Today is MGF and I'm feeling great, so let’s wrap up our final BIG 5 movement so you can get back to watching the PGA. (MGF = “Mandatory Golf Friday” in case you’re wondering) So just to recap, the BIG 5 movements you should be focusing on to build true...
Happy Day #1 of the PGA Championship – and I’m feeling pretty good about my Draft Kings picks. In the event you’re recording the tourney today, I will keep my comments to myself. However, I ain’t keeping the BIG 5 movements for golfers to myself: Squat Push Pull Rotate Hinge...
It’s finally a sunny morning here in St. Louis, so I’m extra excited to talk golf and fitness today. If you’ve been paying attention this week, we’ve been focusing on our (golfers) BIG 5 movements – the five categories that we need to hit with our workouts: Squat, Push, Pull,...
Since we’re so sheltered in our golf and fitness world, the “Big 5” do not refer to the five giant tech companies in the US – Google, Apple, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft. Instead, we’re talking about the BIG 5 of strength training movements for golfers. Push Pull Squat Rotate Hinge ...
Happy Monday my fellow golf and fitness nut! I love major weeks, especially when John Daly and his Santa Claus beard are in the field. Speaking of not being shape… Did you know? 60% of Americans do NOT strength train. Here’s why: They think they’ll get hurt They don’t think...
Well, I shot pretty well this morning for MGF (Mandatory Golf Friday), but somebody must have put a curse on my driver. That’s a thing, right? Two things: 1. For the love of god, please don’t forget that Sunday is Mother’s Day. 2. Before we hit the links this weekend,...
“What should I start doing to help me increase my mobility?” I get a version of that question A LOT. (Well, most golfers use “flexibility”, but we’ll save that for another day.) And when I show them exactly what they should do – and I’ll show you in a second, I know most...
Have you ever been wrong about something? If you said, “No”, we can’t be friends:) Okay, we’ve got ONE BIG THING happening I’m going to tell you about in the next week or so, but let’s focus on one thing at a time. So, first things first, let’s get into...
In yesterday’s email, I said these words, verbatim: When you swing a club, you generate power from your hips. Because your glutes are primarily responsible for movement at your hips, weak glutes compromise your skill during your swing. And it struck a bit of a nerve as I received a...
Not sure if you’ve heard, but rumor has it there is A LOT of bad information on the internet. Who knew? So today, I’m putting on my mythbuster hat and squashing one of the most common fitness and golf-related myths out there. Of all the exercises we have in our...