On this day in 1996, Carl Lewis won his FOURTH consecutive gold medal in the long jump – 12 years after his first at the LA Olympics in 1984.
So, what allows a human like Carl Lewis to jump almost the equivalent of a first down (29’ 1 1/4″)?
It’s our elastic system (fascia) we started talking about last week.
And guess what?
Us lowly golfers have that same system we can use to smash the ball into the stratosphere!
You ever see that shiny film on raw chicken, steak, ribs, etc.?
THAT is fascia tissue.
Just like a stretched rubber band, Carl Lewis loads up the energy, then quickly release the stored elastic energy with a pulse of force that drives him forward through the air.
Kinda sounds like a golf swing, no?
- We load our energy in our backswings.
- On our downswing, we release with a quick pulse of force through the ball.
- The ball is sent down the fairway (hopefully very straight).
So, what if you could train that elastic system to store even MORE energy?
And then release MORE energy onto an unsuspecting golf ball to send it even farther down the fairway?
Up until now, that system has been under-appreciated because we simply didn’t understand the importance.
We always knew it was in our bodies, but thought it was just plastic wrap holding our insides together.
It turns out that it’s more like a super spider web that intertwines just about every tissue in our body.
Which means it plays a HUGE role in every move our bodies make.
So, aside from just holding our bodies together and providing structure, our fascial system impacts our balance, our proprioception (which is our awareness of our body position in space) and helps us store and release energy, like during a golf swing.
And the best part?
We now know how to train it to be more elastic.
Which means more energy stored and released…
Which means, of course…
Longer Drives!!!
In my almost 20 years in this game, this is the most exciting development…by A LOT.
Just when we thought we were stuck making incremental improvements…BAM!
We uncover “Hyper-Elastic” training.
And that is why we created our Hyper-Elastic Distance training program.
It’s for us 35+ golfers who want to gain 20+ yards in the next two weeks.
We keep it simple, simple, simple.
Because that is what always wins.
STAY STRONG,
Jeff
PS – Golf in the Olympics starts on Thursday, so mark your calendar.
Until then, I highly encourage you to check out our 14-Day Hyper-Elastic Distance training.