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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
GolfGym Congratulates SAS Championship Winner, Tom Pernice Jr.
GolfGym and Coach Joey D congratulate Tom Pernice Jr. on his SAS Championship win in his Champions Tour debut. Pernice, a two-time winner on the PGA TOUR, works with Coach Joey Diovisalvi and uses GolfGym training products in the golf fitness trailers as part of his golf fitness program.
Tom has worked with Coach Joey D for several years and his hard work has paid off big in his debut on the Champions Tour. He came into this event with a lot of confidence and was able stroke his final putt with that same confidence. We’re hoping to see him continue to play well in upcoming events on both the PGA and Champions Tours.
Pernice became the 15th player to win in his Champions Tour debut, dropping a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-stroke victory. He shot a final day 3-under 69 to finish at 13-under 203 on the Prestonwood Country Club course.
"I am thrilled to see Tom win this event. He’s been very consistent with his golf specific training both on the course and in the golf fitness trailer and it’s great to see him win during his debut on the Champions Tour. I attended his 50th birthday party just a couple weeks ago. What a great birthday present he got for himself”, said Coach Joey D when I spoke to him on Sunday evening.
Tom Pernice really works hard on his balance. He and one of his routines is highlighted in Joey D's upcoming book, Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing.
Coach Joey D is headed to Verona, New York for this weeks Turning Stone Resort Championship.
Tom has worked with Coach Joey D for several years and his hard work has paid off big in his debut on the Champions Tour. He came into this event with a lot of confidence and was able stroke his final putt with that same confidence. We’re hoping to see him continue to play well in upcoming events on both the PGA and Champions Tours.
Pernice became the 15th player to win in his Champions Tour debut, dropping a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole Sunday for a one-stroke victory. He shot a final day 3-under 69 to finish at 13-under 203 on the Prestonwood Country Club course.
"I am thrilled to see Tom win this event. He’s been very consistent with his golf specific training both on the course and in the golf fitness trailer and it’s great to see him win during his debut on the Champions Tour. I attended his 50th birthday party just a couple weeks ago. What a great birthday present he got for himself”, said Coach Joey D when I spoke to him on Sunday evening.
Tom Pernice really works hard on his balance. He and one of his routines is highlighted in Joey D's upcoming book, Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing.
Coach Joey D is headed to Verona, New York for this weeks Turning Stone Resort Championship.
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Monday, September 21, 2009
Coach Joey D Heads To Atlanta To Work With Jason Dufner
Coach Joey D heads to Atlanta this week to work with Jason Dufner on his golf fitness as he competes in the Tour Championship. Jason finished the FedEx Cup playoffs in 10th place with 600 points. Although he can't mathematically win the FedEx Cup, he can add to his already successful season with another great finish.
He will also enlarge his bank account this week. Having already won over $2 million this season, Jason has moved himself into the elite group hovering at the top of the PGA Tour in 2009.
Jason has worked very hard on his conditioning all season....and it has paid off greatly. When your body is working well, your confidence goes up. That is true with professionals and amateurs. So, get going on your golf fitness and you will reap the rewards.
This is a good time to remind you that Coach Joey D's book, "Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing" will be introduced at the upcoming PGA Show in Orlando, Florida in January. We met with Joey on Friday and he presented us with a preview copy of the book.
He will also enlarge his bank account this week. Having already won over $2 million this season, Jason has moved himself into the elite group hovering at the top of the PGA Tour in 2009.
Jason has worked very hard on his conditioning all season....and it has paid off greatly. When your body is working well, your confidence goes up. That is true with professionals and amateurs. So, get going on your golf fitness and you will reap the rewards.
This is a good time to remind you that Coach Joey D's book, "Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing" will be introduced at the upcoming PGA Show in Orlando, Florida in January. We met with Joey on Friday and he presented us with a preview copy of the book.
Vicki and I are so impressed with not only the content, but with the manner in which Joey and Steve Steinberg present the material. Joey speaks directly to you, and coaches you through the exercises, one on one. GolfGym will be offering excerpts from the book throughout the next two months on the website and in this blog.
We wish Jason all the best and will be watching this weekend.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
We wish Jason all the best and will be watching this weekend.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
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Wednesday, September 16, 2009
Fit To Be Tried, TOUR Trailer Helps Shape Careers
The following is a reprint of an article published today on the PGATOUR.com website. It highlighted the PGA Tour Fitness Trailer and the Players that use it to help their careers.
