Fitness Blog

Golf Strength and Conditioning: Golf-Specific Training You Can Trust

Coach Joey D Dec 28, 2020 11:04:21 AM
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I've been in the fitness industry my entire life and I've been working with professional golfers for over 20 years. I've written two books -- Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing, and Hang the Banner, co-written by Coach Kolby "K-Wayne" Tullier -- and I'm proud to be the strength, conditioning, and biomechanics coach who helped three phenomenal players reach the number one spot in the World Golf Rankings (Vijay Singh, 2004, Dustin Johnson, 2017, and Brooks Koepka, 2018).

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Off-Season Golf Workout: Optimize -- Don’t Winterize -- Your Game!

Coach Joey D Dec 14, 2020 8:00:00 AM
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In a lot of parts of the country, the golf season ends right about the time you're finishing the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers. Depending on your winter plans and travel restrictions, you may get in a few rounds in Myrtle Beach or Hilton Head, but for the most part, once the calendar gets flipped to December, your golf season is over. 

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#TheSeasonFavorsThePrepared: Golf eBooks to Keep You Ready to Play

Coach Joey D Oct 19, 2020 9:53:26 AM
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You don't need me to tell you that this has been a strange year. Life as we knew it was flipped upside-down from March to July. A trip to the supermarket suddenly became just as adrenaline-filled and nerve-rattling as a bungee jump. Kitchens and living rooms doubled as home offices and classrooms. And the only "sports" we were able to participate in were bidding wars on eBay for toilet paper and hand sanitizer.

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Golf Fitness Assessment: Are You Assessing or Guessing?

Coach Joey D Sep 7, 2020 8:00:00 AM
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When you go for your annual check-up with your doctor, does he shake your hand, ask how you're doing, and then immediately schedule you for an appendectomy? At your last dental appointment, did your dentist start randomly drilling a bunch of your teeth?

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Dustin Johnson's Golf Fitness Program from Men's Journal

Coach Joey D May 8, 2020 7:57:00 AM
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We're in some interesting times as people. Something bigger than us all has ground life-as-we-knew-it to a halt. Humans, as a species, are a resilient crew, though. If we keep our wits about us and stay smart, we will come out of this in one piece. At some point, we'll get the green light to resume our normal lives again. And when that happens, you'll once again be able to stop worrying about viruses, ventilators, and empty supermarket shelves and get back to worrying about what really matters: your slice, your inability to maintain spine angle, and your lack of mobility through the hips. (After you've disinfected everything you've ever touched, of course.)

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Connecting with the Club…or...Showing Your Wrists Some Love [VIDEO]

Coach Joey D Jul 21, 2018 9:48:32 AM
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1. Prevent injuries due to instability at the wrist
2. Lessen chances of an overuse injury
3. Create a more consistently accurate shot

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Method to the Madness…or Joust your Way to Lower Scores! [VIDEO]

Coach Joey D Jun 8, 2018 11:01:00 AM
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I've been in and around the fitness industry for my entire life -- as an athlete, as a coach, as a lecturer. I know that different people learn things and respond to things in different ways. Some people are more apprehensive than others; they need to be steadily pushed to achieve their goals. Some people are more analytical; they need to know the exercise science behind what they're doing -- right down to the cellular level -- before they'll try anything new.

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Stabilizing Your Lower Body for A Solid Golf Stance

Coach Joey D May 26, 2018 3:33:00 AM
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1. Increase Power and Accuracy
2. Reduce the Chance of Injury
3. Improve Balance
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Are You Built For Speed? How To Add Velocity to Your Golf Swing Speed

Coach Joey D Apr 24, 2018 12:00:00 AM
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1. Understand the biomechanics of club head speed.
2. Get your lower body activated.
3. Get your upper body in sync.

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Warm Up for Low Scores

Coach Joey D Mar 2, 2018 11:42:00 AM
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4 Quick Pre-Round Golf Warmup Movements That Work

I don't care if the last round you played was yesterday or last October, if you think you're going to play at your best without properly warming up your body, you're wrong. If your body isn't prepped for 18 holes of golf, in a best case scenario you're not going to play as well as you can. In a worst case scenario, you're going to get hurt. Neither of those are scenarios that I'm guessing you're interested in experiencing.

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