How'd Ya Do?

Well...how did ya do?

How did you do this weekend regarding your eating and exercising habits?

Do you have "eaters remorse?"

If you do, don't fret! You can loose whatever you gained by this time next week! :)

Do the workout I laid out for you on Thankgiving day on M, T, TH and Sat and add a cardio day on Weds and Friday by doing a...

• 5 min warm up
• 8 reps of-- 1 mins hard effort followed by 2 mins of easy effort
• 5 min cool down

So go ahead, try it! If you haven't lost what you gained...then I am a monkey's uncle!

For those of you looking to "slim down a little," then this is also a great workout for you!

Not only will it improve your golf fitness, but it will "lean you up" as well!

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thankgiving!

Get a good workout in then eat smart!
Try this workout that should take about 20 minutes...

• 15 Body Weight Squats
• 10 Swiss ball hamstring curls
• 10 Push Ups
• 15 Bent over dumbell rows

Do all back to back, then rest for 30 seconds and repeat three times!

Enjoy!

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To Pig or not to Pig, that is the question!

Well...did you take the advice of my post I wrote on monday and commit to yourself? Remember? I asked you to copy and past the "contract with self" and sign it and place it in strategic areas of your home and work place so you won't blow it tomorrow and regret eating so much!

If you didn't, then scroll down one post past the 2 for 1 deal to Golf Fitness Magazine (a great and cheap Christmas gift by the way!), print it out and commit to yourself!

Shoot, mayswell (is that even a word? :) ) give some to your friends and family!

It's just the beginning people!

Commit now or forever hold your peace!

And remember, the answer to the title of this blog is..."not to Pig!"

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2 for 1- Golf Fitness Magazine!

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Windermere, FL - Golf Fitness Magazine, Inc. believes it is truly better to give, than to receive this holiday season. So beginning today, anyone that purchases a subscription to Golf Fitness Magazine for that golfer in their life will be rewarded with a free subscription for themselves as well. "We wanted to help people give a great gift to that special golfer in their life this holiday season, a gift that would keep giving all year, a gift that would help the recipient improve their game, their mental focus and their health but ultimately lower their score and lengthen the time that they play this great game," stated Steve Gomen, Golf Fitness Magazine President and Publisher. "We felt that this gift would be perfect for giving to that golfer that you know, or play with each week or live with. This gift will allow them to improve their golf game and as a bonus, the giver gets a subscription for free! So we improve the lives, and lower the scores of two people instead of one for under $20! I think that in these economic times, this is ideal for golfers and their friends and family," explains Gomen. To take advantage of this superior gift opportunity that doesn't break the bank but continues to give all year, log onto www.golffitnessmagazine.com and click on SUBSCRIBE NOW and leave your shopping worries and your wallets behind! Golf Fitness Magazine, Inc. is a national golf publication that focuses on improving your golf game through better health, wellness and fitness. Golf Fitness Magazine is for EVERY golfer; men, women, seniors, juniors, beginners or professionals. In addition to expert advice on game improvement and injury prevention, Golf Fitness Magazine also offers vital information on nutrition, philanthropy, history and tradition, performance apparel and humorous commentary, so readers can improve their body, their mind and enjoy learning about the true spirit of the game in every issue. For more information, contact the corporate offices of Golf Fitness Magazine at 407-864-5077 or e-mail Kristi Gomen at Kristi@golffitness-magazine.com

© 2008 Golf Press Association.

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2 DAYS...Will you overeat?

Kind of a silly question isn't it???

But really, will you?

My question to you is, WHY?

WHY make yourself feel completely uncomfortable?
WHY make yourself have "room clearing gas?"
WHY give yourself a complex because you ate so much, and now you feel like "a cow?"
WHY begin the 'holiday cycle' of weight gain?
WHY make bad choices from now until new years and then turn around and create a new years resolution to get rid of the weight you put on over the holidays cause you didn't ask yourself WHY?

Like I said a few posts ago..."STAND UP FOR YOURSELF!"

Make a decision right NOW to not over eat this thanksgiving and holiday season in general!!!
Make a pact with yourself right NOW to stay fit and NOT gain any weight!

