[mrodock]

There is a huge difference between working out as a bodybuilder and a powerlifter. Incidentally, a powerlifter (with low body fat percentage) may not look all that much different from a bodybuilder. However, the adaptations that have been made in their physiology are tremendously different. The powerlifter can accelerate quickly, whereas a bodybuilder can lift a lot of weight (most often slowly). Lifting weight slowly will not likely improve a person's clubhead speed much, if it all. If you want to improve speed, you need to re-educate your nervous system to move quickly. I would be extremely surprised if the speedchain isn't very effective in assisting this re-education and muscular adaptation. My brother is 6'1" 130 pounds and hits the ball over 300 yards on a solid shot. If he trained like a powerlifter for a period of time and ate properly he would start to look more like the guy pictured on the website and would probably be competitive on the national long drive circuit. My brother is blessed with a higher proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers. A bodybuilder could potentially hit the ball a tremendous distance, but it would also be as a result of having a high proportion of fast-twitch muscle fibers in spite of an exercise program that would tend to decrease the number of fast-twitch muscle fibers.

One exercise physiologist broke down the type of demands that are placed on athletes in a variety of sports as according to: speed, speed strength, maximum strength, endurance, etc. Golf was 95% speed according to the author. So don't be surprised when your swing speed stays the same or decreases a bit after an extended program with weighted clubs.

Matt