Category: t-spine
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A great way to work on your core stability and torso rotation
On a week like this when I will not be swinging very many golf clubs, but I have to keep my rotational patterns intact for my tournament next week, I’m always looking to incorporate a little more “golfish” in to my workouts. As part of my warm up this morning I included this fun little…
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Pre-Round Glute Activating Exercise Alert
I’m always in search of the best ways to get my body working at it’s absolute best before a round of golf. Over the years, I’ve reduced the amount of time on the range and increased the amount of time in the gym before a round. I don’t know about you, but the driving range…
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The good, the bad and the “golfish”
There is a bit of a debate in my industry when it comes to whether or not exercises that look like a golf swing are actually helpful. As with most things in life, people seem to fall somewhere on the far extremes of this conversation. But in my mind, the truth of the issue lies…
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Stop doing that, do this instead: Thoracic Spine Edition
I do my best on here to be honest with you all, and my post tonight is probably going to go a few places that will make some people out there mad. Yes, we’re going to talk about an exercise I hate but for some reason a lot of trainers in the golf world still…
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Two great TKD drills that will help your golf swing
I’ve been incorporating martial arts into my fitness routine for 6 years now……when you marry a 6th degree blackbelt in TKD, you pretty much don’t have an option other than to learn! Since golf has been my main sport most of my life, it has been fascinating learning a new skill. And one of my…
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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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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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