Seriously, DO IT NOW!
SIT DOWN, and right out a contract with yourself and make copies and put it all over the places in your home and work that will remind you to "stand true to your own word to yourself!"

Don't give in, Don't give up, and certainly Don't let yourself down for food!

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Thanks Colorado PGA!

On Monday, I was invited (along with my TPI instructing partner Ron Gring) to speak to the Colorado PGA.

These 38 men and women that attended learned about how the body can influence and create swing faults amoung other topics.

I salute them!

And you should too!

You need to ask your golf instructor if he or she believes in the importance of golf fitness as it relates to the game.

If they deny or put off the importance of golf fitness, then I suggest you see an instuctor who does!

Valued readers, the golfing industry is going to a "team concept." It's not just about equipment, instruction and "hit-a-lot-of-balls" anymore...it's about the instructor who is the driver, and his pit crew who contain a fitness professional, a medical professional, a mental professional, a nutrition professional, and an equipment professional.

This combination is what willl not just make solid and outstanding golfers, but will also create better athletes, and afterall, better athletes make better golfers!

So in the end, seek out those who are qualified and believe in the team concept, if you don't you will be left behind!

Visit http://www.mytpi.com to find a professional.

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Top 20 Unhealthiest Drinks

Ok people!

Think your "drink de jour" is special to you?

Check this list of the Top 20 Unhealthiest Drinks to see if your favorite is on it!

I hope it isn't for your sake!

http://health.msn.com/nutrition/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100219935&page=1

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To win or not to win?

So do you play to win or not to win?

If your answer is to win, why do you think you can?

Have you properly prepared up to the point of playing or competing?

Have you set your mind to it and know you will because your properly prepared?

How do you feel, then, when you don't win, but loose badly?

That's right, you feel bad! Then you go back thru your mind and try to figure out where it was that you messed up that led to your loss.

My question to you is, "did you go back far enough?"

Most people only review to themselves the activity itself, and leave out the preparation time leading up to the playing or competition.

So back to my original question, "did you properly prepare?"

I'll bet your answer is no.

You see this blog doesn't have to do with golf, but any other challenge you may face in life...ie., a presentation, a job interview, or a promotion. The above conversation applies to all aspects of life!

BUT, if we bring it back to golf, it really applies!

You see, if you want to play good golf and play good golf for a long time, you have to be properly prepared.

That includes, golf fitness, proper nutrition, good equipment, good instruction, and a good mental game.

Just like in golf, all other aspects of life will improve with a constant and consistent program of fitness! So if you don't have a fitness program in place, then for life's sake, get one!

After all golf fitness is life fitness!

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GOT BACK PAIN? It's NOT your back sometimes!

Looking after you!

Here is a recent newsletter from my collegue Isabel De Los Rios and The Diet Solution. ENJOY!

