Is gym really needed for bowling fast?

[MechEng]

Looking at how frequently Bumrah breaks down, a part of me thinks that too much lean muscle is causing fatigues and injuries.

 

Look at Malcolm Marshall and Andy Roberts, they did not have massive forearms and shoulders, regular healthy physiques and they bowled at tez raftaar....

 

Brett Lee, Shane Bond, Dale steyn and Shoaib Akhtar did look ripped or buffed but apart from them all phaasst bowlers had normal physiques.

 

Now time to come out of Kohli's crazy fitness standards and just enjoy your bowling.

[rkt.india]

Bumrah is hardly a gym guy.

[rkt.india]

Lee, bond, Steyn were also not gym guys.

[singhvivek141]

Gym is needed for muscle strengthening and development, which has a support role in the overall betterment of the fitness.
Problem is when people start going overboard with it, as it increases the stiffness and hence upscales the chances of injury.

[IndianRenegade]

Bumrah’s issue is more to do with his action no?

[Clarke]

bwah, why ask when you know the answer.

 

[Vilander]

4 hours ago, MechEng said:

Brett Lee, Shane Bond, Dale steyn and Shoaib Akhtar did look ripped or buffed

[Vilander]

Op is probably a typical western indian midget... 

[express bowling]

Bumrah has had just 3 injuries in his almost 7 year old career. Pretty standard for a pacer. 

 

Many pacers have had much more frequent injuries. 

Edited October 19, 2022 by express bowling

[express bowling]

Most pacers of yesteryears, who have had long and successful careers, say that the most important thing is to bowl in lots of actual matches. 

 

Nowadays, pacers rest a bit too much. 

Edited October 19, 2022 by express bowling

[BacktoCricaddict]

4 hours ago, express bowling said:

Bumrah has had just 3 injuries in his almost 7 year old career. Pretty standard for a pacer. 

 

Many pacers have had much more frequent injuries. 

They just seem to show up at the most inopportune times - but then again, it's probably because he is so good, there is no "good" time for him to get hurt.

[MechEng]

6 hours ago, Vilander said:

Op is probably a typical western indian midget... 

 

 You must be a brawny guy with an iq of 2

[MechEng]

4 hours ago, express bowling said:

Most pacers of yesteryears, who have had long and successful careers, say that the most important thing is to bowl in lots of actual matches. 

 

Nowadays, pacers rest a bit too much. 

 

Absolutely wrong. Pacers of yesteryear didn't play insane amount of cricket in a year like they do now.

[MechEng]

4 hours ago, express bowling said:

Bumrah has had just 3 injuries in his almost 7 year old career. Pretty standard for a pacer. 

 

Many pacers have had much more frequent injuries. 

 

Two stress fractures already where one is enough to end careers. Waqar was never the same bowler after his first stress fracture.

[MechEng]

6 hours ago, IndianRenegade said:

 

6 hours ago, singhvivek141 said:

Gym is needed for muscle strengthening and development, which has a support role in the overall betterment of the fitness.
Problem is when people start going overboard with it, as it increases the stiffness and hence upscales the chances of injury.

 

 

Do you think Malcolm Marshall did deadlifts or bench press to bowl phaassst??

 

 

Edited October 19, 2022 by MechEng

[vvvslaxman]

10 hours ago, MechEng said:

Looking at how frequently Bumrah breaks down, a part of me thinks that too much lean muscle is causing fatigues and injuries.

 

Look at Malcolm Marshall and Andy Roberts, they did not have massive forearms and shoulders, regular healthy physiques and they bowled at tez raftaar....

 

Brett Lee, Shane Bond, Dale steyn and Shoaib Akhtar did look ripped or buffed but apart from them all phaasst bowlers had normal physiques.

 

Now time to come out of Kohli's crazy fitness standards and just enjoy your bowling.

 

 

Brett Lee is one of the main "anti gym" guy.They just look athletic. THey don't look buffed

 

 

 

[Vilander]

17 minutes ago, MechEng said:

 

 You must be a brawny guy with an iq of 2

so confirmed you are a 5 foot midget malnourishment specimen hehe, don’t worry you can play badminton 

[express bowling]

1 hour ago, MechEng said:

 

Absolutely wrong. Pacers of yesteryear didn't play insane amount of cricket in a year like they do now.

 

 

 

Are you kidding me !!

 

Check.out the number of FC and List A games many of top older pacers played even after test debut.

 

For example

 

Malcolm Marshall

 

408 FC matches including tests

440 List A matches including ODIs.

 

Courtney Walsh

 

429 FC including trsts

440 List A including ODIs

 

 

Compare this with a modern fast bowler who is nearing the end of his career and has played a lot

 

 

Mitchell Starc 

 

122 FC matches including tests

136 List A matches including ODIs

118 T20s

 

 

In FC, they regularly bowled 30 to 60 overs per match.

 

A T20 can have maximum 4 overs per bowler.

 

If you calculate the number of overs bowled, the difference will be insane.

Edited October 19, 2022 by express bowling

[rkt.india]

40 minutes ago, MechEng said:

 

Two stress fractures already where one is enough to end careers. Waqar was never the same bowler after his first stress fracture.

Mitch Johnson had 4 stress fractures. Varun Aaron had 3-4 stress fractures. Umesh too had 2-3 stress fractures. Cummins and starc also had multiple stress fractures. Medical facilities and training is much better now to offset these injuries. These injuries are bound to happen for a genuine quick.

[singhvivek141]

32 minutes ago, MechEng said:

Do you think Malcolm Marshall did deadlifts or bench press to bowl phaassst??

Bowling Fast and sustaining fitness are 2 diff things.
Deepak Chahar and Bhuvi aren't fast, still they're injured or have been injured for a long time in the past. Umesh Yadav is fast but he don't get injured that often.
Bowling fast also depends on muscle movement, action and momentum to the crease, If I remeber correctly, Brett Lee's action was changed which helped him gain pace.

As I mentioned, gym aids in muscle strengthing and development, it's a part of fitness. You can replace it with desi malkhamb and pushups as well if that helps. 
However, there has been examples in the past where cricketers try to hit gym just to lift heavy weights in order to look jacked, and in result end up getting themselves injured. Irfan Pathan accepted that he injured himself while trying to lift too much weight.

I go to gym 3 days a week for weightlifting and do running/cardio for remaining 3 days to keep my body flexible enough + maintain muscle strength. It helps me maintaining my fitness levels whenever I play match for longer duration without draining myself out in sun.