Category: Activation
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Warm Up Wednesday: Activate that core!
I get this questions a lot: “If you could choose one exercise to engage your core before a round of golf, what would it be?” Leg Drops!! The single greatest exercise of the century guaranteed to get the body firing on all cylinders and ready to hit the golf ball a mile! Some keys to…
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Awesome exercise alert!
I love the mini bands, they are my go to torture device when it comes to singling out the glutes and feeling the burn. But lately, I have become an even bigger fan of using them a completely different way. Here is one of my favorite exercises for addressing ankle and hip stability, glute activation,…
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Sometimes a little “golfish” is what you need!
I’m a big believer that it’s important to address all modalities of the body, not just focus on one specific motion in training. And these days, I feel like so many trainers are in a rush to mimic the golf swing in a workout or assume that because it looks like a golf swing, it…
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T-Spine and Activation, what my golf swing needed today
I headed out to the range today for a quick practice session, and only found frustration. It’s amazing how 5 days of being sick has lead to my body feeling weak, disconnected and lacking activation. This resulted in most of my practice session being spent with wedges and half swings to sync everything back up.…
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Get after those glutes!
Working the glutes with heavy weights and awesome exercises like lunges, squats and deadlifts is awesome. But sometimes you need to take a step back and single them out. Clam shells are a pretty universal exercise for working on the glute medius and minimus. I mostly like using them when I have a client who…
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The best laid plans…..
The alarm went off, in theory I was ready to hit another hard workout today. But, my body told me otherwise. In years past I would have probably worked out even though I was feeling sick, but since I need to be focused and feeling well on the golf course, the workout just didn’t happen…
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Post flight mobility drills!
I’m still have trouble comprehending where I am tonight…..or just the fact that I’m currently 2 miles from Augusta National. How on earth am I going to sleep tonight knowing that I get to step foot on a golf course that I have spent almost my entire life watching and dreaming of. In preparation for…
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One of my favorites…..
Only one more day left here in paradise, so in honor of this glorious weather here is one of my favorite exercises I just happened to film at the top of Kokohead Crater this past January. I’s and Y’s The goal of this exercise is not just to engage the mid and lower trap muscles,…
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Aloha from Maui!
It’s been a long day of travel that required an enormous amount of patience and deep breathes. But we made it to paradise and get to spend the next 5 days here playing in University of Hawaii’s Tournament at the Kapalua Bay Course! In honor of my return to the Hawaiian Islands for the second…
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