We are very proud to tell you that in the article Mr. Wacker refers to some of the equipment that he used during the workout. The "physio ball" is our Balance Ball, the "resistance bands" are the Joey D PowerBandz, the "ankle resistance band" is our PowerStance Loop
From PGATOUR.com, by Brian Wacker, Site Producer:
When 59-year-old Tom Watson nearly won the British Open in July, some argued it wasn't necessarily good for the game. If some old fogey with his AARP card could nearly win one of the game's biggest tournaments, what did that say about golf as a sport? What it said, they maintained, was that golf wasn't a sport at all. It was a skill. A pastime. That it was right up there with bowling and ping pong.
Blame Ernie Els, or Fred Couples or even Watson. They make golf look about as athletic as pouring a glass of water. What most don't see is what goes into building those backswings, especially for a growing number of players on the PGA TOUR, whose time in the fitness trailer or gym equals their time on the driving range or practice green.
"What the fans don't understand is the specificity of the training, the stress that a golfer goes through," says Chris Noss, an expert in biomechanics and trainer to a number of players, including Sean O'Hair, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink and Brian Gay, among others.
That stress usually begins and ends in a pair of 18-wheelers -- one for strength and conditioning, one for physical therapy -- at every TOUR stop from January through November. They're loaded with Cybex machines, treadmills, stationary bikes, free weights, physio balls and various other apparatuses. There are also at least two physical therapists, a chiropractor and strength & conditioning coach on hand at all times.
"Nine years ago, when I started, very few utilized the trailer every day," says Scott Riehl, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, DePuy Mitek, PGA TOUR, and lord of the two trailers. "Now, 85 percent work out daily."
Though space is tight, you'll often find as many as 10-12 players in the trailer at a time during tournament week, all working out, stretching or receiving treatment for any number of nagging injuries.
Even those who don't use the TOUR's trailers will spend countless hours fine-tuning their bodies to the rigors of pounding thousands of golf balls. Call it the Tiger Woods effect. His workouts with Keith Kleven, although fairly secretive, are equal parts legendary.
"Players started saying, 'I have to work out to catch Tiger,'" said Noss. "Then when they didn't (catch him), we had a drop off. It's leveled out now."
"Tiger made my job a lot easier," continued Noss, who added that it's taken many of his 10-plus years on TOUR to gain the sort of trust and respect he and a handful of others have with the players. "But Tiger's always been an athlete -- if you're Secretariat's trainer, all you want to do is not screw him up."
That can be tougher than it sounds. Take Jason Dufner, who works with Joey Diovisalvi (known mostly as Joey D around TOUR circles). Having been befriended by Vijay Singh, Dufner recently spent time with Singh's trainer, Gabe Lopez.
Comparing Singh to Dufner in the gym is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a finger painting. No one works out harder than Singh, and Dufner found out the hard way. "[Dufner] was sore for weeks," Diovisalvi said. "It killed his confidence."
Fortunately for Dufner, that confidence returned and the fruits of his labor paid off in the form of a half-dozen top-10s, including a tie for third at the RBC Canadian Open and a tie for second at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Anthony Kim had a similar experience with confidence -- or lack of it -- early in the season. Following a rash of injuries and poor practice habits, Kim, twice a winner in the previous year, admitted his confidence was now "in the toilet."
That prompted Kim to hire Darby Rich, whom he had worked with while at the University of Oklahoma. Rich was the strength and conditioning coach for the Sooners' men's basketball team and helped train Blake Griffin, who was picked No. 1 in the NBA Draft.
The wins haven't exactly piled up for Kim, but since hiring Rich, Kim does have four finishes in the top 16, including a pair of third places. He's also slimmer, eating better, practicing more and avoiding injury due to a previous lack of said practice.
"I was miserable. I wasn't having any fun," Kim said. "I just know that if I'm working on the right thing, it's going to pay off."
That right thing has paid off for others -- Pat Perez, John Rollins, Ryuji Imada and O'Hair, to name a few -- and it's fair to say that success comes from what goes on in practice sessions as much as training sessions, whether they're in the TOUR's two fitness trailers, or in a glitzy new gym like the one at Congressional Country Club, site of the AT&T National.
On a mid-week afternoon at the AT&T National, a number of players made their way into the gym at Congressional -- on weeks the TOUR travels to tournament sites with their own fitness facility, it usually employs just the physical therapy trailer.
