Gee Wu Personal Training

I never understood why some of my clients, who were recreational golfers could be so fixated with hitting a little white ball into holes for four hours at a time...that is until I decided to give it a try after the last lockdown was lifted and now I stand up and proudly say 'Hi, my name is Gee and I am a golf-a-holic!'

Fast forward ten months and you will find me hitting the range and golf courses on every given opportunity - the thing with golf is (for me anyway), is that it's not about being better than the people you play with, but more about being able to better yourself - the ultimate accolade being able to say that you have a respectable handicap!

The emergence of Tiger Woods changed the whole golf scene and now you'll see all the top golfers spending as much time in the gym with their conditioning coaches, as on grass with their technical golf coaches, which has enabled them to not only hit the ball further, but to be able to repeat the same movement over and over again, whilst reducing the risk of developing overuse injuries, or injuries due to poor body/postural biomechanics.

So, now I'm marrying my skills and experience as a fitness coach alongside the skills gained as a TPI (Titleist Performance Institution) Level 1 coach, to help all you recreational golfers out there, understand how your body's movement (or lack of!), could be causing you to develop certain swing characteristics, which could be affecting your game and how to address these movement restrictions - these corrective exercises, will not only be beneficial to your game, keep you injury free and prolong your golfing career, but there will be a huge carry over benefit to your everyday life in general.

If you or anyone you know are interested in knowing more about TPI's Golf Movement Screen and how your game could benefit from this, then send me a message and I'll get back to you!

Happy Golfing!

Gee

…oh and I’ve moved my business to this little gem of a gym! Sad to be leaving my second home of 19 years and will miss the original Academy, it’s staff and members, so many memories and laugh out loud moments were had there…truly leisure in a different class!

What 4 weeks of doing things consistently well can do for your mood and self esteem!

As a seasoned health and nutrition coach, you simply can’t help it, when your brain goes into work mode and starts assessing the way someone moves during exercise - this happened today during my dog walk as a runner went past me and I started to analyse his running gait! 🤓

Lockdown has encouraged people to exercise outdoors and the extra number of walkers and recreational runners, has definitely increased, which I totally applaud.

But what you probably weren’t aware of was the increased risk of injury you were putting yourself in, with every repetitive foot strike...if you already have movement compensations in your body’s joints, muscles and neuromuscular system.

Basically, sub optimal posture and how you currently carry yourself, may lead to serious injury problems, maybe not straight away, but later on as you continue to repeat the same faulty actions over and over again - this could be anything from foot strikes during a run, a golf swing, tennis serve, horse riding, etc.

So, what’s the ‘FREEBIE’ here?

Check back in tomorrow...

What my lockdown looked like in February 🎯

Daily metrics...

Move goal - 1000 kcals
Exercise goal - 60 minutes
Stand goal - 10 hours

Set yourself challenging, but achievable goals, commit to them and see what happens in two to three months time!

Straight from yesterday’s post! 😋

Not your traditional pancakes made with flour, but if you want to celebrate Shrove Tuesday with a healthy pancake, then you have to give these low carb, high protein fluffy pancakes a go! ☁️

Ingredients to make 4 pancakes:

40 g vanilla protein powder
1 large very ripe banana
1/8 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
2 large eggs

Method:

1. Separate egg whites and yolks and whisk egg whites, until they form peaks.

2. Beat egg yolks and rest of ingredients until it forms a thick mixture.

3. Divide whisked egg whites into thirds and gently fold in a third into the mixture, ensuring that it’s fully mixed before adding in more of the whisked egg whites - try to avoid over mixing, as it’s this process which will give your pancakes their fluffiness!

4. Heat a pan on a low heat and spoon a quarter of the mixture into the pan - cook for 60-90 seconds on each side.

5. Serve the pancakes with some Greek yoghurt and blueberries (optional drizzle of honey, if you want!)

6. Enjoy! 😋

Is your current set up, setting you up to fail?

Right from the start of this covid pandemic, CVD has been recognised as a co-morbidity and that anyone contracting covid with underlying CVD issues, were at an increased risk of severe illness with the virus.
So, during the month of February, I will be giving you healthy tips and advice on how to bulletproof, not just your heart , but those around you as well - remember, you only have one, so treat it with respect, as it’s the one thing that’s keeping you alive! ❤️

New week, same goals...keep going, you’ve got this!