How To: Set SMART Goals
Most things worth achieving require a few steps before the big finish. Tiger Woods didn’t pick up a golf club for the first time in 1997 and win the Masters by 12 strokes. He was introduced to golf before the age of 2 and won the Drive, Pitch, and Putt contest before turning 7. In ...
How Focus Can Improve Your Movement
This past weekend, I was in my backyard working on some chipping from 10 yards with 26 balls. I would hit them all toward a net, collect the ones that missed the target to hit them again. I repeated that process until I had 5 balls left. Looking at the 5 balls remaining, I realized ...
How To: Choose a Quick and Effective Workout
In a world where everything seems rushed, finding a quick and effective exercise program is necessary to meet the demands of home life, work responsibilities, and -most importantly- personal health and wellbeing. Life seems to be moving faster every day and what “free time” we have dwindles year after year. Taking the time to take ...
Benefits of Single Leg Training for Athletes
Unless you’re a kangaroo, not much happens on two legs when you are moving. When walking, almost all the time spent moving is on one leg with the opposite side travelling through the air. In fact, 80% of a walking cycle is made up on a single leg support. During a run or jog, there ...
Kettlebell Training for Golfers
Kettlebells (or objects similar to kettlebells) have been used for training for thousands of years. Shaolin monks in China used stone padlocks for training (shi-suo gong), ancient Greeks used haltere as a swingable weight, and ancient Scots threw similar devices in the Highland games. The modern kettlebell, however, was first documented in 1704 when the ...