Perez, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Imada and O'Hair all populated the place during one particular hour and while none of them looks like Lance Armstrong, never mind LeBron James, they twisted and contorted their bodies into all sorts of pretzel-like positions, mostly through resistance training that's intense enough to bring out the puke buckets on occasion.
Pushing them are a team of trainers, therapists and biomechanics experts that walk a very fine line of keeping a player fit or injury-free and trying not to screw up their golf swing.
"If [Jason Gore's coach] Mike Abbott wants his arm in one position ..." Diovisalvi says. "...well, sooner or later, you better marry us, or else you're going to have a lot of unhappy players."
Brian Gay has always been a hard worker, on and off the course, and he can credit his two wins this year to that. "We've had battles over training, but he sees why he has to do certain things," Noss said.
Ditto similar successes for Geoff Ogilvy, Paul Casey and Camilo Villegas. All are workout freaks, and all have had success, at least in part, because of it. Even Cink, who isn't in their league from a physical standpoint, wants to know that he's done everything possible to succeed and that includes his workouts.
Perhaps no one's career -- except Woods' -- sums up the golf-is-a-sport argument, however, better than Singh's. Sitting on an airplane in 2000, Singh told a member of his team, "I can be the best player in the world." Four years later, he was. No one north of 40 years old has won more than Singh, either. Is there any question why?
PGA TOUR workout: How to train like a pro
During the AT&T National, trainers and biomechanics experts Joey Diovisalvi and Chris Noss, who work with some of the best players on the PGA TOUR, put PGATOUR.COM's Brian Wacker through a typical workout for a TOUR player. He survived well enough to tell you about it below:
1. Start with a 5-minute warm-up on the stationary bike, pedaling between a moderate and fast rate, to get the blood pumping. This is easy enough and it gets the juices flowing.
2. Set the treadmill speed to 3.5 miles per hour and start walking ... then turn sideways, shuffling your feet side to side for 15 seconds. Then turn and face the other side and repeat. Do this for 2 minutes, switching every 15 seconds.
Having played basketball most of my life, this was a common drill, but not on, uh, moving ground. I'd suggest holding on at first since it challenges your balance.
3. Lay back on a physio ball with the ball positioned under the middle of your back and your legs at a 90-degree angle, holding a weight plate out in front of you opposite your chest. Rotate your midsection side to side, making sure not to let your hips sag or to lose your balance on the ball. Do this for 15 repetitions on each side.
After starting with a 25-pound weight that made me fall off the ball on the first rep, I switched to a 15-pound weight and still struggled, moving slowly from side to side. Joey D hops on to show me, thoroughly embarrassing my snail's pace.
4. Using a resistance band, set up in your normal golf stance, holding the band as if it were a club and making sure the band is taut. From there, it's a quick 1-2 motion, taking the band back just past your hips on the right (if youre right-handed), then back to start, then all the way back in a rapid-fire motion, making sure to keep your posture and your balance. Then switch sides. Do this for 15 repetitions per side.
I almost fall over the first time I return the band to the start position because there's a lot of resistance there and the momentum really challenges your balance ... not to mention the strength in your core. It will also help with the load and release of your swing.
5. Lay flat on a mat with a small physio ball postioned between your feet and your arms outstretched over your head. Squeezing the ball with the sides of your feet, raise your legs straight up, along with your arms, passing it from your feet to your hands and down. Do this for 15 repetitions.
This will make your abs burn and you'll also feel it in your hips -- both of which are crucial to flexibility in the golf swing.
6. Back to the stationary bike, ride at a medium resistance for 1 minute.
This feels like a break, but it still keeps your heart and lungs pumping. No pain, no gain, or pain and more pain in this case.
7. With an ankle resistance band taut around your ankles, get in an athletic stance, knees slightly bent and feet a little more than shoulder width apart. Shuffle to one side, much the way you did on the treadmill earlier, then shuffle back, making sure to keep the band as taut as possible as you do. You'll need an area about 20-30 feet long for this. Do three times in each direction.
This is the drill I'm used to from years of basketball, only it's tougher with the resistance band. You feel it not only in your legs, but your hips as well, which I'm quickly learning are not very flexible on me.
