Better Golf With Fitness

Welcome to "Better Golf with Fitness"

            

 

The Better Golf with Fitness Blog is dedicated to educating golfers about golf-specific fitness. We will try to teach golfers how to play better golf by getting in "golf shape."

If you live the Metro NY area and would like to get some training in, check out my studio in White Plains, NY- Five Iron Fitness

Thanks for visiting the Better Golf with Fitness Blog. 

Mobility and Stability- The Foundation at Five Iron

At Five Iron Fitness,  working on Mobility and Stability is at the foundation of everything we do.  Our programming model is based off of Strength Coach Michael Boyle's "Joint by Joint Approach to Training".  Once we have a good foundation of Mobility and Stability, we can build Strength and Power on top of it.

Dave Phillips and Lance Gill, from TPI, do a great job explaining this approach and why it's important in this video.

Expansion at Five Iron Fitness

Since I haven't updated this blog in a while on what Five Iron Fitness is looking like these days, I figured this was a good time since I am in the middle of an expansion.  I am adding another 950 sq. ft. for some physical therapy, massage and chiropractic services, as well as adding a break room and a bigger office.  Everything should be complete sometime in the next few weeks and I am hoping to add the new services as soon as possible.

 Warm Up Area 

 

 Strength and Power Room

 

Med Ball Wall

 

 Group Fitness Room

 

Hitting Bay

 

Putting Green

 

 Expansion- PT Area 

 Massage Room buildout

 

 Massage Room

New office door is to the right

 

I will be doing a full video tour soon so you can get a better idea of how the facility is laid out.

Putting- How Are Your Visualization Skills?

I have been putting a lot on the Five Iron putting green and I feel like my stroke has improved a lot.  We play a form of "Golf Billiards" (the pic is from a 9-ball game we were playing) to make it fun and to make sure that there is a little pressure trying to make each putt.

My alignment has improved a lot and one thing I usually do is use a line on the ball to make sure my stroke is on the money.  This might be the wrong approach for me.   I came acrosss this interesting video form Dave Phillips and Greg Rose discussing visualization skills and an easy test to see how yours are.

 

Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus- Janet Alexander on Working with Women

There are plenty of differences between men and women, and when it comes to training women, it's really important to understand what is happening in their bodies every month.   Although I have seen Janet Alexander lecture on the topic, I forgot how important being aware of hormonal changes can be. 

Janet is an incredibly bright woman who walks the walk when it comes to training and teaching.   She trains hard and trains often and she is one of the most passionate leaders in the fitness field. 

Check out this great video of the segment on The Golf Fitness Academy that she appeared on with one of the players she trains, Nicole Smith. 

Dave Phillips on Rory McIlroy- US Open Slow Motion Swing

I know this is a few months old but I keep showing it to so many Five Iron Fitness clients that I wanted to make sure I had it on the blog.

I love the lateral "bump" before he starts to rotate. We work on this a lot at Five Iron first in the True Stretch cage, then with some baseball swings and finally with the club.

Feel Better, Play Better

I just watched "Feel Better, Play Better" from Jason Glass.  Jason does a great job making the program really easy to use, without too much equipment.  Check out the preview below and order at MyTPI.com.

Updated Golf Room

OK, so this is pretty much the finished portion of the expanded area at Five Iron Fitness.  

 

Posture Stick Drill

Here is a great drill from Scarsdale Golf Club PGA Teaching Professional Paul Kenney to help you get in the right address position.

Let There Be Light... (and rugs)

Just for some perspective, here is the first shot 2 weeks ago of the Five IronFitness expansion:

Lights were put up on Wednesday,

and the rug down today!

The golf mat and net (from the pic below) will be moved into this area (above). The wall on the left, beyond the column is where the net will go.

The other half that you are looking at will be for some other fitness activities, or another golf pro teaching in that area for the winter.

All of this opens up the the big room for easier transition to group classes.

I will keep you posted with the final pics when we set everything up next week.

Five Iron Fitness Expansion Update

The progress continue in the new room at Five Iron Fitness.  Last post, we were here:

 

Here is the progress since then:

 

The space is pretty near completion.  The electric guys come early next week to do the lights, then the rug guys come in to do their thing.  After that, I just need to get the net hung up and the golf mat down and we are ready to go!