Category: Golf Fitness
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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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Warm Up Wednesday: The Uneven Farmer Carry
Sometimes preparing the body for activity is not always about mobility. Yes, leg swings and arm circles are great, but what about stoking the stability fire??? Today I bring you an exercise that most of us do in our daily life without even realizing it. The purpose, to engage and challenge those stabilizers! The Farmer…
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If you want to accelerate, you better be able to put on the brakes!
Today’s post is all about developing the ability to create power, and control it! An essential part of the golf swing is the transfer of energy. You have to create speed and through a process of one part of the body slowing down, it transfers the speed to another part of your body. That means…
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Monday Rehab: How to Fix Tiger Woods
Yes, I know how to fix Tiger and get him back to playing his best golf ever!………well, not really, but I figured I would jump on the bandwagon today since everyone else seems to know what he needs to do! Tiger has been the subject of much talk today on Golf Channel, Good Morning America…
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A little Sunday warm up
One of my favorite ways to get my body ready to move in a hurry is this little number! Lunge Reach and Pushup Step back in to an awesome reverse lunge focusing on hip/knee alignment, keeping the pelvis in a posterior tilt to actively stretch the hip flexors and keeping your chest tall Reach for…
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Golf Ball Balance Drill
Looking for a fun balance exercise that you can do while watching TV tonight? This is one of my favorites, and as an added bonus it helps reinforce and challenge your internal/external hip rotation! And yes, I’m listening to Taylor Dayne, it just felt like an 80’s kind of night around here. Hope you all…
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Warm Up Wednesday: Golfletica Flow
I have become a huge fan of doing a flow series as part of my warm up over the past few years. The beauty of a flow is that you can connect so many movements together and the end result is a body that feels activated and ready for anything. Here are a few of…
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Monday Rehab: Weighted Golf Swings
Last week I included weighted or resisted golf swings as one of my top 5 dumbest exercises ever……but really this one could be the dumbest exercise of all time! Why you ask? Well, this opens up Pandora’s box into the world of sports specific training. If you want to find a subject that gets me…
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