8. Back to the resistance band machine; get in an athletic stance with your knees slightly bent and your hands holding the band from your right. In another quick 1-2 explosion, rotate your mid-section to the left so your hands reach the middle of your chest, then back, then all the way through with your hands passing just beyond your left hip. Do 15 repetitions then switch sides.
This really works your core (again) and your back. Im starting to realize what crappy shape I'm in and that working out four times a week, playing golf and managing my fantasy baseball team doesn't exactly count as being in shape, at least compared to these guys.
9. Staying with the resistance machine, assume an athletic position holding one band in each hand out in front of you at chest height, making sure it's taught. In a simultaneous motion, leap up and outward, with your arms going out and over your head and your hips thrusting outward before returning to the start position. Do 15 repetitions.
I'll admit it, I almost fell flat on my face the first time I did this. The momentum is so great coming back down from the jump, it pulls you forward. You've been warned.
10. Next, do the same thing, only using a light dumbbell in each hand instead of a resistance band and without the jump. Do 15 repetitions.
At least I didn't nearly fall on my face this time.
From there, it's on to some plyometrics with Chris Noss. He has me jump over a box that's about 18 inches high; front to back at first, then side to side, for about 30 seconds each of three sets. Next, standing on the floor, I jump forward at a 45-degree angle, landing on my left foot and without letting my right one touch the ground once I land, then back, landing on my right leg. I proceed to do this at 45-degree angles to the left and right, frontwards and backwards for three sets and a total of 12 repetitions on each leg. Last, but certainly not least, holding a medicine ball between my hands in front of me, Noss has me jump up, kicking my heels to my butt and raising the medicine ball over my head simultaneously for about 30 seconds.
I'm exhausted, though there were no puke buckets like Noss and Diovisalvi predicted. Only near blood, a lot of sweat and tears of joy that the workout is over. As I'm walking back to the locker room, I see Jim Furyk on the treadmill, side-stepping -- and holding onto the rail, just like I did. Suddenly, I dont feel so bad. Then Diovisalvi brings me back to reality, saying, "You're lucky [Pat] Perez left, or he'd be laughing at you."
GolfGym thanks PGATOUR.com and by Brian Wacker for a great article.
We are very proud to tell you that in the article Mr. Wacker refers to some of the equipment that he used during the workout. The "physio ball" is our Balance Ball, the "resistance bands" are the Joey D PowerBandz, the "ankle resistance band" is our PowerStance Loop
From PGATOUR.com, by Brian Wacker, Site Producer:
When 59-year-old Tom Watson nearly won the British Open in July, some argued it wasn't necessarily good for the game. If some old fogey with his AARP card could nearly win one of the game's biggest tournaments, what did that say about golf as a sport? What it said, they maintained, was that golf wasn't a sport at all. It was a skill. A pastime. That it was right up there with bowling and ping pong.
Blame Ernie Els, or Fred Couples or even Watson. They make golf look about as athletic as pouring a glass of water. What most don't see is what goes into building those backswings, especially for a growing number of players on the PGA TOUR, whose time in the fitness trailer or gym equals their time on the driving range or practice green.
"What the fans don't understand is the specificity of the training, the stress that a golfer goes through," says Chris Noss, an expert in biomechanics and trainer to a number of players, including Sean O'Hair, Zach Johnson, Stewart Cink and Brian Gay, among others.
That stress usually begins and ends in a pair of 18-wheelers -- one for strength and conditioning, one for physical therapy -- at every TOUR stop from January through November. They're loaded with Cybex machines, treadmills, stationary bikes, free weights, physio balls and various other apparatuses. There are also at least two physical therapists, a chiropractor and strength & conditioning coach on hand at all times.
"Nine years ago, when I started, very few utilized the trailer every day," says Scott Riehl, Strength & Conditioning Coordinator, DePuy Mitek, PGA TOUR, and lord of the two trailers. "Now, 85 percent work out daily."
Though space is tight, you'll often find as many as 10-12 players in the trailer at a time during tournament week, all working out, stretching or receiving treatment for any number of nagging injuries.
Even those who don't use the TOUR's trailers will spend countless hours fine-tuning their bodies to the rigors of pounding thousands of golf balls. Call it the Tiger Woods effect. His workouts with Keith Kleven, although fairly secretive, are equal parts legendary.
"Players started saying, 'I have to work out to catch Tiger,'" said Noss. "Then when they didn't (catch him), we had a drop off. It's leveled out now."
