WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.520 --> 00:00:04.440 Golf Smarter number three hundred and fifty nine, published on 2 00:00:04.480 --> 00:00:06.759 November twenty seven, twenty twelve. 3 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:11.960 Welcome to golf Smarter Mulligans, your second chance to gain 4 00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.599 insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the 5 00:00:15.599 --> 00:00:21.600 Golf Smarter podcast. Great Golf Instruction Never gets Old. Our 6 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:26.519 interview library features hundreds of hours of game improvement conversations 7 00:00:26.640 --> 00:00:30.160 like this that are no longer available in any podcast app. 8 00:00:30.320 --> 00:00:32.359 Part of the assessment that I do on golfer is 9 00:00:32.439 --> 00:00:35.119 there is a balance element, and you'd be surprised how 10 00:00:35.159 --> 00:00:38.320 many I would say close to eighty five ninety percent 11 00:00:38.520 --> 00:00:41.240 really have some issues with balance. And when you're moving 12 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.119 your body parts in different directions all at the same time, 13 00:00:44.240 --> 00:00:47.359 I mean, balance becomes a vital component as you're trying 14 00:00:47.359 --> 00:00:50.240 to shift your weight from your trail leg to your 15 00:00:50.280 --> 00:00:52.320 target leg. I mean, if you have a balance issue 16 00:00:52.359 --> 00:00:54.640 and that's going to play havoc with your swing and 17 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.679 your playing performance, you know, we don't practice it. The 18 00:00:57.759 --> 00:01:01.039 second issue is that a lot of us and to 19 00:01:01.119 --> 00:01:05.359 lose strength, especially in the lower body. That correlates to 20 00:01:06.000 --> 00:01:10.280 the inability to maintain balance and such. So it's important 21 00:01:10.359 --> 00:01:12.879 to make sure that you do, get checked for balance, 22 00:01:12.879 --> 00:01:15.280 and even if you don't, I mean just to practice it. 23 00:01:15.319 --> 00:01:17.680 Just try to balance on one leg and see if 24 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:19.920 you have a tougher time trying to balance on your 25 00:01:20.000 --> 00:01:22.239 right leg versus your left leg. You'd be surprised how 26 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.120 many people are good on one side but terrible on 27 00:01:25.159 --> 00:01:27.040 the other. You just need to work on it to 28 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:29.680 make sure that you're kind of balancing out. It's your balance, 29 00:01:29.799 --> 00:01:30.359 so to speak. 30 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:41.000 Your posture could be the key to fixing your game. 31 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:44.040 With Bob Forma, this is Golf Smarter. 32 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:47.319 Each week we tap the best minds in golf to 33 00:01:47.319 --> 00:01:51.400 help lower your scores with tips, drills, insights and advice 34 00:01:51.879 --> 00:01:56.400 in conversation with course pros, architects, authors, players, teaching gurus 35 00:01:56.439 --> 00:01:59.480 and coaches. Here's your host, Fred Green. 36 00:02:00.439 --> 00:02:03.599 Welcome back to the Golf Smarter podcast, Bob Hik. 37 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:04.719 Fred, good to be back. 38 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:07.799 Thank you so much for Green to come on. Why 39 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:10.439 don't you give us a quick recap of why we're 40 00:02:10.479 --> 00:02:12.000 having you on the show. What is it that you 41 00:02:12.360 --> 00:02:14.000 do well? 42 00:02:14.039 --> 00:02:17.400 I do golf fitness, programming, assessment and training and education. 43 00:02:18.560 --> 00:02:21.879 I'm an exercise physiologist by trade, which means I study 44 00:02:21.919 --> 00:02:25.000 the effects of exercise on the body. Always had an 45 00:02:25.039 --> 00:02:28.879 interest in combining golf, which I enjoyed playing and exercise, 46 00:02:29.680 --> 00:02:32.400 and went to the two thousand and six World Golf 47 00:02:32.439 --> 00:02:36.120 Fitness Summit in Orlando when the co founders of the 48 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:39.879 Titlist Performance Institute presented. There then ten years of research 49 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:43.639 into the physical nature of the golf swing, and the 50 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:49.599 information they provided was unbelievable, a wow moment which basically 51 00:02:49.680 --> 00:02:53.560 changed the industry, changed