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Most golfers are training the wrong thing

ExteIs there anything better than ending US Open week on Father’s Day? I’ll already be looking forward to next year at Pebble as soon as the winners walk off the final green on Sunday. Now, down to business… I know a lot of golfers who are “in shape.”  They go

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We think we miss being younger…that’s not it.

Do you remember when your body wasn’t something you had to think about? You could get out of bed without making blue whale mating sounds. You could play all day, wake up the next morning, and do it again. You could make an athletic move without wondering whether your back, knee, shoulder, or

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What happened to the athlete you used to be?

Ahh, we made it back from an awesome family vacation in Colorado last week.  I put on my best Clark Griswold hat and drove the five of us the 850 miles from St. Louis to Denver.  That gives a fella a lot of time to think.  Here are a few

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Athleticism Is a skill you can rebuild

Here’s the encouraging thing most golfers never realize:  Your body remembers (like riding a bike).  A lot of former athletes think the feeling is gone forever.  For the record, when I say “athletes”, I don’t mean professional or high-level.  If you played sports growing up, and were one of the

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Golf Exposes It Faster Than Anything

According to the CDC, 47% of American adults still exercise (150+ minutes of moderate activity per week).  I find that hard to believe, but they’ve done the study, so let’s go with it.  What I do for sure is that very few still move athletically.  There’s a difference.  Athletic movement

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The Former Athlete Problem

Yesterday, the USMNT’s World Cup roster was officially released.  Brings me back to my younger days of playing soccer for all those years and into college.   Sounds crazy, but I think I’ve still got it.   If you’re like me, you probably don’t think of yourself as older.  Yeah, the calendar

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