"Tiger made my job a lot easier," continued Noss, who added that it's taken many of his 10-plus years on TOUR to gain the sort of trust and respect he and a handful of others have with the players. "But Tiger's always been an athlete -- if you're Secretariat's trainer, all you want to do is not screw him up."
That can be tougher than it sounds. Take Jason Dufner, who works with Joey Diovisalvi (known mostly as Joey D around TOUR circles). Having been befriended by Vijay Singh, Dufner recently spent time with Singh's trainer, Gabe Lopez.
Comparing Singh to Dufner in the gym is like comparing the Mona Lisa to a finger painting. No one works out harder than Singh, and Dufner found out the hard way. "[Dufner] was sore for weeks," Diovisalvi said. "It killed his confidence."
Fortunately for Dufner, that confidence returned and the fruits of his labor paid off in the form of a half-dozen top-10s, including a tie for third at the RBC Canadian Open and a tie for second at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Anthony Kim had a similar experience with confidence -- or lack of it -- early in the season. Following a rash of injuries and poor practice habits, Kim, twice a winner in the previous year, admitted his confidence was now "in the toilet."
That prompted Kim to hire Darby Rich, whom he had worked with while at the University of Oklahoma. Rich was the strength and conditioning coach for the Sooners' men's basketball team and helped train Blake Griffin, who was picked No. 1 in the NBA Draft.
The wins haven't exactly piled up for Kim, but since hiring Rich, Kim does have four finishes in the top 16, including a pair of third places. He's also slimmer, eating better, practicing more and avoiding injury due to a previous lack of said practice.
"I was miserable. I wasn't having any fun," Kim said. "I just know that if I'm working on the right thing, it's going to pay off."
That right thing has paid off for others -- Pat Perez, John Rollins, Ryuji Imada and O'Hair, to name a few -- and it's fair to say that success comes from what goes on in practice sessions as much as training sessions, whether they're in the TOUR's two fitness trailers, or in a glitzy new gym like the one at Congressional Country Club, site of the AT&T National.
On a mid-week afternoon at the AT&T National, a number of players made their way into the gym at Congressional -- on weeks the TOUR travels to tournament sites with their own fitness facility, it usually employs just the physical therapy trailer.
Perez, Mike Weir, Jim Furyk, Imada and O'Hair all populated the place during one particular hour and while none of them looks like Lance Armstrong, never mind LeBron James, they twisted and contorted their bodies into all sorts of pretzel-like positions, mostly through resistance training that's intense enough to bring out the puke buckets on occasion.
Pushing them are a team of trainers, therapists and biomechanics experts that walk a very fine line of keeping a player fit or injury-free and trying not to screw up their golf swing.
"If [Jason Gore's coach] Mike Abbott wants his arm in one position ..." Diovisalvi says. "...well, sooner or later, you better marry us, or else you're going to have a lot of unhappy players."
Brian Gay has always been a hard worker, on and off the course, and he can credit his two wins this year to that. "We've had battles over training, but he sees why he has to do certain things," Noss said.
Ditto similar successes for Geoff Ogilvy, Paul Casey and Camilo Villegas. All are workout freaks, and all have had success, at least in part, because of it. Even Cink, who isn't in their league from a physical standpoint, wants to know that he's done everything possible to succeed and that includes his workouts.
Perhaps no one's career -- except Woods' -- sums up the golf-is-a-sport argument, however, better than Singh's. Sitting on an airplane in 2000, Singh told a member of his team, "I can be the best player in the world." Four years later, he was. No one north of 40 years old has won more than Singh, either. Is there any question why?
PGA TOUR workout: How to train like a pro
During the AT&T National, trainers and biomechanics experts Joey Diovisalvi and Chris Noss, who work with some of the best players on the PGA TOUR, put PGATOUR.COM's Brian Wacker through a typical workout for a TOUR player. He survived well enough to tell you about it below:
1. Start with a 5-minute warm-up on the stationary bike, pedaling between a moderate and fast rate, to get the blood pumping. This is easy enough and it gets the juices flowing.
2. Set the treadmill speed to 3.5 miles per hour and start walking ... then turn sideways, shuffling your feet side to side for 15 seconds. Then turn and face the other side and repeat. Do this for 2 minutes, switching every 15 seconds.
Having played basketball most of my life, this was a common drill, but not on, uh, moving ground. I'd suggest holding on at first since it challenges your balance.
