Get your life back!!

Sorry it's been a week!

I didn't know that Arron was going to be here for four days, so I am a little behind!

But, the coolest thing happened while he was here, and I tell you this because I want to encourage you to continue to persue your fitness and performance goals no matter what they are!

Arron came into town down in the dumps about where his body was. It was sore, tired, and his wrist surgery he had last august was still very painful.

But I scheduled him for his appointments to see one of my Chiropracters that I use and he had used before, Doc Trisha Shaar. She found that his hand (left) was contributing to a lack of nuerological communication from the hand and arm to the brain. Knowing this, she referred him to Doc Paul Thom who is a Chiropracter that specializes in extremity adjustments, and let me tell you, he went thru Arron's hand and elbow and adjusted 3 hand bones, and made 2 elbow corrections.

Immediately Arron could move his elbow and hand into positions he couldn't before and with out pain!

Now, the second important part.

I performed my extensive testing and created a program for him (that took 3.5 hrs BTW!), and I got a call from Arron today telling me how great it feels to feel the strength and stability coming back into his arm, shoulder and hand!

So, in the end, even if you have pain or lack of performance...just know that it is happenening to the best of the best athletes in the world, and all you need to do is seek out a great "body" team and be persistant with your care and conditioning program and you to, can live a life that you desire!

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Arron's back!

Yee haa!

Arron Oberholser is back on the team!

So keep an eye out for him soon!

And keep training hard! Golf fitness is Life fitness people!

Swing Fault- "Sway?"

Defined-
A sway is any excessive lower body lateral movement away from the target during the backswing that forces the weight to the outside of the back foot. This fault makes it very difficult to develop a proper weight shift during transition and the downswing. If there is no stable platform to drive their weight off of during transition, golfers will lose power and inadvertently try to develop speed in an inefficient manner.

Causes-
1. Right Hip Internal rotation- is paramount for full rotation into the right hip without any lateral sway for a right handed golfer. If the body is unable to rotate around the right hip due to joint or muscular restriction, lateral movements will dominate the pattern.

2. Separation of Lower and Upper body- Separation of lower and upper body allows the lower body to laterally stabilize while rotating during a large shoulder turn. Limited trunk to pelvis separation is usually caused by reducing spinal mobility and shortened lat flexibility.

3. Glute Strength- The ability to stabilize the right leg during the backswing is directly proportional to the strength and stability of the glute muscles (your booty!) When it comes to lower body lateral stabilization, the glute medius is the king! It helps the right hip from elevating and shifting laterally during an aggressive coil into the right hip.

Remember, I believe that the way to permanently get rid of swing faults is to find out what causes them, address them with a strong golf fitness program, while simultaneously seeing your golf professional for drills!

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CGF's first employee and kick ass golfer!

Dear Clients and Friends, I am blessed to announce that I have my first employee for CGF!
It's Trisha Self (Quick) !

She and I will continue to do "the business of the people," bringing you the public the best in golf fitness and performance information available!

At first Trisha will be focusing on getting our T.A.R.G.E.T (Teaching Athletes Required Golf Exercise Techniques) junior program launched, and also promotion and marketing of CGF to the golf industry and potential clients!

Check out this impressinve resume!

Turned Professional: 2005
Career-Best Finish: 2nd
Career-Low Round: 68
Career Hole-In-One: 3
Maiden Name: Trisha Quick
Education:
Colorado State University
(B.S. Health & Exercise Science; Health Promotion 2005)

Professional:
In 2008: Competed in a total of 10 professional events
- Competed in the LPGA 2009 Qualifying School
- Finish 4th Place at the Michigan Women’s Open
- Finished 9th at Texas Women’s Open
- Finished 9th at Thriftway Washington Open
- Finished 23rd at Colorado Women’s Open
In 2007: Competed in a total of six professional events
- Finished Top 15 at the Colorado Women’s Open
- Finished Top 20 at the Michigan Women’s Open
- Finished Top 90 out of 315 at the 2008 Duramed Future’s Tour Qualifier
In 2006: Competed in a total of six professional events
- Finished in the top 15 in three Professional State Opens (Colorado,
Massachusetts and Michigan)
- Best Finish was 6th Place
- Qualified for the 2007 Duramed Future’s Tour
Amateur:
- Competed in 4 years of NCAA Division I golf at Colorado State University
- Completed collegiate golf with 6 top 10 finishes and 12 top 20 finishes
In 2005:
- Awarded Colorado State Women Golfer of the Year
- Awarded Outstanding Golfer of the Year by the Colorado Rotary Club
- Ranked 8th in the Nation by Golfstat for highest percent of fairways hit
- Best Finish was tied for 4th at the Mountain View Invitational
In 2004:
- Awarded Colorado State Women Golfer of the Year
- Awarded Outstanding Golfer of the Year by the Colorado Rotary Club
- Tied for 8th at Ptarmigan Ram Fall Classic
In 2003:
- Best finish was tied for 2nd at the Heather/Farr Invitational
- Tied for 3rd at Las Vegas Founders shooting at record low score of 68 -
- Awarded Academic All-Conference Athlete

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My kid will beat your kid!

