The golf swing is a complex and unnatural swing for many people. Unlike tennis or baseball, where you have the luxury of moving the feet and body to position yourself tostrike the ball, the golf swing necessitates detailed attention to the sequencing of your body’smovements for best ball striking. Years of research on the optimal …
Core training has been a buzz word for decades, but many people are still not optimizing their core training due to outdated exercises or a limited understanding of what the function of our “Core” is and when and how we use it ( trick question- our core is involved in everything!). When it comes to …
I love golf……. The beautiful landscape of the course……. The mental and physical challenge of accurately hitting a teeny tiny white ball…… The camaraderie of my golf partners…… The feeling of success when you play a hole just right……. Laughing, celebrating, reminiscing about great golf shots…… I love golf……. But, at the same time, I …
Golf can be a long lasting, enjoyable recreational sport if you can stay healthy enough to play well and without pain. But many golfers find their game deteriorates with age and they often have annoying pain during or after golf. Neither of these things need to be a given. With some common sense and a …
Yes, spring is here. I think. Well, sort of….. or, maybe not quite yet….. But, there is no question it is coming soon, and we’ll all be out on the sunny, lush golf courses we love within weeks! While it is disappointing to have such a long hard winter and late spring, looking on …
I was asked by one of my clients the other day- Can I be too flexible? I suppose if she was a circus performer, maybe no, but for us regular folks- absolutely! Often, being too flexible creates more physical problems than being too tight. When the muscles, tendons and ligaments of the body do not have …
How to improve your posture, decrease chronic pain and lower your golf score! There’s an epidemic sweeping across America and it’s not the one you think. Yes, Americans are more sedentary than ever and, yes, this is leading to massive problems with obesity and the diseases related to obesity like cancer, diabetes, high blood pressure, …
Sports performance conditioning is one of the fastest growing aspects of the exercise and fitness industry. Athletes from high school age to professionals are experiencing tremendous improvement in skills and a dramatic reduction in injury rate by training their bodies with exercises that mimic the movements that are specific to their individual sport. Clearly, soccer …
Weighing in on the benefits and the risks Yoga has become the “workout fad” of the decade. Along with Pilates, it is touted as a “miracle” workout, guaranteed to lean you out, zone you out and promote all kinds of strength, while enhancing flexibility enough to make a pretzel jealous. But as fitness trainers and …
Boy, talk about double entendre! You’ve seen my previous posts about Tiger; how I personally feel he failed all of us, especially his family and himself, so I won’t go on here about that topic! To me, his apology seemed sincere, but only time will tell. So I’d like to get back to what makes …