Category: Warm Up Wednesday
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Warm Up Wednesday: TKD Edition
Today marked the end of #200kicksaday in the month of May! And since it is Warm Up Wednesday, I figured I would share with you one of my express routines I use when I need to get everything running on all cylinders in a hurry, particularly for kicking. Some of the moves are out of…
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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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Warm Up Wednesday: So easy you can do these in your jeans!
Today I’m sharing with you a few of my go to warm up exercises for both the gym and the golf course (although these are a little tough to do on the actual course). The nice part with both of these is that they address several areas of mobility and stability at the same time.…
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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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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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Warm Up Wednesday: How to kick off a workout the right way!
The past few months we’ve talked warm up exercises every week, ones that will work on the golf course and some that will get your body ready in the gym….most actually accomplished both! For me though, getting the body ready for activity requires more than just a few exercises. It requires some awesome tunes!! Here…
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Warm Up Wednesday: Challenge your balance!
Is it Friday yet? I just sat down for the first time in three days if I don’t count the hour and a half commute home on Monday night. This week has been crazy between new golfers coming in, problem solving knee pain, helping some of my junior golfers plan out their workout schedules around…
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Warm Up Wednesday: Step, Squat, Extend
Keeping with the theme from Monday Rehab of combining multiple movements, today I’m going to show you a great warm up exercise that does the same! This one focuses on opening up the pelvis and hips, stabilizing the shoulders, thoracic extension, dorsiflexion, and all around deep squat awesomeness! And there are so many ways to…
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Warm up Wednesday: Push it!
A few weeks ago I posted a great glute activation exercise to use as a warm up called the Lateral Wall Push, and today’s is a follow up on that. So bust out your Salt N Pepa and let’s push it real good! The Backward Wall Push A Few Keys: I personally have to stretch…
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