I am a pool player also and I’d bet that your throw will be off as well.

OneMoonCircles

I have been lifting weights all my life. The increased muscle tone and co-ordination you will get from weight lifting will be helpful to you in the long run. Even golfers are lifting in today’s sports world.

The caveat to a weight lifter is this: Do not, for example do an arms day in the morning and then head to the tables right after your workout. Depending on your age, you should not be lifting weights everyday anyway. There will be a natural recovery period of up to 72 hours. If your muscles are palpably sore after that, you are overtraining. I go ahead and practice even on a lifting day. I"ve found that if I wait a few hours before practicing, after a workout, I’ll be able to have a meaningful practice. The first two or three practice throws may be a little aggressive, but you can settle in and adjust. When I go to the casinos, I do not lift weights for the 2 day period before the day I am traveling to the venue. I do not lift weights while I am in a live play environment. I have continued my weight training right through my GTC adventures, and there is no downside. If you are new to weight training, be sure to learn how to warm up and what your limits are. If you injure a hand, wrist, shoulder, etc., that will impact your game. Don’t use the fear of being ‘off’ due to weight training as an excuse to continue risking your good health by being overweight. Good luck.

Alamo

Well put Alamo, I concur.

Catch you later!

great input alamo, thanks. will be sure to not lift days before going to a casino. i’m still moderately young, young enough that it’s still the thing to do to hit the gym. I aim to drop 50lbs of fat by july. LOL. gotta stick to a clean diet. okay, thanks guys.

I lift and have all my life. I do cardio as well. Doesn’t seem to be a problem with me ….

Dominator

Standing at a craps table and throwing the dice is a physical activity and any type of conditioning including lifting weights will only make you better at it.

"Dominator" wrote: I lift and have all my life. I do cardio as well. Doesn’t seem to be a problem with me ….

Dominator

But as AlamoTx alluded to, if you overlift the results might be surprising.

Let us say you do your normal set of reps at X# 10 reps, 3 rounds.

Now for some reason you wish to push and today you do your normal routine, but you do it with X# plus 50%.

Now do your normal dice session and see if there is a difference!

Just wondering.

"Stealthman" wrote: [quote="Dominator"]I lift and have all my life. I do cardio as well. Doesn’t seem to be a problem with me ….

Dominator

But as AlamoTx alluded to, if you overlift the results might be surprising.

Let us say you do your normal set of reps at X# 10 reps, 3 rounds.

Now for some reason you wish to push and today you do your normal routine, but you do it with X# plus 50%.

Now do your normal dice session and see if there is a difference!

Just wondering.

I have pushed myself that way, and honestly, I don’t see a difference in my throws. I actually like the effect of the pushing.

Dominator

One important aspect of lifting weights is flexibility. When you finish you work out it is vital that you stretch out to remain flexable. If you are doing bench presses you should then do a reverse push-up to stretch out your pecks, this will keep the flexibility.

Flexibility is important when you are tossing the dice, we want to be firm but not tight when the dice are being put into motion.