If you’re like most golfers, you occasionally find yourself unable to do your normal workout – you may be traveling, short on time or just can’t get to the gym. It can be frustrating to break-up your routine and slow down your momentum when you’re making positive strides.
Whether you’re on a bike, rowing machine, skier or running on the track, High Intensity Interval Training (HIIT) has crazy benefits golfers never realized.
[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/18strong/229_Train_Movements_Not_Muscles___Mike_McDonnell_229.mp3" title="229: Train Movements, Not Muscles" artist="18STRONG: Mike McDonnell" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ] Today, we’re talking with Coach Mike McDonnell from CoachMikeMac.com about the training methods that golfers are using, especially Mike’s philosophies regarding training movements and not training body parts or muscles specifically. . .
Have you ever bought something like a toy for your kid or a piece of furniture that you had to assemble, but when you looked at the directions, all you had were some rinky dink pictures, or even worse, all the directions were written in Chinese? It makes for a...
Bad exercise tempo is costing golfers even more strokes than bad swing tempo. It may not seem the tempo of your exercises is all that important, but golf is like other sports in that we want more explosiveness and control. With the correct tempo in our exercises, we can mimic...
If you’ve ever gone through a spell of inconsistency, is it your posture? Are you unsure? It's often overlooked, but is 100% the foundation for the rest of your swing and more times than not is the root cause of inconsistency on the course.
As the demand for power continues to rise, golfers are racing to boost their lower body strength. There may be no exercise more effective than split squats to do just that. The importance of a strong lower body for a good golf swing is no longer a secret, but trainers...
[smart_track_player url="http://traffic.libsyn.com/18strong/225_Enriching_the_Lives_of_Veterans_Through_Golf___Captain_Brandon_Johnson___VGA_Champion_2016__2018_225.mp3" title="225: Enriching the Lives of Veterans Through Golf" artist="18STRONG: CAPTAIN BRANDON JOHNSON" social_linkedin="true" social_pinterest="true" social_email="true" ] Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Captain Brandon Johnson. Golf is a passion of ours, and it’s a part of life that we cherish. It’s the competition,...
If you’ve ever tried to move something really heavy like a dresser, sofa or Mack truck for you professional strongmen, you’ll immediately notice it is much easier to pull an object versus pushing it. Rotating your shoulders in your backswing is no different...