workouts and see if this can help me out. I work at a school that specializes in treating obese teens and we have two personal trainers on staff. I'm going to see if they can put together a new routine for me. What I was doing sounds like it was a good pre-routine, routine. I started excercising again about 6 months ago and changed my diet as well. I've lost 35 pounds, four pant sizes and two belts. I carry my clubs for 18 and have no problem and the next day all feels good. Now maybe I can start going in a different direction. I left my original posts to show that I'm always open for learning and willing to admit that being Old Skool is sometimes foolish. Thanks, Matt.

I would first off suggest trying out a 'single factor' program. Take a good week off and then start it up. You should extract all the gains you can from this type of program before worrying about 'dual factor.' In single factor, the goal is basically to increase weight each week. Obviously at some point this isn't going to be possible but it will be for quite awhile. I have mine set up with a spreadsheet that tells me all the weights I should be using for a given week for each workout (after I input my maxes). Weeks 1-3 are lighter, I hit my given 'max' during week 4, then progress past it in the next several weeks.

Think about it: would you rather be adding weight to the bar each week or only every several weeks? Best case is every week. But for advanced lifters that won't be possible, so you have to include entire weeks where you 'de-load' your weights to allow for some dissapation of fatigue so you can keep progressing. But this is a good distance down the road for most people, myself included.

This really is great reading for people who are interested in this sort of thing. I'm a big fan of this school of thought because it not only makes good sense but so many people achieve good results. Shoot me a PM if you want some more reading material and sample programs. Be warned though that what I'm doing isn't exactly golf-specific but rather more of an overall strength-training program with 90% focus on major compound lifts and very little time spent doing 'beach' work. Naturally you can add flexibility training and whatnot to it but the original program was constructed for, shall we say, physical contact sports.