It's all up to you!

Happy Saturday!

Today I just want to encourage all of you to stay strong and focused on your programs.

I don't care what you are exercising or training for. Whether it is to lose 40lbs, to decrease your golf handicap by 5 this year, to ride your bike 50 miles at once this summer, or to bring down your high blood pressure...ultimately it is just up to you!

YOU are in charge of your success! Now you can have external sources of motivation, but you still have to be the one to schedule your daily workouts; pick the best food choices for you and your family; teach your kids how to be fit and healthy; and eventually enjoy the fruits of your labor!

So keep training hard and stay focused, cause regardless of your goals, there is a lot at stake!

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Swing Fault- "Over the Top"

Defined-
Over the top is perhaps the most common swing fault among high handicap golfers. It usually occurs due to an overuse or over-dominance of the upper body on the downswing. As a result the club is thrown outside of the intended swing plane, with the club-head approaching the ball from the outside in. This creates a pull if the clubface is square or a slice if the clubface is open.

This fault can rob a golfer of power and limit their ability to control the ball flight as they add or decrease loft to the club and additional spin to the ball through impact. By changing the path, they will create a more solid strike and increase their distance and accuracy.

Causes-
1. The ability to disassociate the lower body from the upper body- to lead the downswing. Limited pelvis to trunk separation is usually caused by reduced spinal and hip mobility.

2. Core stability to help maintain posture and trunk stability is essential. Any loss in posture (flat shoulder plane or reverse spinal angle) can force the torso and arms to fire first in transition to help re-position the body for rotation.

3. Good Balance on each leg, especially the lead leg, is paramount for proper weight shift. Limited weight shift toward the lead leg can reduce the lower body’s contribution to power generation in the swing. Therefore, players will try to produce excessive power in their upper body by chopping down or throwing the club-over- top.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THE ONLY WAY TO SOLVE A SWING FAULT IS IN THE GYM!

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Do What You Love!

Seriously...this message is worth watching if you are struggling today with your health, fitness, family, and career!

Please do yourself the favor of spending a few minutes to laugh and think!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhqZ0RU95d4

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Yeah! Made it to the Golf Channel's "Insider"

Gotta love it!

My article make it to the Golf Channel's "Insider!"

Check it out...http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&select=28305

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Swing Fault- Flat Shoulder Plane

Defined-
Flat shoulder turn describes the plane of the shoulders as the student turns to the top of their backswing. At address the spine is tilted due to the forward bend of the hips to allow you to get into the correct setup position. In the ideal world the shoulders would move perpendicular to the tilt of the spine on the backswing. A flat shoulder plane is when the shoulders turn on a more horizontal plane than the axis of the original spine angle. This movement will also cause a change to the swing planes and original spine angle, both of which will reduce the efficiency of the swing.

Causes-
1. Range of motion in Shoulders and Lats- If the ROM is poor, they can loose their posture and their shoulders will turn on a flatter than normal plane in order to try to get width and a full turn in the backswing.

2. Lack of forward tilt at address- This will put a player in a position that forces their arms to move away from their body on the backswing and causes the flat shoulder turn. This can be caused by a lack of mobility in the Thoracic spine or poor technique.

3. X-Factor- A limited X-factor (The ability to separate upper body from your lower
body) can force the player to stand up versus rotating their upper body around their lower.

These are the physical causes of this swing fault. In order to fix these three causes you need a stretching and exercise program! The fixes can't be fixed permanently!

For more info visit www.championshipgolffitness.com or deetidwell@hotmail.com to get a program...now's the time to fix these issues before spring!

Dad's, Mom's and Juniors!

This weekend I will be attending the first Titleist Performance Institute level 2 "Junior" certification, and I am VERY excited about it!

Not only is it about Junior golf, but most importantly, it is about Junior FITNESS.

We all know that our kids are fatter and un-healthier than they have ever been in human history!