3. Lay back on a physio ball with the ball positioned under the middle of your back and your legs at a 90-degree angle, holding a weight plate out in front of you opposite your chest. Rotate your midsection side to side, making sure not to let your hips sag or to lose your balance on the ball. Do this for 15 repetitions on each side.
After starting with a 25-pound weight that made me fall off the ball on the first rep, I switched to a 15-pound weight and still struggled, moving slowly from side to side. Joey D hops on to show me, thoroughly embarrassing my snail's pace.
4. Using a resistance band, set up in your normal golf stance, holding the band as if it were a club and making sure the band is taut. From there, it's a quick 1-2 motion, taking the band back just past your hips on the right (if youre right-handed), then back to start, then all the way back in a rapid-fire motion, making sure to keep your posture and your balance. Then switch sides. Do this for 15 repetitions per side.
I almost fall over the first time I return the band to the start position because there's a lot of resistance there and the momentum really challenges your balance ... not to mention the strength in your core. It will also help with the load and release of your swing.
5. Lay flat on a mat with a small physio ball postioned between your feet and your arms outstretched over your head. Squeezing the ball with the sides of your feet, raise your legs straight up, along with your arms, passing it from your feet to your hands and down. Do this for 15 repetitions.
This will make your abs burn and you'll also feel it in your hips -- both of which are crucial to flexibility in the golf swing.
6. Back to the stationary bike, ride at a medium resistance for 1 minute.
This feels like a break, but it still keeps your heart and lungs pumping. No pain, no gain, or pain and more pain in this case.
7. With an ankle resistance band taut around your ankles, get in an athletic stance, knees slightly bent and feet a little more than shoulder width apart. Shuffle to one side, much the way you did on the treadmill earlier, then shuffle back, making sure to keep the band as taut as possible as you do. You'll need an area about 20-30 feet long for this. Do three times in each direction.
This is the drill I'm used to from years of basketball, only it's tougher with the resistance band. You feel it not only in your legs, but your hips as well, which I'm quickly learning are not very flexible on me.
8. Back to the resistance band machine; get in an athletic stance with your knees slightly bent and your hands holding the band from your right. In another quick 1-2 explosion, rotate your mid-section to the left so your hands reach the middle of your chest, then back, then all the way through with your hands passing just beyond your left hip. Do 15 repetitions then switch sides.
This really works your core (again) and your back. Im starting to realize what crappy shape I'm in and that working out four times a week, playing golf and managing my fantasy baseball team doesn't exactly count as being in shape, at least compared to these guys.
9. Staying with the resistance machine, assume an athletic position holding one band in each hand out in front of you at chest height, making sure it's taught. In a simultaneous motion, leap up and outward, with your arms going out and over your head and your hips thrusting outward before returning to the start position. Do 15 repetitions.
I'll admit it, I almost fell flat on my face the first time I did this. The momentum is so great coming back down from the jump, it pulls you forward. You've been warned.
10. Next, do the same thing, only using a light dumbbell in each hand instead of a resistance band and without the jump. Do 15 repetitions.
At least I didn't nearly fall on my face this time.
From there, it's on to some plyometrics with Chris Noss. He has me jump over a box that's about 18 inches high; front to back at first, then side to side, for about 30 seconds each of three sets. Next, standing on the floor, I jump forward at a 45-degree angle, landing on my left foot and without letting my right one touch the ground once I land, then back, landing on my right leg. I proceed to do this at 45-degree angles to the left and right, frontwards and backwards for three sets and a total of 12 repetitions on each leg. Last, but certainly not least, holding a medicine ball between my hands in front of me, Noss has me jump up, kicking my heels to my butt and raising the medicine ball over my head simultaneously for about 30 seconds.
I'm exhausted, though there were no puke buckets like Noss and Diovisalvi predicted. Only near blood, a lot of sweat and tears of joy that the workout is over. As I'm walking back to the locker room, I see Jim Furyk on the treadmill, side-stepping -- and holding onto the rail, just like I did. Suddenly, I dont feel so bad. Then Diovisalvi brings me back to reality, saying, "You're lucky [Pat] Perez left, or he'd be laughing at you."
GolfGym thanks PGATOUR.com and by Brian Wacker for a great article.
posted by GolfGym.com at 6:26 PM 2 Comments Links to this post
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Congratulations to Christina Kim and Her New Physique
The Solheim Cup was played a couple weeks ago and I was impressed with the crowds, the appreciation for well played golf, with Michele Wi and with all the ladies with their enthusiasm and patriotism.
