GOLF DON'T LIE

Ep. 12 (GDL) Brixton Albert: Building Performance Golf and Optimizing Time to Get the Most Out of Life

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:00:00 -0600

Brixton Albert joins the show to share the story behind building Performance Golf into a leading online golf training platform. The conversation explores entrepreneurship, habits, time optimization, and how technology is shaping the future of golf improvement.

Jeff Pelizzaro and Justin Bryant sit down with Brixton Albert, founder of Performance Golf, to discuss his journey from Division I college golfer to entrepreneur. Brixton explains how his background in digital marketing helped him scale Performance Golf, the challenges of building a business from scratch, and why helping golfers “love their game” is central to everything they do. The episode also dives into AI in golf instruction, personal health routines, time management, and the life lessons Brixton learned through golf.

In This Episode

Brixton’s background as a junior and Division I golfer
The early days of building Performance Golf
Lessons learned from entrepreneurship and failure
Why most golfers struggle with practice and improvement
The role of AI in modern golf instruction
Designing products for the everyday golfer
Time management, health habits, and performance
How golf lessons translate into business and life

Guest Bio

Brixton Albert is the founder and CEO of Performance Golf, a leading online golf training and game-improvement company. With a background in Division I golf and digital marketing, Brixton has built Performance Golf into a platform used by golfers worldwide, combining coaching, technology, and innovation to help players improve and enjoy the game.

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https://www.performancegolf.com

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https://1stphorm.com/18strong

Golf Don’t Lie™️ is part of the 18STRONG® network, focused on helping golfers play better, move better, and live healthier lives. New episodes are released bi-monthly, featuring conversations with people who live at the intersection of golf, fitness, and life.

Ep. 11 (GDL) Adam Wahl: Gratitude, Service, and Life as a Caddie at The Keep

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Adam Wahl joins the show to share his journey from a 21-year career in the U.S. Air Force to becoming one of the original caddies at The Keep at the McLemore. The conversation covers service, gratitude, and how golf became a meaningful part of his transition into retirement.

In this episode, Jeff Pelizzaro and Justin Bryant sit down with Adam Wahl, a retired Air Force veteran and professional caddie at The Keep at the McLemore. Adam reflects on his military career, the challenges of transitioning into civilian life, and how golf helped provide structure, purpose, and community. The discussion also explores what makes The Keep a special place, the role of a great caddie, and lessons the game continues to teach about perspective, self-care, and appreciation

In This Episode

Adam’s 21-year career in the U.S. Air Force
Transitioning from military service to civilian life
Discovering caddying as a second career
What makes The Keep at the McLemore unique
The impact a great caddie has on the golf experience
Fitness, longevity, and walking golf courses
Competitive golf and amateur tournaments
Gratitude, perspective, and taking care of yourself

Guest Bio

Adam Wahl is a retired U.S. Air Force veteran with over two decades of service. Following his military career, he transitioned into the golf industry and became one of the original caddies at The Keep at the McLemore. Adam is an avid golfer, competitive amateur, and advocate for fitness, gratitude, and lifelong growth through the game of golf.

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https://18strong.com

https://1stphorm.com/18strong

Golf Don’t Lie™️ is part of the 18STRONG® network, focused on helping golfers play better, move better, and live healthier lives. New episodes are released weekly featuring conversations with people who live at the intersection of golf, fitness, and life

Ep.10 (GDL) Cordie Walker: Stop Chasing Tips — Start Training Skill, Speed & Better Golf

Wed, 10 Dec 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Cordie Walker is the founder of Golf Science Lab and GolfWell, and one of the leading voices helping golfers cut through noise, frustration, and endless swing tips. In this episode, Jeff, Justin, and Cordie dig into why most golfers stay stuck, how real skill development works, and how to train for speed and performance that actually transfers to the course.

In this episode of GOLF DON’T LIE™️, Jeff and Justin sit down with Cordie Walker, founder of GolfWell, to break down why golfers struggle to improve even when they consume tons of lessons, content, and swing tips. Cordie explains the science of motor learning and skill acquisition — and why most golfers never train in the way that leads to real, lasting progress.

They explore concepts like variable training, self-organization, real-world practice environments, and why chasing “positions” rarely translates to playing better golf. The guys also dive into the chase for speed and why most golfers train speed incorrectly — along with simple ways to build athleticism and intention into practice.