the game overnight because prior to that, 52 00:02:53.719 --> 00:02:57.360 I mean, everybody thought that golf and exercise was like 53 00:02:57.400 --> 00:03:00.919 oil and water had just been mixed, right, And since 54 00:03:00.960 --> 00:03:04.719 that time, it's been one hundred and eighty degrees. And 55 00:03:04.800 --> 00:03:08.240 now everybody basically is you know, all the guys on 56 00:03:08.360 --> 00:03:11.439 tours and the gals on tour, and as word is 57 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:15.080 getting out thanks to shows, you know, podcasts like yours 58 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:17.840 and Thank You, you know that people are becoming aware 59 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:22.240 of the fact that this exercise, now specific exercise can 60 00:03:22.280 --> 00:03:26.120 actually help their game and actually help alleviate and prevent 61 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:27.919 a lot of the golf related injuries. 62 00:03:28.680 --> 00:03:32.479 Like all the equipment that's out there, all the new 63 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.360 equipment and balls, clothes, whatever, it is, nothing seems to 64 00:03:37.400 --> 00:03:41.439 gain any traction until one player on the tour, at 65 00:03:41.520 --> 00:03:45.479 least one high profile player on the tour starts using it, 66 00:03:45.520 --> 00:03:48.520 and then everyone says me, I want to do that? 67 00:03:49.240 --> 00:03:49.599 Was there? 68 00:03:50.639 --> 00:03:53.680 Can this be attributed to any specific player on this 69 00:03:53.719 --> 00:03:55.919 whole revolution of golf fitness? 70 00:03:57.159 --> 00:03:59.680 Well, I mean the first yeah, I mean Tiger. Tiger 71 00:04:00.719 --> 00:04:03.639 was you know, one of the the highlights in terms 72 00:04:03.680 --> 00:04:06.840 of his workouts and stuff like that. You know, Gary 73 00:04:06.840 --> 00:04:08.199 player has been talking about this. 74 00:04:08.199 --> 00:04:10.919 For years, Yes he has, you. 75 00:04:10.840 --> 00:04:14.400 Know, and I think unfortunately with Gary, there was really 76 00:04:14.400 --> 00:04:18.439 no research to back what he was saying. And you know, 77 00:04:18.519 --> 00:04:21.160 it wasn't until back in two thousand and six when 78 00:04:21.199 --> 00:04:24.439 all the research did come out that we finally said, yeah, 79 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:28.680 Gary's right, you know, the exercise and strength training specifically 80 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:31.839 can help a golfer. And then you know Tiger and 81 00:04:31.879 --> 00:04:35.399 now basically everybody on the PGA Tour is doing it. 82 00:04:35.480 --> 00:04:37.399 I don't think you're going to get on the PGA 83 00:04:37.480 --> 00:04:41.439 Tour if you're not doing some sort of exercise, because 84 00:04:41.680 --> 00:04:43.439 you know, from what I understand, from what I hear, 85 00:04:43.480 --> 00:04:45.959 a lot of the folks and both the men and 86 00:04:46.000 --> 00:04:50.120 women tours are you know, getting involved in getting trainers 87 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.879 and working out on a regular basis, And. 88 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.920 What does that do for those folks who just have 89 00:04:58.040 --> 00:04:59.360 a different body type. 90 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:03.040 Well, I don't think it really depends on body type. 91 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:03.279 You know. 92 00:05:03.319 --> 00:05:04.199 It's well, some. 93 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:07.000 People carry their weight a little bit differently than others 94 00:05:07.079 --> 00:05:09.560 and they you know, and then of course they don't 95 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:12.759 do anything to stop that. 96 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:16.920 Yeah, And you know, it's I think there's also a 97 00:05:16.959 --> 00:05:21.439 misconception out there that golf fitness kind of means, you know, 98 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.480 you've got to be in good physical shape, you got 99 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:28.439 to be able to have good cardiovascular fitness and run 100 00:05:28.560 --> 00:05:31.399 three miles and do all that kind of stuff. But 101 00:05:31.480 --> 00:05:35.959 really what golf fitness is is it's at bringing back 102 00:05:36.399 --> 00:05:42.000 of balance into the muscular skeleton system so that your 103 00:05:42.040 --> 00:05:47.040 body can move efficiently in the skill and activity that 104 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:51.079 it's participating in. So it really doesn't