[tongzilla]

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You may be right. If so... many of the old timers were/are wrong!!

For years, many if not most tour players, would not go near a swimming pool.

The push up thing I think has been around for a long time... you are probably correct on this, but they probably should not be done to the extreme.

I agree, if one stays reasonably flexible... WEIGHT LIFTING should be OK. I heard from Hank Haney that Tiger benches about 200lbs.-- for repetition

The bowling thing I heard from the head of the KMX Lab. Someone asked him what would probably be the worst sport for golf. He said probably "bowling". I guess, because it involves an unstable lead foot(sliding), and it is on a different plane than golf. Forward rather than lateral motion.

Yoga... I heard from this same fellow. Certain poses he says are detrimental to golf. If a person is fairly rigid, and needs some more flexibility... probably OK. He said something like, "golf is a stability sport."

He says that many people are working out now, and this will probably help their health, but may not necessarily help their golf... may even be somewhat harmful in some cases when the wrong things are emphasized.

It is a ridiculous idea to suggest that the more flexible you are the less ability you have to be stable. Stability is about how you balance forces and shouldn't be mixed up with your range of motion. Let’s say we have an experienced Yoga practitioner who's very flexible. However, his golf stroke is unstable. Does that mean he should stop doing yoga, and become less flexible, which would increase his stability? Of course not! His lack of balance is not because he's "over-flexible". It's because he has a poor sense of balance and force.

And his argument against bowling is the most idiotic thing I've ever heard. It's based on the logic -- "activity y does not require sliding/lateral (or whatever) motion but activity x does require it. Therefore activity x is detrimental to activity y". So is walking detrimental to golf? Does that mean dancing is detrimental to golf? Complete baloney.

Sorry if I sound over emotional...gotta let some steam out