"I can't believe how many times people have said to me "Oh, I can't do those exercises. I have a bad back." Yeah, you and nearly half a million people around the globe. Chances are you or someone you know has said once or twice "Ah, my aching back."
What many people may not know about me is during my 11 years of personal training, I became a bit of a back specialist. I didn't really pick this specialty on purpose, it just happened "by accident." You see, my clients would come with the purpose of losing weight and getting into better shape, but would somehow relieve their bad backs in the process.
Was it the exercise? The stretching? Their new sense of health and well being? Maybe, but I would strongly argue that their change in diet had more to do with it than any of those other combined.
Oh boy Isabel. That's a bit of a stretch isn't it?
Now, hear me out on this..
Medical professionals are now starting to realize the direct correlation between chronic internal inflammation in the body and conditions such as arthritis, back pain and fibromyalgia. Internal inflammation is a lot like external inflammation but you can't see it so it is not as obvious to us. When you sprain your ankle, your body's natural response is to signal pain (so you won't keep moving and cause more damage) and will also cause inflammation in the injured area (again, so you'll just lie on the couch and chill out). It will also direct fresh blood, antibodies, and vital cells to the area to aid in the healing process. This sounds all fine and dandy but when your body creates inflammation and pain signals in your lower back, sometimes debilitating you for the day, it is not so fine and dandy anymore. You've been there right?
I have had plenty of people look at me like I was crazy when I tried to tell them that if they just eliminated "inflammatory foods" from their meal plans, a lot of the pain would go away. Especially medical professionals who have been so accustomed to just prescribing surgery or pain medications to alleviate bad backs. But I have seen it happen right before my eyes time and time again. People eliminate inflammatory foods like wheat, dairy and sugar, and voilà
...Back pain gone in a few weeks.
I was reading this article by Steve Hefferon, from the Healthy Back Institute, and I love how he gives a detailed chart on exactly which foods to eat and which foods to avoid to control internal inflammation. As a result, controlling inflammation will help to alleviate back pain. He also goes into some other great "lifestyle" tips that are absolutely necessary, not only for pain control, but healthy weight loss as well.
The Healthy Back Institute's "Lose The Back Pain" system is the only program I recommend for back pain sufferers. Their system for assessing and analyzing the cause of your back pain is so precise, I have even recommended it to non-back pain sufferers for preventative purposes.
If you are currently struggling to follow your exercise program because of nagging back pain, this is the perfect place to start. Find out if the "Lose The Back Pain" system is exactly what you have been looking for to alleviate back pain and get started on a great workout program today
You'll want to investigate the "Lose The Back Pain" system for yourself if you value ridding yourself of back pain. Do this from the same site immediately after you print out the chart of foods and lifestyle tips I mentioned above at this link:
Inflamation Foods by Lose the Back Pain"

P.S. - Stay tuned for tomorrow's Special Recipe Newsletter, where I share the delicious dinner I made last night in 20 minutes! It was yummy! (and anti-inflammatory, of course)
Now go check out this great article and special anti-inflammatory food chart: Inflammation Foods by Lose the Back Pain
I
n health and happiness,
Isabel De Los RiosCertified NutritionistCertified Exercise SpecialistAuthor of The Diet Solution Program, www.TheDietSolutionProgram.com

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VOTE!

Get out and vote today!

You have two choices- One, keep America the same in all its' greatness or Two, change it for ever...which do you choose?

I VOTE FOR FITNESS...GOLF FITNESS!

The only thing you have is your health, no matter the outcome of today (although we all know that the results will drag on!) you still have the daily choice of making yourself healthier, stronger, more flexible, happier, and of course...a better golfer!

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Greatest thing about golf!

Do you know the great thing about golf besides the skill, athletic ability, peace, frustration, excitement and joy of it?

It is the first to go into a recession and the first to come out of a recession !

No matter what happens in a week, keep training and exercising and keep playing the sport you are obsessed about!

Go Red!

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Got goals? Be S.M.A.R.T

How ya doing at listing and achieving your goals?

Do you have a plan for your family, your business, and golf?

How about your fitness goals?

What?

You don't have any?

Oh...no wonder you aren't getting your body to where you want it!

Man the truth hurts sometimes eh?

Ok...so here is an easy way to try to get this problem under control, and your fitness/health goals going in the right direction with success to follow. This comes from the book, "The Milliionaire Workout," by Ryan Lee:

SMART:

1. Specific- Be as detailed and specific as you can with your goals. Instead of saying, "I want to be fit," you can say, "I want to lose 12 pounds of body fat in 12 months by working our for a least 12 minutes a day, 5 days a week."
2. Measurable- You must be able to measure your results. For example, insteaad of saying, " I want to be rich," your goal can be stated as, " I want to be free of debt and have $500,000 in my bank account within 35 months."
3. Attainable- Is your goals within your grach? Wanting to become a millionaire might be an attainable goal for you, but is it attainable within the time fram you've allotted?
4. Relevant- Is your goal relevant towards your life purpose? Think lon and hard about what you feel you've on this earth for to do. Does your goal bring your lcoser or farther away from your purpose?
5. Time-based- Your goal should have a deadline. Never leave it open minded and pick a speific date you will reach your goal.

If your goals aren't SMART, they're just daydreams.

So START right now! Go get a pen and paper and right down your dreams and desires and put a time line on them, then, and most importantly, move toward making them successful!