Recent research indicates that 60% of adults are now either overweight or obese...WHAT?? You have to be kidding me!

The sad part is that the parents are perpetuating their lazyness and the kids are now showing almost the same numbers! 25% are overweight and 20% are obese...that's 45%!

Here's my point, after this weekend, you will here more and more about Junior golf fitness, and junior fitness in general.

Enough is enough! I don't care if you child likes to play golf or not, my phrase of "Golf fitness is Life fitness," will never have meant as much as it has, because now we are talking about our kids health!

Stay tuned!
LOL!

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Reminder- Golf fitness is Life fitness!

I want to remind you all how important the statement title is...
"Golf fitness is Life fitness."

You see any time you determine what movement discrepancies are in the body and then "prescribe" various corrective stretches and exercises to address them...in the end you end up with a more efficiently functioning body.

It is this efficiency that leads to:

• range of motion
• mobility
• muscle growth
• flexibility
• stability
• kinesthetic awareness
• heightened senses
• decreased injury
• better organ function
• better blood flow/circulation
• optimal learning environment for new movement(s)
• less stress
• increased energy
• better sleep
• better posture
• increased well being
• and the ability to hit it further, score better and be more consistent!!

And what does that all equate to?

A BETTER LIFE IN EVERY ASPECT...oh and it just so happens that your golf game improves!!

And that will always make the game, and life, more fun!

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Who are you going to call?

So I am sure you have noticed the amount of "new" gym members in your gym, right?

I want you to watch them...do they seem to wonder around trying this machine and that cardio piece?

Why?

Do you...

• wonder who you are going to call when your pipe breaks in your house?
• wonder who you are going to call when your engine light goes on?
• wonder who you are going to call when you tweak your knee skiing and it hurts like heck to walk on it?
• wonder who you are going to call when your computer locks up?
• wonder who you are going to call when your golf game takes a turn for the worse?

Do you get my point?

Then why is it that the public and the golfer just wonder aimlessly?

Afterall, this is YOUR BODY AND HEALTH you are talking about for gosh sakes! Why would YOU try to figure out how to exercise when you have no clue?!

My dear readers, it is essential to hire a professional, HIGHLY QUALIFIED, fitness coach! Don't go to Bally's or 24HR and expect to find this! Seek those who are the best in you community!

Would you seek just an average doctor, lawyer, technician, mechanic etc., to fix those issues? NO, you wouldn't!

So step up and find those best qualified to meet your needs, especially when it comes to GOLF FITNESS! There are a lot of trainers saying they do golf fitness...but they suck! They will make your game worse, mark my word!

If you have any questions about who you should be looking for, please contact me and I'd be happy to help! For those of you in the Rocky Mtn region, come see me!

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The Love and Pain of golf!

Don't you just love it...a friend sent this to me!

"In My Hand I Hold A Ball,
White And Dimpled, Rather Small.
Oh, How Bland It Does Appear,
This Harmless Looking Little Sphere.
By It's Size I Could Not Guess,
The Awesome Strength It Does Possess.
But Since I Fell Beneath Its Spell,
I've Wandered Through The Fires Of Hell.
My Life Has Not Been Quite The Same,
Since I Chose To Play This Stupid Game.
It Rules My Mind For Hours On End,
A Fortune It Has Made Me Spend.
It Has Made Me Yell, Curse And Cry,
I Hate Myself And Want To Die.
It Promises A Thing Called Par,
If I Can Hit It Straight And Far.
To Master Such A Tiny Ball,
Should Not Be Very Hard At All.
But My Desires The Ball Refuses,
And Does Exactly As It Chooses.
It Hooks And Slices, Dribbles And Dies,
And Even Disappears Before My Eyes.
Often It Will Have A Whim,
To Hit A Tree Or ! Take A Swim.
With Miles Of Grass On Which To Land,
It Finds A Tiny Patch Of Sand.
Then Has Me Offering Up My Soul,
If Only It Would Find The Hole.
It's Made Me Whimper Like A Pup,
And Swear That I Will Give It Up.
And Take To Drink To Ease My Sorrow,
But The Ball Knows ... I'll Be Back Tomorrow.

