Fit For Golf

If you have used any of my programs, or follow my material online, you will probably have seen me recommend that jumping should be included in your training.

The reason I promote it so strongly is that jumping is an extremely simple and practical way to train several of the physiological qualities we lose as we age. Fast twitch muscle fibres, central nervous system function, tendon and bone all benefit. That means good things for your golf swing power and your longevity.🙌🏽🏌🏽

We know power declines faster than strength, and strength declines faster than muscle mass.💪

This is partly due to biology, but also lifestyle and training habits. Very few middle aged or older people include any power training in their routine. I’m hoping to provide you with the encouragement to change that. It will benefit your golf tremendously, and your general function too.

A common assumption is that once you hit your 50s, 60s, 70s, and beyond, physical decline is automatic. You’re “getting older”, and this means slowing down and that’s just the way it is.

That assumption is a very limited view, and the study I’m covering today shows how modifiable our physical function is through life.

Let’s get into it.

Jackson Koivun

After Ryan Fox’s win last week, side bend in the golf swing, and the role it plays in injury risk got a lot of attention. Here we can see another excellent player, and very exciting prospect Jackson Koivun also demonstrating a large amount of side bend.

Like many things, people have strongly held beliefs on this subject. A lot of it is unsupported by rigorous research, and is predominantly from single player case studies.

The body of published scientific research on swing mechanics and injury risk does not show a conclusive link. There are been two systematic reviews that dig into this question specifically. Watson et al 2023, and Smith at al 2018. You can look them up.

This does not mean there isn’t a link, it just hasn’t been shown.

Swing mechanics play a huge role in where stress is placed, but stress does not necessarily mean injury, as the body is so amazingly adaptable. We see lots of examples of this throughout sports.

Injury is very complex. There are golfers with very neutral swing mechanics with debilitating pain, and golfers with extreme mechanics that don’t have any issues. The golf swing is a stressful move in general!

It is definitely an area where longer term and higher quality research is needed.

I wrote a short review of the available research on this topic in my latest newsletter. If you comment research, it will be DM’ed to you.

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If you follow my work, you already know we lose muscle as we age, and that this loss comes primarily from our fast twitch fibres. 💪

A huge issue for golf performance and for general function. 🏌🏽

This research review is about where in our body we lose that muscle mass from.

Full Review- https://us16.campaign-archive.com/?u=d1ea12a2b3cd6e67d31260741&id=3bc21c65d3

Lifelong Golf ⛳️
How long can you play well? 🏌️‍♀️

How many more years of your best golf do you want? Not just playing, but actually enjoying it. The kind where you can walk 18 holes without getting tired, swing with real power, and play again in a few days without thinking twice about it.

Thats your golf span ⛳️