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My friends at the Diet Solution have a special FREE product for you this month called,
"Fat Loss Jumpstart!" If you want a thoroughly specific and directed plan not just to loose fat, but live your life, you must try this program!

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Hard to be healthy!

"It's so easy to be overweight and unhealthy."

That's what a golf fitness bootcamp participant said just five minutes ago!

And I said, "yes it is, everything in society today is going to the opposite! It's easy to be lazy instead of being diligent; it's easy to give up instead of trudging forward toward a goal; it's easy not to stick to your moral compass; it's easy to say, "I'll try it just this one time;" it's easy to choose the unhealthy choice and not the best choice to eat for lunch...it's just easy to be "unfaithful" to yourself!

Seriously people! When are we going to stand up for what is right in our life? Stand up for what is important in our life? Stand up for what our dreams are and pursue them? Stand up against laziness, Stand up against disease, obesity, cancer, high blood pressure, diabetes, perpetuating a new generation of obese, lazy kids?

The answer- it starts with you, each and everyone of YOU! One at a time, right now! "Change" isn't just a word that is overused in this election cycle, change means to take an immediate step in the direction that you want to go, not just sitting around expecting everyone around you to change while you don't!

So yes, it is easy to be lazy and be like the rest of society, it's hard to be diligent, and therefore hard to be healthy!

Which do you choose? I choose diligence!

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Golf Fitness is Life Fitness!

I am here in Anaheim at the World Golf Fitness Summit, where there are over 300 TPI certified professionals aspiring to learn more and help change the golf industry's way of thinking about the game and how it should be played.

Ladies and Gentlemen, the consensus is in...and if you play golf and don't train for it, you WILL get injured and your game WILL suffer and possibly end forever!

How do you feel about that?!

Just remember, your golf fitness program that is created by myself or another TPI certified professional, will not only benefit your game, but your life as well!

We train you to be better athletes and a more functionally sound human being, not just a better golfer! When you can move better, stabilize better, and express strenght and power better, that is when you begin to understand how your Golf Fitness is Life Fitness!

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Blessings!

I'm sorry, but this mess was bound to happen. When a society becomes totally "self" involved with the obsession with "how much I can get" in life, then a mess like we are in is bound to happen.

I say it is a blessing.

Yep.

This is "our shake up," "our wake up," what ever you want to call it...it's got everyone's attention.

Now, will this shake up shake people into being grateful for the things they have, ie., God, family, friends, loved ones, health...you know, the ones the REALLY count when nothing else is left.

As much as I am saddened by the losses of many, I pray that everyone is able to do at least "a gut check" of their own and count their blessings, cause in the end, that's all we have.

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How was your season?

Well...

How was it?

Did you improve? Did you lower your handicap and get it where you wanted to?
Were you consistent? How about pain, did your summer golf season include bouts of pain?
And most importantly...did you have fun playing everytime you went out?

Now I am going to guess that a high majority of you would answered the above questions like this; no, no, no, yes and no.

Am I right?

If I am, then you need to work on your fitness! Fitness will improve all of those issues and more!
If you don't think so, why is it that everyone of my golfing clients can answer those questions with; yes, yes, yes, no and yes?

A few examples-
John T- "have reduced my handicap by 7 this summer"
Sean W- "am hitting my irons at least 15 yards further on all clubs"
Cody K (a high school player)- "have won two tournaments this year"
John R- "was able to play 92 times this year, and I am 62!"
Audie D- "I got into my first Senior PGA Championship!"

So when it comes to golf fitness, remember, not only will your golf game improve like those above, but every other aspect of your life will improve as well, like...stamina, less stress, flexibility, stablity, coordination, balance, and happiness!

It's almost the off season, so start thinking about getting your body and game in shape and ready to perform at all aspects of life!

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Eat your vegies dammit!

It's been said that God first separated the salt water from the fresh, made dry land, planted a garden, made animals and fish... All before making a human. He made and provided what we'd need before we were born. These are best & more powerful when eaten raw. We're such slow learners... Nature left us a great clue as to what foods help what part of the human body! Nature's Pharmacy! Amazing!


A sliced Carrot looks like the human eye. The pupil, iris and radiating lines look just like the human eye... And YES, science now shows carrots greatly enhance blood flow to and function of the eyes.