Stand proud you noble swingers of clubs and losers of balls....
A recent study found the average golfer walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found golfers drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a Year.
That means, on average, golfers get about 41 miles to the gallon.
Kind of makes you proud. Almost feel like a hybrid."

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You should be able to pass these tests, or you are less athletic!

FIRST THINGS FIRST...To make your life easier, maybe, I am now accepting credit cards!

Ok, Brian Thompson (big man on campus at McGetrick Golf Academy) and I were 'formulating" a plan for 2009 and we were talking about my talks at the Denver Golf Expo and how I will be speaking about the three basic tests that I test in my evaluation of all my clients; the pelvic tilt test, the torso rotation test and the pelvis rotation test.

And while I was visualizing my speech and how I will be getting attnedees to perform these tests, that got me thinking...

Practically 100% of the attendees, will fail one or more of these three tests!
Here is an example of each from the Titleist Performance Institute (www.mytpi.com)...

Seems pretty simple, right?

Well, YOU will also fail one or more of these tests!

Got your attention?

Ok, good! Now...for those of you who doubt whether Golf is a non-athletic event, then how is it that most golfers (or athletes) will only get to a certain level of their ability to be successful at the game?

No, it's not because they don't have the best clubs (because most do!), or because they lack practice, it's actually due to the fact that their bodies CANNOT AND WILL NOT learn or be able to perform the swing as it is intended to occur!

Seriously, the above tests are foundational to our ability to move, yet everyone will fail one or more of the tests that allow normal human movement!

Here's my point...if everyone who comes in to see me no matter the sport they play, and they cannot move their pelvis correctly, then no wonder they cannot understand how "athletic" of a sport golf is and can be! They have lost their innate ability to move, and becuase of that, golf and other sports are hard to do, hard to get good at, hard to improve at, and hard to compete at!

In the end, get your body working and then you wil be able to enjoy how "athletic" Golf can be, and that my friends, is when Golf is fun!

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Here's to a TRANSPARENT 2009!

Happy New Year everyone!

Thank you for those of you who follow my blog, it is one of my goals in '09 to provide you all with the best info related to fitness,golf fitness, health and life performance!

In order to be as "transparent" as possbile, I want to share some of my "life change goals" for the year...

Personal “TO DO’S”
-Increase life insurance
-Do a living will
-Go to as many level one, two and three Tilteist Performance Institute certification programs as I want to!
-Pay cash for a family vehicle

CGF:
-Begin Teaching for TPI
-become recognized leader in Denver for golf fitness boot camps
-create and sell golf fitness kits
-have at least ten people in each boot camp
-do at least 2 U-tube videos per week for Championship Golf Fitness and Golf Fitness Guys
-write one article per week
-do weekly speeches to anyone willing to listen!
-payoff business debt

Golf fitness Guys:
-build our golffitnessguys.com list to at least 5000 in 3-6 months
-Create and market and sell products on the site
-provide the public and fitness professionals with great quality e-products

Self:
-Read the Word everyday
-pray regularly
-go camping 6 times over summer
-go backpacking twice
-do two downhill mtn bike races in my "new age category...40+"
-take my son and daughter on individual "dates" once a week
-sell my truck :(

Marriage:
-create a prayer and family plan together
-pray w/ shan and kids daily
-think before I speak
-tell Shan I love her daily
-a date a week
-two vacations by ourselves

Family:
-Take a week vacation every quarter
-go to Italy in May
-camping, hiking, biking!

So there you go, my friends, some of my plans for the year! I hope that whatever yours may be, that they come true and that you are blessed in 2009!

Stay tuned for great content and "tom foolery" all year!

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