matter how much weight, 105 00:05:51.279 --> 00:05:55.399 whether or not you're overweight or you're underweight, or you're 106 00:05:55.399 --> 00:05:58.839 at ideal weight. I mean, it's really kind of about 107 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:03.040 about the muscles and the ligaments and the tendons and 108 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:07.519 the joints and being able to move freely and to 109 00:06:07.600 --> 00:06:11.560 get into those good hitting positions, you know, being able 110 00:06:11.600 --> 00:06:16.319 to perform those power moves that all the golf publications 111 00:06:16.399 --> 00:06:19.480 talk about each month, and that's going to help you 112 00:06:20.120 --> 00:06:22.800 make better ball contact. That's going to help you get 113 00:06:22.800 --> 00:06:26.000 more distance down the fairway, and that's going to help 114 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:27.680 you play better healthier golf. 115 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:32.800 Uh So you're not necessarily when you talk about fitness, 116 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:38.759 you're not necessarily speaking of cardiovascular you like we talked 117 00:06:38.759 --> 00:06:41.360 about last time, it's more about flexibility. 118 00:06:42.399 --> 00:06:46.160 Yeah, I really don't do any cardiovascular with my clients. 119 00:06:47.439 --> 00:06:49.480 That's funny. I don't do any cardiovascular at all. 120 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:52.879 So I mean, and don't get me wrong, you know, 121 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:55.560 you gotta when you're playing golf, you're out there for 122 00:06:55.560 --> 00:06:58.439 four and five hours, so and especially if you walk 123 00:06:58.480 --> 00:07:00.639 the golf course. Yeah, I mean, that can take a 124 00:07:00.639 --> 00:07:04.480 toll on you. So to have a decent amount of 125 00:07:04.480 --> 00:07:08.160 cardiovascular fitness is actually it will work to your advantage. 126 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:10.560 You know. It's when you start getting a little fatigued, 127 00:07:11.120 --> 00:07:13.759 when you start where your swing starts changing a little 128 00:07:13.759 --> 00:07:16.079 bit and you start hitting the bad shots and all that. 129 00:07:16.800 --> 00:07:20.879 So you definitely want to have a degree of cardiovascular fitness. 130 00:07:21.800 --> 00:07:25.399 But a large part of golf fitness is really, you know, 131 00:07:25.759 --> 00:07:29.199 like you said, the range of motion, the flexibility, and 132 00:07:29.920 --> 00:07:34.639 you know, certain specific strength in parts of the body 133 00:07:34.839 --> 00:07:37.920 so that you know you can help stabilize and swing 134 00:07:38.399 --> 00:07:39.319 a good golf club. 135 00:07:40.399 --> 00:07:45.240 And as we discussed last time, hydration and nutrition on 136 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:47.360 that golf course. Like I know personally, like I said, 137 00:07:47.399 --> 00:07:50.160 I really have been very bad this year. I do 138 00:07:50.279 --> 00:07:53.959 not do a lot of cardio. I do know cardiovascular 139 00:07:54.360 --> 00:07:58.040 this year, I've just been it's been awful and and 140 00:07:58.439 --> 00:08:01.560 but I do still prefer to walk on a golf course. 141 00:08:02.600 --> 00:08:04.800 But I make sure that I have a bottle of 142 00:08:04.839 --> 00:08:06.680 water with me at the very least if it's a 143 00:08:06.720 --> 00:08:10.680 hot day, I'll take a Gatorade green thank you. And 144 00:08:10.680 --> 00:08:13.120 and then like either a bag a three ounce bag 145 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.639 of nuts or some peanut butter pretzels, and the wheels 146 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:20.480 do not fall off my cart or my body late 147 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.120 in the round. And I feel that that has a 148 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:25.040 tremendous amount to. 149 00:08:25.040 --> 00:08:28.920 Do with it. Oh yeah, I mean, from a nutritional standpoint, 150 00:08:29.240 --> 00:08:33.200 it's important that you know you start sipping water early 151 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:36.240 in the realm. You know, you really shouldn't wait till 152 00:08:36.279 --> 00:08:39.600 you're thirsty. You should never wait till you're thirsty to hydrate, 153 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.840 but especially when you're out there, you know, in the 154 00:08:42.879 --> 00:08:46.080 sun and the heat or even on the you know, 155 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:48.000 on the cooler days, you know, like we're kind of 156 00:08:48.000 --> 00:08:51.080 getting into now. I mean, you know you'd be surprised, 157 00:08:51.120 --> 00:08:53.200 like I say, just being out there and moving the 158 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:55.679 body and doing all that kind of stuff. I mean, 159 00:08:55.720 --> 00:08:59.480 you're gonna lose your water, not only through sweat, but 160 00:08:59.559 --> 00:09:03.360 through your breathing. And obviously when you're active, you're gonna 161 00:09:03.440 --> 00:09:06.159 your respiratory rate picks up, so you tend to lose 162 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:10.519 more water. And you know, you do have that that 163 00:09:10.759 --> 00:09:13.360 sweat that you really don't feel, you know, that's not 164 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:15.919 dripping down your face or anything. So you know, you're 165 00:09:15.960 --> 00:09:19.440 constantly are sweating, whether you realize it or not. So 166 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:22.440 it is important to make sure that, Yeah, you definitely 167 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.360 stay hydrated throughout the round, and you do snack on 168 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:30.639 you know, good food choices, you know, like like what 169 00:09:30.679 --> 00:09:33.879 you're saying, fruit or you know some some of these 170 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:36.279 bars that are out there now, these protein bars and 171 00:09:36.360 --> 00:09:40.279 energy bars are pretty decent. You know, even you know, 172 00:09:40.399 --> 00:09:42.960 peanut butter and jelly familich is good to take out 173 00:09:43.000 --> 00:09:46.639 there with you as well. But yeah, it's definitely important 174 00:09:47.000 --> 00:09:49.720 in a vital component of the game. 175 00:09:55.840 --> 00:09:58.320 There's a couple of words that you've already mentioned that 176 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:00.759 I'm making note of an owner bring them back, and 177 00:10:00.799 --> 00:10:05.159 one of them is that you said balance. I know, personally, again, 178 00:10:06.480 --> 00:10:10.639 mainly on my driver, I tend to swing too hard 179 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:14.799 and fall over backwards after my swing and when I'm 180 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:16.600 very conscious of it and try to make sure that 181 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:20.440 at my lower half of my body stays quiet and 182 00:10:20.480 --> 00:10:23.759 there's less movement there. I also, uh, you know, I 183 00:10:24.159 --> 00:10:26.679 stay in position better after you know, on my follow 184 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:31.759 through my swing, my balance is better, and strangely enough 185 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:34.759 I get greater distance on those shots and it's usually straighter. 186 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:40.440 M Well, balance, yeah, there's two. Really, balance is used 187 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:44.120 in two different ways here. Balance, in what you were 188 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:48.960 just talking about, is very essential in golf, and unfortunately 189 00:10:49.440 --> 00:10:52.840 a lot of people don't really think about balance, and 190 00:10:52.960 --> 00:10:58.519 they don't practice or train for balance. And you know, 191 00:10:58.559 --> 00:11:00.879 as we tend to get older, we we tend to 192 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:05.320 start becoming a little bit more susceptible to being in 193 00:11:05.519 --> 00:11:10.320 balance and to fall a little bit more. But it's 194 00:11:10.320 --> 00:11:12.879 something that and again it's because we don't really work 195 00:11:12.960 --> 00:11:15.399 at it. I mean, did you get up this morning 196 00:11:15.399 --> 00:11:17.639 and then get on one foot and balance on one 197 00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:19.840 foot and see how long you can stay on that foot. 198 00:11:19.919 --> 00:11:22.399 You know, I'm sure a lot of people don't. 199 00:11:22.799 --> 00:11:25.000 Oh good, that was that was a rhetorical. 