A Tomato has four chambers and is red. The heart has four chambers and is red. All of the research shows tomatoes are loaded with lycopene and are indeed pure heart and blood food.


Grapes hang in a cluster that has the shape of the heart. Each grape looks like a blood cell and all of the research today shows grapes are also profound heart and blood vitalizing food.


A Walnut looks like a little brain, a left and right hemisphere, upper cerebrums and lower cerebellums. Even the wrinkles or folds on the nut are just like the neocortex. We now know walnuts help develop more than three (3) dozen neuron-transmitters for brain function.



Kidney Beans actually heal and help maintain kidney function and yes, they look exactly like the human kidneys.


Celery, Bok Choy, Rhubarb and many more look just like bones. These foods specifically target bone strength. Bones are 23% sodium and these foods are 23% sodium. If you don't have enough sodium in your diet, the body pulls it from the bones, thus making them weak. These foods replenish the skeletal needs of the body.


Avocados, Eggplant and Pears target the health and function of the womb and cervix of the female — they look just like these organs. Today's research shows that when a woman eats one avocado a week, it balances hormones, sheds unwanted birth weight, and prevents ccervicalervical cancers. And how profound is this? It takes exactly nine (9) months to grow an avocado from blossom to ripened fruit. There are over 14,000 photolytic chemical constituents of nutrition in each one of these foods (modern science has only studied and named about 141 of them).


Figs are full of seeds and hang in twos when they grow. Figs increase the mobility of male sperm and increase the numbers of Sperm as well to overcome male sterility.


Sweet Potatoes look like the pancreas and actually balance the glycemic index of diabetics.


Olives assist the health and function of the ovaries


Oranges, Grapefruits, and other Citrus fruits look just like the mammary glands of the female and actually assist the health of the breasts and the movement of lymph in and out of the breasts.


Onions look like the body's cells. Today's research shows onions help clear waste materials from all of the body cells. They even produce tears which wash the epithelial layers of the eyes. A working companion, Garlic, also helps eliminate waste materials and dangerous free radicals from the body.

Add these great vegies to an organic peice of meat and you have a superior meal before or after you play or go your golf fitness program!

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Your health is all you've got.

So our economy is a little screwy right now...so what!

Now, please understand I have a great amount of empathy for those who have lost money and security that they have worked all their lives to create.

What I mean is, in the end, even without a nice home, cars, computers, and otherwise luxurious items that we Americans get to live with...all we have is our health.

So I encourage you to keep pressing on to being as healthy as you can, not just for yourself, but for your family in particular!

NEVER stop making health and fitness a priority, especially in times of hardship! Remember, it is in highly stressfull situations that we open ourselves to disease! In fact, studies show that if you exercise and eat well during times of excessive stress, you can fight the stress response that the body goes through during those hard times!

So regardless what is going on around your life, fall back into yourself and take care of your life by taking care of the only body God blessed you with!


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Roctober!

That's right!

October is almost here and that means it's time to start thinking about winter sports and conditioning for the 2009 golf season!

Do you realize that your golf fitness and conditioning that you participate in in summer will translate well to your winter fun activities!

How?

Well...let me count the ways...using skiing and snow boarding as examples...

1. They demand a great amount of core stability
2. They require mobility in the ankles, hips and thoracic spine
3. They require stability in the knees, core, and thorax
4. They demand a keen sense of balance and coordination
5. They require "what's happening now" type of concentration, but "what's going to happen soon" type of concentration as well
6. Both use an external source of equipment that impose outside forces on the body that must be controlled
7. They both require the ability to squat, bend and rotate well
8. and they all require sunscreen! :)

So even though we are all sad to see the season go away for the most part here in Colorado, just remember that your golf fitness will not only get you into the winter season more quickly, but your winter season activities will also help you get back into your golf game come spring time!

So take advantage of the services I have to offer to help you perform at all the sports you love year-round...MAT therapy, trigger point therapy, nutrition coaching, golf fitness bootcamps, performance bootcamps, supplement programs, home and commercial gym consultation, industry leading one on one conditioning programs, and an overall desire to help you be your best!