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I
Recently Needed to Jump Start My Golf Fitness
Program!
I hit a plateau a
month or so ago with my workouts. I felt like I was
in a little rut, not making the gains that I wanted
with my goals.
I can remember the
day, August 31st . I decided I needed to change
things up a little with my workout routine, so I
reset some of my targets and decided to lose a few
unwanted pounds of blubber.
Why do I remember
that particular date? I think I remember the day
because it was a shift in my thinking. I decided to
make things happen. Not wanted to make it happen,
but decided. I actually got a little ticked off that
it wasn’t happening. I was justifying why I hit a
plateau in my head and saying I can only do this, I
can only do that. I soon realized that I was making
excuses. Deciding to make a difference and keeping
my promise to myself made the difference for me.
At first, my routine
was working very well. I was using the Masters
program within the Your Body & Your Swing program
and supplementing it with a few exercises within our
One-Up Advanced Golf Fitness system (actually, I
still am using those great programs). I especially
like some of the flexibility exercises within the
One-Up like the straight leg rotational hamstring
stretch. I don’t know about you (if you have the
One-Up system) but that one really gets my hips and
low back….as well as the hamstring. It feels very
good.
Anyhoo, I think I
reached a plateau and the weight loss slowed down a
little. I didn’t have time to add a whole lot more
exercises on a regular basis, so I decided to jump
start my body and give it a little jolt. Get the
blood flowing even when I was at rest.
How did I do it?
I started doing what
I call wind sprints. Then I’ll move to hill sprints
after I build up enough endurance and strength.
I know what you are
probably thinking, I can’t do wind sprints. I’m not
in good enough shape to do that….or I don’t want to
look like a fool trying to look like an Olympic
sprinter.
You don’t have to.
I’m in my mid 40’s
and haven’t really run a lot in recent years. Been
working a lot in the Your Body & Your Swing Program
and the One-Up program mostly. Don’t get me wrong,
my muscles are in the best shape they’ve been in
since I can’t remember when. But I wanted to wake my
body up again.
I didn’t start by
driving to a track at the local high school, get
into a 4-point sprinters stance and wait for the gun
to go off. I started slowly. I have had problems
with shin splints for a few years. Probably the main
reason I stopped running in the first place. If
you’ve had shin splints before, they’re a pain in
the a…. ahh…shin.
I knew I wanted to
run again so I started walking briskly for a couple
of miles. Damn if the shin splints started coming
back. So I went to our local park and decided to try
a very brisk walk for a short distance, like a
couple hundred feet. After about 8 or so of those,
my legs really loosened up so I pushed it a little
and jogged. Then it turned into a slow run. That
slow run actually felt like dead wind sprints when
it came to my breathing and heart rate. I thought I
was in shape, but wow. I am in good golf shape, but
my anaerobic conditioning wasn’t so good.
Man that felt great.
I was breathing hard, the lungs were working and I
was feeling alive. Feeling alive for several hours
after that too. I decided to do it at least once a
week. You know, after three weeks, I lost 9 pounds.
Just by adding a 14 “wind sprints” a week. Took me
about 20 minutes total with drive time. I’ll keep
you posted on my progress.
My shins? They feel a
lot better running on the grass. I think I’ll stick
to the grass for a while.
If you are thinking
of adding any of these “wind-spints” to your
workout, make sure you are in decent shape already.
Don’t want to get that ticker going to fast if it
can’t handle it. For some folks just walking a few
of these so-called “sprints” will be enough. The
body will be working very hard.
Look in your email
box the next couple of days for a great start of the
off-season sale!
So, get a little
ticked and decide to make things happen.
Train like a champion
today!
P.S. Look for a
special announcement within the next day or two for
or off-season sale!
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