Category: Golf Fitness
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15/8 Kettlebell Workout
Lately I been incorporating a mixture of powerful Kettlebell exercises with heavier lifts into my workout routine. The Kettlebells have quickly become my new best friend seeing as how they get my heart rate up, drive me crazy with the difficulty level and attack my stability issue unlike anything else ever has. When you combine…
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My Top 5 Favorite Exercises to Improve Your Movement!
Yesterday I posted a gentle reminder about the importance of doing mobility and movement work as part of your fitness plan. But what does that really mean? Is it as simple as stretching or do you need to sign up for a dance class and start getting your twerk on? The answer is always complicated…
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Pick up heavy things and you’ll build strength and endurance!
That was the theme of today’s workout and let me tell you, it delivered! It’s a magical world when you realize that you can accomplish both strength and endurance in one workout. The recipe is simple: lift heavy objects (appropriate for your ability of course), move them around by pushing and pulling, and do it…
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The exercise I hate the most…..
I’ve written about it on here before, and I will keep saying it…..I hate burpees! Over the years I have realized that it is almost impossible for people to do them correctly and the risk/reward just doesn’t add up. Most importantly, as a golfer, the impact on the wrists definitely makes this exercise a no…
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A great way to wake the body up
The alarm goes off at 5am and every ounce of your just wants to stay in bed. But getting the body moving and functioning is vital to reducing injury and getting the mind set for the day. This is a quick bodyweight circuit you can do first thing to help get the ball rolling! 5…
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Your body isn’t symmetrical, so why train like it is?
When you work in the world of golf performance, you commit to a life of training athletes that are always fighting the battle of asymmetry. Here’s the deal, you swing a golf club at a rapid rate of speed in one direction. You also do most things primarily with one side of your body to…
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Moderate Intensity Cardio we still love you
In a world of intervals, HIIT and tabatas, there still lives the land of moderate intensity cardio. Buy this I mean any workout that maintains a heart rate most likely somewhere between 120-135bpm. Something like running, walking fast, biking, rollerblading, or in this case, lifting weights! Yes, you can actually do a workout with some…
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Push, Pull and Drive: Using a sled to create power and an efficient workout
I’m always in search of the best ways to improve performance while being efficient. Let’s be real, most of us do not have the time to spend hours in the gym each week and who really wants to do that anyway? I spend almost 80 hours a week in the gym and even I can’t…
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Tall Kneeling Bottoms Up Kettlebell Shoulder Press……let’s just call it awesome!
I had a lot of questions after my workout post from yesterday about the shoulder press exercise I included in the circuit. So I thought today I would take the opportunity to expand upon the insane benefits of this exercise and how it came to be in my office. Where did it come from? Meghan…
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