200 00:11:24.559 --> 00:11:29.919 Question, right, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But you know when 201 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.360 and part of the assessment that I do on golfer 202 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:34.919 is there is a balance element. And you'd be surprised, 203 00:11:34.960 --> 00:11:38.120 I mean how many I would say, close to eighty 204 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:41.559 five ninety percent really, you know, have some issues with balance, 205 00:11:42.440 --> 00:11:44.799 and when you're moving your body part, you know, your 206 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:47.519 body parts in different directions all at the same time. 207 00:11:47.559 --> 00:11:51.240 I mean, balance becomes a vital component. And as you're 208 00:11:51.240 --> 00:11:53.840 trying to shift your weight, you know, from your trail 209 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.840 leg to your target leg. I mean, if you have 210 00:11:55.879 --> 00:11:58.879 a balance issue, that's gonna kind of play havoc with 211 00:11:59.039 --> 00:12:03.519 your swing in your playing performance. So a lot of 212 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:06.240 it is, you know, we don't practice it, number one. 213 00:12:07.000 --> 00:12:10.159 And the second issue is that a lot of us 214 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:15.480 tend to lose strength, especially in the lower body, and 215 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:21.039 that correlates to, you know, the inability to maintain balance 216 00:12:21.120 --> 00:12:25.639 and such. So it's important to to kind of make 217 00:12:25.679 --> 00:12:27.960 sure that you do get checked for balance, and even 218 00:12:28.000 --> 00:12:30.480 if you don't, I mean, just to practice it. You know, 219 00:12:30.559 --> 00:12:32.639 stand on one leg, just try to balance on one 220 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:35.960 leg and see if you have a tougher time trying 221 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:38.360 to balance on your right leg versus your left leg. 222 00:12:38.399 --> 00:12:42.000 You be surprised how many people you know are are 223 00:12:42.080 --> 00:12:45.639 good on one side but terrible on the other. And 224 00:12:46.039 --> 00:12:48.720 you just need to work on it to make sure 225 00:12:48.759 --> 00:12:51.480 that you know you're kind of balancing out your balance 226 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:55.039 sort of speak. But the other balance that I was 227 00:12:55.120 --> 00:13:00.360 mentioning prior was about balance in the muscular skeletal system them, 228 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:06.360 because playing golf will actually create imbalances in your body 229 00:13:07.039 --> 00:13:10.759 because of the nature of the sport. It's repetitive and 230 00:13:10.799 --> 00:13:13.679 it's one sided. So you know, if you're a right 231 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:18.159 handed golfer, you're swinging a club the same way hundreds 232 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:22.039 of times during a round of golf, So you're working 233 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:25.559 particular muscles in a certain way and you're neglecting other muscles. 234 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:29.720 So over time, you know, you develop these deficiencies and 235 00:13:29.759 --> 00:13:32.879 then these imbalances in your body from playing in activity 236 00:13:33.440 --> 00:13:38.159 in addition to maybe your lifestyle for instance, like you 237 00:13:38.200 --> 00:13:40.879 know your work habits. You know, if you tend to 238 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:43.960 sit a lot during the day, you know that does 239 00:13:44.000 --> 00:13:47.679 a job on creating muscle tightness in your body and 240 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:51.919 muscle weakness. So really what the golf fitness program and 241 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:54.879 really any good fitness program, I mean, if you went 242 00:13:54.919 --> 00:13:58.519 to a real good fitness facility, the one thing that 243 00:13:58.600 --> 00:14:00.960 you would want them to do would be to assess you, 244 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.279 to see where your imbalances are, where your deficiencies are, 245 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:11.440 and to first correct those deficiencies so that you bring 246 00:14:11.559 --> 00:14:15.679 balance back into your system. And we're talking left to right, 247 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:19.159 front to back, up and down in the body. And 248 00:14:19.200 --> 00:14:21.840 when you do like I say, you're allowing the body 249 00:14:21.879 --> 00:14:25.080 to move more efficiently, more effectively, and that's going to 250 00:14:25.159 --> 00:14:28.799 help the particular skill that you're participating in. And then 251 00:14:28.799 --> 00:14:33.559 once you do that, then you can progress into more 252 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:38.759 specific sport related strength. And because now you're in