Bowling Digest

Get fit to bowl, but don't have a fit: getting in shape for bowling--or maintaining your bowling fitness--isn't easy, but it's easier than you think. (A pro's approach)(Cover Story).

Bowling Digest | December 1, 2001 | Copyright

IT SEEMS AN ABSURD NOTION TO have to dispel nowadays, but pro bowlers aren't the beer-bellied guys you still see in movies and commercials. But we're also not massive bench-pressers. In fact, you might even think I'm the last guy who'd be writing about fitness. Isn't that reserved for all those hulky people we see on infomercials?

Don't get me wrong: Bowlers are athletes. We're strong, but it's endurance strength. We don't need to hit a baseball 400 feet or kick a football 60 yards. Our lanes are consistent. Houses are similar. Throwing harder, with more strength, won't…

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