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Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing by Joey Diovisalvi and Steve Steinberg

January 19, 2010 – A rough estimate shows that there now exists three golf books published for every person alive on planet Earth today. Something in the neighborhood of 20 billion! But now there is a new book that may prove to be one of the most unique golf books ever published. Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing, by PGA Tour strength, conditioning and biomechanics coach Joey Diovisalvi and fitness writer Steve Steinberg, is a one-of-kind book for golfers of all levels. Whereas other books try to address the causes of poor golf play, this one looks to treat the symptoms by first focusing on the fitness of the individual golfer, then the overall golf game.

Before a golfer can achieve success he or she must know their body and fitness level. Is the body too tight? Is it out of balance? Is the golfer strong enough through their core? Diovisalvi has worked with everyone from weekend hackers to the very top players on the PGA Tour and found that in order to fix any problems with the players’ swing, you almost always first have to fix their body. His use of biomechanics is revolutionary, but what is biomechanics? It is the study of how forces exerted internally (by the muscles) and externally (by gravity) affect the skeletal system. For an example, let’s look at a golf swing. This deals with controlling movements all way the up through the backswing, down to striking the ball, and ending with the follow through. The best swing is the one in which this scenario is created and controlled flawlessly. The best in the game can achieve this, but it doesn’t happen overnight.

Diovisalvi breaks it down by assessing six physical aspects of the golfer’s game:

1. Shoulder Rotation – exercises designed to eliminate tightness throughout the shoulders
2. Upper Body Rotation – exercises designed to increase upper body range of motion during a golfers swing
3. Lower Body Rotation – exercises designed to create more flexibility through the hips to enhance swing and follow through
4. Pelvic Tilt & Posture -- exercises designed to create a consistent and replicable swing by having a proper spine angle during the swing
5. Balance Prescription -- exercises designed to enhance greater balance awareness throughout the body
6. Full Body Strength & Coordination – covers the most challenging part of Diovisalvi’s exercise regimen with exercises designed to create a self-awareness of where the body is weaker or stronger in individual parts and then strengthen the core

Along with the six “prescriptions” Diovisalvi details in the book, he also offers his “Joey D Dozen”: twelve workout secrets of the pros. Throughout Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing, specific and easy-to-follow exercises are accompanied by over 120 photos. The exercises are not only designed to maximize the golfer’s game but also to conserve time in a person’s daily schedule. Three twenty-minute workouts sessions per week! 1 hour per week. That’s it. Now what serious golfer cannot find one hour a week to improve their strength and conditioning, and improve their golf game?

About The Authors
Joey Diovisalvi is the head strength and conditioning and biomechanics coach at the PGA Tour Academy at TPC Sawgrass. He’s been on the PGA Tour for over 10 years and worked with dozens of top pro players including Vijay Singh. He lives in Florida. Steve Steinberg is a fitness writer, a contributing editor at Men’s Journal magazine and a certified personal trainer.

Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing, The Revolutionary Biomechanics Workout Program Used by Tour Pros. St. Martin's Press, January 2010. ISBN: 978-0-312-60562-9, ISBN10: 0-312-60562-5, 7 1/2 x 9 1/8 inches, 160 pages, Includes 122 b&w photos throughout. Available from booksellers; autographed copies available from www.golfgym.com.

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