balance, 253 00:14:39.000 --> 00:14:41.639 the results that you're going to get will be better 254 00:14:41.960 --> 00:14:45.519 and will be quicker. And it's also the imbalances that 255 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:49.360 we have that in our systems that lead to all 256 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:52.120 those nagging aches and pains that we develop, I mean 257 00:14:52.159 --> 00:14:55.440 the lower back gosh, I mean, you know the prevalence 258 00:14:55.440 --> 00:15:00.799 of low backache in society alone, never mind golf, you know, 259 00:15:00.799 --> 00:15:03.759 which always tends to be number one anyway amongst you know, 260 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:08.759 most golfers, male, female, all levels. It's those imbalances in 261 00:15:08.799 --> 00:15:12.799 the body that lead up to those chronic aches and pains. 262 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.639 And it's not till you really correct those those imbalances, 263 00:15:16.720 --> 00:15:19.639 those mechanisms for injury, that you really correct the problem 264 00:15:19.679 --> 00:15:21.279 and fix the ache and the pain. 265 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:25.639 Yeah, I know, well, unfortunately, I know, well, it's time 266 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:28.360 to bring back Catherine Roberts of yoga for golfers because 267 00:15:28.720 --> 00:15:31.600 I gotta tell you, as I admit that I have 268 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.919 not done a lot of cardiovascular I've done no cardiovascular 269 00:15:35.000 --> 00:15:39.360 this year. I still try to do twenty minutes to 270 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:43.000 a half hour of yoga every morning, let's call it, 271 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:47.720 four mornings a week and that and I can really 272 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.840 tell what my balance is like there, because you know, 273 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:51.600 I either have to stand on my head or I 274 00:15:51.879 --> 00:15:55.320 stand on one foot, and I think that helps me 275 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:56.200 a lot. 276 00:15:56.679 --> 00:15:59.120 Oh, definitely, I would say it probably does a lot. 277 00:15:59.440 --> 00:16:03.080 Yoga's great and unfortunately though a lot of guys don't 278 00:16:03.120 --> 00:16:07.759 take yoga, and they should. I mean, going to any 279 00:16:08.039 --> 00:16:10.919 going to any yoga class. I bet you your yoga class, 280 00:16:10.919 --> 00:16:12.320 there's probably more women than men. 281 00:16:13.960 --> 00:16:16.679 There are both. Yeah, we both have men and women. 282 00:16:17.440 --> 00:16:21.480 And I would say, yes, there's more women. But I 283 00:16:21.559 --> 00:16:25.840 have found a great. Actually it's I don't even do 284 00:16:25.840 --> 00:16:29.159 a class. I found a great website on my iPad 285 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:33.799 and videos right there, and it's called Yoga Glow. It 286 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:36.320 is a monthly fee, but it's so worth it for 287 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:38.440 me to have that and just not have to leave 288 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:42.120 the house. And there's this one teacher I think is phenomenal. 289 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.960 So yeah, it's been really easy to make a nice 290 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:51.720 yoga and there's ten, fifteen, twenty, thirty, forty five, ninety, 291 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:56.519 you know, sixty ninety minute different practices on there, so 292 00:16:56.919 --> 00:17:02.240 it really works for my schedule and I I it's addicting. 293 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:05.680 Yeah, that sounds like a good deal because, like I say, 294 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.440 more people really need to get into programs like yoga 295 00:17:09.480 --> 00:17:13.319 and pilates to work on flexibility, range of motion, and 296 00:17:13.400 --> 00:17:15.799 for golf, I mean that if you're going to work 297 00:17:15.799 --> 00:17:20.000 on anything to improve your game, flexibility and stretching is 298 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:21.400 probably the number. 