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Vickie: I am just under six foot and was 10 1/2 stone my normal weight that never shifts (mainly ectomorph with a touch of mesomorph) . After two weeks of weights ( 3 times a week Arms ,chest,shoulder and lats one day . Torso ie lower back and abs another and pure leg day)and eating I am up to 11 stone which is the the most heavy I have ever been. I do all the excercises you recommended bar the bicep curl. I was under the impression that you should leave the biceps alone in golf and concentrate on the triceps. Looking at my body I would say my right arm and right upper body looks a bit bigger and stronger than the left (years of playing tennis). The most useful excercise that relates to golf that I have found is using a pulley system where I attach a rope and pull down as in the start of the downswing to about half way down. The machine is also set up so that there is a pulley close to floor level and I attach the rope there and pull from a little lower than half way down to the point in the swing where both arms are straight in the follow through. Both these are done with a golf swing set up and attitude. My plan is to weight train with heavy weights to get to 12 stone then speed up the training with lower weights and more reps for power when I get there. What do you think of that plan and as a trainer how to you recommend getting both sides of my upper body balanced ? I have been thinking of slipping in a pure left side only day to take the training days up to 4. I am getting a very heavy weighted 7 iron that I will hit balls with and will do a couple of Yoga sessions on the off days. I used to do yoga and am already quite flexible.