Category: Stability
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Some Saturday evening stability work
I played golf at the crack of dawn this morning. It was so early, even the dew wasn’t ready to be swept. The tournament I am playing in is the West Seattle Amateur, and it is by far one of my favorite events of the year. I’m using it this time around as a warm…
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A fun plank variation to finish your workout
Remember that song and dance from Kindergarten, “head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes!”. Well, today’s plank variation is using a little inspiration from that song to sequence through a focus on shoulder stability as well as hip mobility. Start with a solid plank position, neutral spine and wrists under shoulders. I like…
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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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Some thoughts on Ground Force
The ground: I train everyday to use it, but how the heck does one translate it into a golf swing? That is the question of the day! This afternoon I set out to play some golf at my old stomping grounds, Carnation Golf Course. I threw the peg in the ground and swung away, only…
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Warm up Wednesday: Firing up those shoulders
We’re continuing on with the theme of building stability that we talked about on Monday. Creating structure around mobile joints is so so important to support the best and most efficient motion. Stability in the shoulder joint is essential to my golf swing and my workouts. Gray Cook discusses in his article “Expanding the Joint by…
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Monday Rehab: Fixing my foot!
Today I shared on Instagram a little insight into my own personal treatment regiment. My process today was particularly different because I had a flare up of a foot injury over the weekend that I thought I left in the past! Imagine if someone took a knife and jammed it in to the side of…
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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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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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