299 00:17:21.119 --> 00:17:25.319 One interesting you also mentioned earlier when we were talking 300 00:17:25.319 --> 00:17:29.880 about balance and the positions, you talked about the magazines, 301 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:34.759 and there seems to be you know, we all know 302 00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:39.000 how many golf magazines there are, and the cover every month, 303 00:17:39.640 --> 00:17:43.599 one way or another says greater distance. In this article, 304 00:17:43.680 --> 00:17:47.559 you're going to get greater distance and learn the new 305 00:17:48.400 --> 00:17:52.880 twisted spine swing things, and I avoid them at all costs. 306 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:58.039 But what is your what's your take on what's going 307 00:17:58.079 --> 00:18:01.240 on in the magazines and what they're promising us and 308 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:05.240 and how we're going to increase our power by whatever 309 00:18:05.279 --> 00:18:06.000 it is they offer. 310 00:18:06.039 --> 00:18:08.079 I don't know. Well, I mean, you know they're hit. 311 00:18:08.200 --> 00:18:10.160 They're hitting the buttons, that's for sure. 312 00:18:10.039 --> 00:18:14.440 No, no question about it. They listen. Is their primary 313 00:18:14.480 --> 00:18:18.359 goal to educate or to sell magazine magazine? Right exactly? Well, 314 00:18:18.440 --> 00:18:20.720 I'm sorry to me. It's all about education. If we 315 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:22.319 can educate, then we're going to win. 316 00:18:22.880 --> 00:18:25.079 Yeah, you know. And I think the journals and the 317 00:18:25.079 --> 00:18:31.160 publications do a great job at offering tips and telling you, 318 00:18:31.160 --> 00:18:33.440 you know that you need to have a big shoulder 319 00:18:33.519 --> 00:18:36.799 turn for power and you need to maintain a good 320 00:18:36.920 --> 00:18:41.119 risk hinge in the downswing to generate more power and 321 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:46.000 that's going to get you more distance. But the the 322 00:18:46.039 --> 00:18:50.200 issue I have with the journals, and hopefully that'll change, 323 00:18:50.279 --> 00:18:55.200 you know, as golf fitness becomes more prominent and more 324 00:18:55.240 --> 00:18:58.039 people are you know, buying into it in the industry, 325 00:18:59.079 --> 00:19:01.799 is that they need to tell you how to get 326 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:06.759 into those positions or what may be your restrictions physical 327 00:19:06.799 --> 00:19:10.920 restrictions for getting into those positions, because you know, for 328 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:13.680 the average golfer, you know, it picks up a journal 329 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:15.759 and says, oh, Okay, I just got to make a 330 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:18.599 bigger shoulder turn, and when they go out there try 331 00:19:18.640 --> 00:19:22.920 to do it, they can't because they got physical weaknesses 332 00:19:23.200 --> 00:19:26.880 or tightnesses that just aren't allow allowing them to do that, right, 333 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:30.480 And it would be great for these journals to follow 334 00:19:30.559 --> 00:19:33.480 up with, Okay, you've got to make a big shoulder turn, 335 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:37.920 and here are some possibilities. Here are some scenarios that 336 00:19:38.039 --> 00:19:40.359 you may fall into, and you may have a tight 337 00:19:40.920 --> 00:19:45.039 mid back which is restricting your ability to make a 338 00:19:45.279 --> 00:19:49.160 good turn. And you know, here are some exercises to 339 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:52.839 help you remedy that situation, you know, kind of get 340 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:57.240 into some different scenarios and some examples of how to 341 00:19:58.160 --> 00:19:59.720 you know, improve upon those. 342 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:02.680 And I think, well, yeah, and the and the photographs 343 00:20:02.720 --> 00:20:04.599 that they're going to show of people doing these big 344 00:20:04.599 --> 00:20:09.599 shoulder turns. They're either tour players, or they're golf instructors 345 00:20:09.720 --> 00:20:13.400 or their fitness instructors or their golfers like Michael Hamill, 346 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:18.079 which is yeah, right, you and Michael is a golf 347 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:21.319 smarter listener, but he is a workout fanatic and he's 348 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:24.680 got this amazing body and he does YouTube videos and 349 00:20:24.839 --> 00:20:27.200 you know, and just come on, what about Joe Schmoe. 350 00:20:27.400 --> 00:20:30.640 What about the you know, the weekend golfer who you 351 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:34.480 know is not is getting older, doesn't have the flexibility. 