I was especially impressed with Christina Kim and the new physique she is sporting. She must be on a new golf fitness program. Over the years, Christina has gone up and down with her weight, but it appears that she has really worked hard to slim down which has to help her confidence and playing in general.
Several years ago at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, I saw Christina after she had slimmed down considerably and she looked incredibly different. Then over the next few years, the pounds crept back on and she looked like the old Christina.
That's a real problem for a lot of us whether we talk about gaining or losing weight or working out to elevate our own golf fitness level. Consistency is key.
This is a shameless plug for the GolfGym products, but they sure make it easy to dip into your golf bag, pull out the PowerSwing Trainer and do some easy golf specific exercises before you tee off. It not only gets you warmed up nicely, but it helps develop extra strength and more defined movement patterns which will definitely help your swing.
Get yourself motivated to do just a little and add on as you go. Push yourself to do 2 or 3 extra reps when doing resistance exercises. Jog/run for 25 - 50 yards every 5 minutes during your walk in the morning. Take the stairs instead of the escalator. When you are bending down to pick something up from the floor or to tie your shoe, consciously stretch your hamstrings for a few seconds. These little things are easy to do and the benefits add up over time. You will notice improved golf fitness in yourself.
I just heard that Christina may be posing for pictures in a magazine article. That would certainly be a motivating factor. Whatever her motivation and whatever your motivation...keep it up and it will pay dividends.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
I was especially impressed with Christina Kim and the new physique she is sporting. She must be on a new golf fitness program. Over the years, Christina has gone up and down with her weight, but it appears that she has really worked hard to slim down which has to help her confidence and playing in general.
Several years ago at the PGA Merchandise Show in Orlando, I saw Christina after she had slimmed down considerably and she looked incredibly different. Then over the next few years, the pounds crept back on and she looked like the old Christina.
That's a real problem for a lot of us whether we talk about gaining or losing weight or working out to elevate our own golf fitness level. Consistency is key.
This is a shameless plug for the GolfGym products, but they sure make it easy to dip into your golf bag, pull out the PowerSwing Trainer and do some easy golf specific exercises before you tee off. It not only gets you warmed up nicely, but it helps develop extra strength and more defined movement patterns which will definitely help your swing.
Get yourself motivated to do just a little and add on as you go. Push yourself to do 2 or 3 extra reps when doing resistance exercises. Jog/run for 25 - 50 yards every 5 minutes during your walk in the morning. Take the stairs instead of the escalator. When you are bending down to pick something up from the floor or to tie your shoe, consciously stretch your hamstrings for a few seconds. These little things are easy to do and the benefits add up over time. You will notice improved golf fitness in yourself.
I just heard that Christina may be posing for pictures in a magazine article. That would certainly be a motivating factor. Whatever her motivation and whatever your motivation...keep it up and it will pay dividends.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
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The Principle Principle
It is said that the game of golf is a reflection of the game of life. I received the following blog post through Motivational Memo and wanted to pass it along. This has nothing to do with Golf Fitness, but all to do with motivation.
It's a Wonderful Life
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There is an abiding principle that should form the foundation of our lives as we traverse the years upon planet earth.
And here it is: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
And here is my expansion and application of that powerful principle…
It’s about showing respect.
It’s about keeping your word.
It’s about pursuing excellence in all that you do.
It’s about taking the time to listen.
It’s about being a giver more than a receiver.
It’s about thinking the best of others.
It’s about encouraging others to become the best they can possibly become.
It’s about offering a timely and encouraging word.
It’s about saying sorry.
It’s about smiling first.
It’s about remembering a name.
It’s about lending a hand.
It’s about giving in secret.
It’s about letting others do the job of ‘blowing your trumpet’.
It’s about hugging.
It’s about being there.
It’s about spending quality time.
It’s about exhortation.
It’s about kindness.
It’s about the random love note.
It’s about the unexpected gift.
It’s about returning the vehicle with the fuel tank full.
It’s about going the extra mile.
It’s about paying someone else’s bill.
It’s about please and thank you.
It’s about forgiving.
It’s about lifting up in preference to pulling down.
It’s about overlooking faults.
It’s about saying nothing when withheld words represent wisdom.
It’s about speaking up when spoken words are necessitated.
It’s about correcting in private.
