I believe in looking at motion to decipher if someone is going to have joint issues. One of the more problematic movement issues we deal with at Smith and Esch is overly tight hipflexors and quads. When the hipflexor and quads get tight, they tend to shut down the neural recruitment of the glutes and… Continue reading Spend Five Minutes With This Stretch to Improve Your Mobility
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Your System for Golf Fitness
Golfers are now becoming more educated and aware of how physically demanding the golf swing is on the body, so before you set foot on the course, it is important that you prepare your body physically especially the muscles in your body that you will need in your golf swing. Personally I believe there is… Continue reading Your System for Golf Fitness
Ignore Your Score To Shoot Lower Scores
Ok, I know this sounds like a complete contradiction, yet indulge my play on words for a few more sentences and you’ll have some new ways to improve consistency. One of the keys to playing fearless golf is by loving each moment and each new challenge. Treating each new shot as a challenge instead of… Continue reading Ignore Your Score To Shoot Lower Scores
Proper Warm Up Before the Round Saves the Day
Do you know of any sport where the athletes do not warm up before playing? Baseball players stretch and then take batting and infield practice. Basketball players stretch, then do lay ups followed by a shoot around. Ski racers stretch, then ski a few runs, then walk the course and then stretch again before the… Continue reading Proper Warm Up Before the Round Saves the Day
Why Diets Make You Fatter
Let me share something with you that not many people know. It may shock you, but I promise you that after this you will never go on a diet again. Diets restrict calories and you eat less. That’s the point. But next to no one can eat less and stay on a calorie-restricted diet forever. Therefore, any… Continue reading Why Diets Make You Fatter
A Workout Routine For When You Are Traveling
The above picture appeared in the Maribel Country Club newsletter recently from a golf trip I took with my family to see my parents wintering in Scottsdale. The caption was three generations exercising. The staff was so excited because they could not recall ever having three generations in the room working out at one time. … Continue reading A Workout Routine For When You Are Traveling
Takeaways From The Only PGA Event In Mexico
When my wife and I booked a 25th anniversary celebration to the Playa del Carmen, I had no idea the Mayakoba Golf Classic, the only PGA event in Mexico would be in town the same time I was. But I’m glad it was because it got me out of a snorkeling trip to look at… Continue reading Takeaways From The Only PGA Event In Mexico
Dr. Weston A. Price
I have always found it interesting that most of our studies on health and nutrition have been focused on observing sick people to figure out how to get healthy. Finding irregularities in their physical make up and blaming it on a genetic flaw, like being predisposed to high cholesterol no matter how well you take… Continue reading Dr. Weston A. Price
Running For Fat Loss
I have been in the field of health and fitness for going on 17 years now. The amount of misinformation on how to lose body fat has only grown more with the onset of the internet. Most people treat health and fitness like mob bosses and hit-men treat spirituality; they do horrible crimes during the… Continue reading Running For Fat Loss
Inside The PGA Merchandise Show
I rushed through the doors as they opened on the first day of the show like a crazed shopper rushes through the doors at Best Buy on Black Friday. This was my first show of everything golf related. Jack Nicklaus had just greeted us all, Country Western Singer Julie Roberts had just sung the National… Continue reading Inside The PGA Merchandise Show