352 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:38.119 What about pictures of those guys and really showcase to 353 00:20:38.279 --> 00:20:40.480 us what can we really do? 354 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:43.039 Yeah, you know, and it's funny you bring that up, 355 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:45.559 because I did write about that in one of my articles. 356 00:20:46.039 --> 00:20:48.680 You know how uh you know, the butch Harmons of 357 00:20:48.720 --> 00:20:54.079 the World and the other you know, famous golf pro teachers. 358 00:20:54.480 --> 00:20:56.640 You know, they tell you how to get into these positions, 359 00:20:56.680 --> 00:20:59.160 and yeah, the pictures they have and there are there 360 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:04.200 students and they professional golfers who spend two, three, four 361 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:09.480 hours a day with a personal trainer doing specific exercises 362 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:12.440 so that they can get into these positions and then 363 00:21:12.480 --> 00:21:14.400 going out you know, on the on the golf course 364 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:17.519 and practicing for three or four five hours. So yeah, yeah, 365 00:21:17.519 --> 00:21:21.319 I agree with you. You know, for the average golfer 366 00:21:21.400 --> 00:21:23.559 to try to get into a lot of these positions, 367 00:21:23.759 --> 00:21:26.319 you know, it's it's it's a it's a tough it's 368 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.240 an uphill battle. 369 00:21:33.279 --> 00:21:39.000 Are they really power positions? They? What are they selling 370 00:21:39.039 --> 00:21:41.640 when they say that? I mean obviously what they're pumping, 371 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:44.759 you know, is you're going to get more distancing. Yeah, 372 00:21:44.839 --> 00:21:49.440 but uh, can they be detrimental these these things they're 373 00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.119 trying to show us? 374 00:21:50.559 --> 00:21:53.920 Well, you know, if for the average golfer, who who? 375 00:21:54.000 --> 00:21:56.480 Because you know, most golfers don't realize that it's their 376 00:21:56.519 --> 00:21:59.599 own bodies that are holding them back from playing better golf. 377 00:22:00.400 --> 00:22:02.359 And so they pick up a magazine and they and 378 00:22:02.440 --> 00:22:05.920 they read about these various positions you need to get into, 379 00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:08.720 and so they go out and try to do this stuff. 380 00:22:09.799 --> 00:22:14.640 And because they're not physically prepared well to do that, yeah, 381 00:22:14.680 --> 00:22:18.319 I mean, it can increase the risk of injury. You know, 382 00:22:18.920 --> 00:22:23.039 there's always compensation going on, and that sets you up 383 00:22:23.079 --> 00:22:26.519 for injury as opposed to you know, let's just kind 384 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.799 of stick to a standard swing and you know, let's 385 00:22:30.839 --> 00:22:32.640 take a look at your body to see where the 386 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.119 restrictions are and let's correct those so that you can 387 00:22:36.799 --> 00:22:39.599 make you know, make those moves and get into those positions. 388 00:22:41.640 --> 00:22:48.119 So interesting, and so then what I'm curious when when 389 00:22:48.119 --> 00:22:52.000 it talks about these positions, and we've talked about so often. 390 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:54.599 You know, you've got to start with PGA position, grip 391 00:22:54.599 --> 00:22:59.960 and alignment, or actually posture, grip and alignment. These positions. 392 00:23:00.880 --> 00:23:05.079 Does it address the fact that, and from what I've seen, 393 00:23:05.440 --> 00:23:10.799 most golfers don't have the correct posture when they're addressing 394 00:23:10.839 --> 00:23:11.160 the ball. 395 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:15.160 Oh yeah, gosh, I mean, you know, the sea posture, 396 00:23:15.440 --> 00:23:20.240 the kind of the bullying of the back when a 397 00:23:20.279 --> 00:23:23.720 golfer stands over the ball. It used to be a 398 00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:30.000 older golfers disease, but nowadays, I tell you, Fred, it's 399 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:34.079 just unbelievable how many sea postures I'm seeing, even in 400 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:39.160 the younger golfers. Oh oh, gosha. And the reason is computers. 401 00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:42.799