It’s about applauding in public.
It’s about holding the hand of another when words fail.
It’s about not trying to fix everybody.
It’s about being the student, even though you may be the teacher.
It’s about walking in humility.
It’s about living in serenity.
It’s about appreciating the simple.
It’s about gratitude.
It’s about living in a state of thankfulness.
So do as you would want to be done, and live a fulfilled life designed by following the principal principle.
GolfGym
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Wednesday, September 09, 2009
Best Finish Ever For Jason Dufner - T2 At The Deutsche Bank
Congratulations to Jason Dufner for his 2nd place finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship in Boston on Labor Day, September 7th. Jason was tied for 1st place until Steve Stricker birdied the 18th to slide past Jason by one stroke and win the tournament.
This is Jason's best finish ever on the PGA Tour. He has earned over 2 million dollars this year and is currently in 9th place in the FedEx Cup standings. He made 17 cuts in 24 events with one 2nd place, one 3rd place, six times in the Top 10 and seven times in the Top 25.
Jason has been working hard on his golf fitness with Coach Joey D and it showed up in his excellent play throughout the tournament. He was also able to keep his cool down the stretch. I also liked his attitude in the interviews. He is getting closer and closer to winning his first PGA Tour event and he has the confidence to do just that soon.
I just got off the phone with Joey who is in Lemont, Illinios at Cog Hill. Unfortunately, he was on an airplane headed back to his home in Florida on Monday, so he wasn't able to see Jason's exciting back nine.
Three of Joey D's players will be focused on making the cut at the BMW Championship just outside of Chicago. Jason Dufner, Pat Perez and Charlie Wi can move on to the Tour Championship with some great play this week.
Good Luck to all the boys.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
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Thursday, September 03, 2009
Pat Perez, Surfer Kelly Slater and Coach Joey D on the Golf Channel
PGA Tour Pro Pat Perez teamed up with world class surfer Kelly Slater this past Monday on the Golf Channel show "Playing Lessons from the Pros". Pat and Kelly partnered up in Pebble Beach earlier this year and the Golf Channel followed them throughout the day filming their every move.
Coach Joey D was with the group all day which began in the PGA Tour fitness trailer where Pat demonstrated his golf fitness routine. The clip below shows the dedication and commitment Pat has to his golf fitness level.
The explosive movement patterns he reveals are designed to add strength and speed to a very stable posture to produce the kind of shots that helped Pat win the Bob Hope this year.
In this clip Pat is using the three of our golf fitness products, the GolfGym Balance Ball, PowerBandz and Double Handled PowerBall along with kettle bells and the Cybex machine, all of which are standard equipment on the PGA Tour Fitness trailers.
This clip is great because as much as we hear about the golf fitness routines of the pros, most amateur golfers would be surprised at the level of intensity that the players achieve. This is an every day occurrence on the Tour.
The "Big, Wide-Open" movement patterns that Pat demonstrates help to build strength and speed, but also develop more flexibility as well. He has been working on these exercises for a long time and has developed his body to be able to keep this intensity consistently.
We encourage you to add these type of golf specific fitness exercises to your routine even if you are just starting a fitness program. Be sure to tone it down in the beginning to allow your body to get used to the movements and recover well. Again, Pat has been doing these consistently for over a year.
Start slowly and reap the rewards.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
Coach Joey D was with the group all day which began in the PGA Tour fitness trailer where Pat demonstrated his golf fitness routine. The clip below shows the dedication and commitment Pat has to his golf fitness level.
The explosive movement patterns he reveals are designed to add strength and speed to a very stable posture to produce the kind of shots that helped Pat win the Bob Hope this year.
In this clip Pat is using the three of our golf fitness products, the GolfGym Balance Ball, PowerBandz and Double Handled PowerBall along with kettle bells and the Cybex machine, all of which are standard equipment on the PGA Tour Fitness trailers.
The "Big, Wide-Open" movement patterns that Pat demonstrates help to build strength and speed, but also develop more flexibility as well. He has been working on these exercises for a long time and has developed his body to be able to keep this intensity consistently.
We encourage you to add these type of golf specific fitness exercises to your routine even if you are just starting a fitness program. Be sure to tone it down in the beginning to allow your body to get used to the movements and recover well. Again, Pat has been doing these consistently for over a year.
Start slowly and reap the rewards.
Ken Pierce
GolfGym
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