Parents, do you want your young golfer to be successful?

How about the best in the state, or get a golf scholarship?

Then if they are under 12yrs old, they should NOT be on the range hitting golf balls!!!!!
They should NOT be on a structured lesson plan with an instructor!
They should NOT be playing only one sport, golf!

"What," you say?

That's right, the above statements are true and have sound research behind them!

In fact, the golf industry is not friendly to the junior golfer. It is still geared towards adults and teaches kids those adult tendencies. This is NOT how we need to teach our kids to be successful and long term golfers who love the game!

If your kid is under 12, they need to be focusing on the "fundamental movement skills" that all great athletes learn when they are between the ages of 4 and 12. All great professional athletes became great athletes as kids, not as pros!

Here's what I mean. If you kid only plays golf from 5yrs old, they may be good young, but they will be surpassed by those who started later and who played other sports. That's right, my kid will beat your kid everytime!

Here's the solution...kick 'em out the door and make them play. You also need to bring them to athlete development clinics for long term athletic development, and make them play at least 3 different sports till they're 12!

Our T.A.R.G.E.T (Teaching athletes required golf exercise techniques) program will teach your kids how to be great athletes FIRST, THEN great golfers...and that is how you make great high school, college and PGA players!

Call me for more info- 303-883-0435

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My online business partner, Tyler Ferrell and I have the beginning of our "online golf fitness" empire!

Go to http://www.golffitnessguys.com/ to get your free 3 articles-

1. 10 golf myths
2. 10 things your golf pro isn't telling you
3. 30 yards in 30 days

Please sign up and get 'em! There is some great information for you!

And if you would pass on the website, we'd so appreciate it!

Stay tuned to us as we continue to post information, videos and products for you to enjoy and benefit your game!

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Great start- bad ending

That's what this weekend's Denver Golf Expo was for me!

It started great on friday speaking about posture to about 30 or so people, meeting important Colorado PGA staff and pro's, and meeting a bunch of new people.

Saturday started the same way, had a good Junior Golf talk with Stan Sayers, by then it was about 3:45 and time to eat...so I had a yummy organic turkey sammich, and organic apple and a "Mojo Clif Bar" that had peanuts in it..........

Uh Oh you say?!

Uh Oh is right! The crazy thing was, is that it took only 45 minutes before I could tell "something wasn't right!"

By the time I got home at 5:45, I had to spend some time on the couch cause my stomach hurt, and after I took my kids on a "date" for ice cream and put them to bed by 8pm, it was toilet time!

So not only was that the bad part, I think the worse part was not being able to fullfill my obligation and honor to speak the second time on posture.

So, life goes on with it's little disappointments, I guess I just have to wait another year to "talk to the masses" again about the ever-so-exciting topic of posture!

Oh- and thanks to Trisha who filled it, and John and George for listening!

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Denver Golf Expo- Day One

Denver Golf Expo day one!

Had a great time meeting some of the major players of the PGA of Colorado, Tim Lollar- President, and I was blessed to have the assistance of RT Nelson who helped me get ready for my presentation on 'Posture- how your bad posture contributes to your bad game.' The PGA of Colorado has some very professional and nice people! If you're not a member, become one, it's only $25 during the golf expo!

I also had a great time speaking to the 40 or so who showed up to listen about posture, and I look forward to doing it again on Sunday at 11am. Come join me!

Make sure you there on Sat and Sun, there are great deals and a ton of people willing to help you and your game!

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Swing Fault- "Reverse Spine"

Defined-
Is any excessive upper body backward bend or excessive left lateral upper body bend during the backswing. This swing fault makes it very difficult to start the downswing in the proper sequence, due to the lower body being place in a position that usually limits its ability to initiate the downswing.
This swing fault is also one of the prime causes of lower back pain in golfers!
When the lower body can’t start the downswing or has a limited ability to initiate the movement, the upper body tends to dominate the swing which will eventually create path problems and limited power output. This swing fault puts excessive tension on the lower back due to a forced inhibition of the abdominal musculature during the backswing.

Causes-
1. The ability to seperate the lower body from the upper body allows the shoulders to rotate around the spine w/o going in backward bend or excessive lateral bend. Limited pelvis to trunk separation is usually caused by reduced spinal and shortened lat flexibility.

2. Core stability to help maintain posture and trunk stability is essential. The core helps to keep the trunk forward flexed throughout the golf swing

3. Right hip internal rotation: If the body is unable to rotate around the hip due to joint or muscular restrictions then a lateral sway may occur. Any lateral sway during the backswing will force the spine to tilt into backward bend and create the reverse spine angle (tests- Hip Rotation)

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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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