Cordie shares the evolution of GolfWell, why he believes golfers need fewer fixes and more frameworks, and how modern learning science is reshaping the way coaches and players approach improvement. This is a conversation for any golfer who wants to stop guessing, stop grinding, and start training with purpose.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

Why golfers get stuck chasing swing tips that don’t stick
The learning principles that actually produce long-term improvement
What real skill development looks like (and why it’s rarely “pretty”)
How to train for speed in a way that transfers to the course
Why constraints & variability create better golfers
The evolution of GolfWell and developing systems for frustrated golfers
The role of athleticism, intention, and exploration in performance
Why overly technical coaching slows progress
How golfers can design practice sessions that build skill — not confusion

Guest Bio — Cordie Walker

Cordie Walker is the founder of Golf Science Lab and GolfWell, platforms dedicated to helping golfers improve using evidence-based coaching, learning science, and practical training frameworks. Over the past decade, Cordie has interviewed and collaborated with many of the world’s leading coaches, researchers, and performance experts. His mission is to take golfers out of frustration loops and give them the tools to train skill, speed, and confidence that actually show up on the course.

Links & Resources

GolfWell: https://golfwell.com
GolfWell YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@GolfWellTV
Follow Cordie: @cordie_golfwell
18STRONG: https://18strong.com
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Ep.09 (GDL) Curt Rohe — Golf Tournament Setup, The Handicapping System, and Common Rule Mistakes

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Curt Rohe is the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association — the governing body for competitive golf in the St. Louis region. Jeff and Justin dive into how tournaments are set up, why handicaps matter more than golfers realize, the most misunderstood everyday rules, and the massive “Normandy Reimagined” project involving Jack Nicklaus that’s reshaping public golf access in St. Louis.

In this episode of GOLF DON’T LIE™️, Jeff sits down with Curt Rohe, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association, for a behind-the-scenes look at competitive golf in the St. Louis region. Curt explains what actually goes into running tournament operations — marking courses, selecting hole locations, coordinating rules officials — and why certain rules still trip golfers up at every level.

They also break down handicapping: why every golfer should have one, how nine-hole and partial-round posting works, and how the system measures improvement.

A major highlight is the Normandy Reimagined project — a Jack Nicklaus–led renovation that will bring a top-tier public golf course, a youth caddie program, Evans Scholarship opportunities, and First Tee programming to North St. Louis County. Curt shares updates, stories from Jack’s visits, and why this project is about more than golf — it’s about revitalizing a community.

In This Episode, We Discuss:

What the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association does across the region
How tournament setup works behind the scenes
The most misunderstood rules golfers constantly misapply
Why a handicap matters (even for casual players)
How nine-hole and partial-round posting actually works
The vision behind the Normandy Reimagined project
Jack Nicklaus’ direct involvement and on-site visits
How the caddie program ties into the Evans Scholars pipeline
Curt’s path from rural Missouri to leading golf administration
What 25 years of golf has taught him about humility and service

Guest Bio — Curt Rohe

Curt Rohe is the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association, where he has overseen competitive golf, USGA qualifiers, course rating, and handicapping operations for more than two decades. Known for his elite tournament setup and rules knowledge, Curt also serves on the board of the Metropolitan Golf Foundation, which is leading the Normandy Reimagined project with Jack Nicklaus, First Tee, and the Western Golf Association.

Links & Resources

Normandy Reimagined: https://normandreimagined.com
Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association: https://metga.org
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Fairway Fuel Mix (1st Phorm x 18STRONG): https://1stphorm.com/18strong
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Ep.08 (GDL) Micah Candeletta-Burklin: Building Rana Golf & Growing the Game for Kids

Tue, 11 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Rana Golf founder Micah Candeletta-Burklin joins us to talk junior golf bags, getting kids on the course, and building a family-first brand that helps parents share the game with their little ones.

In this episode of Golf Don’t Lie, Jeff and JB sit down with Micah Candeletta-Burklin, co-founder of Rana Golf, a junior golf bag brand inspired by his own boys wanting “the same cool gear as dad.” Micah shares how a simple search for a quality kids bag turned into a startup, how he and his wife combined her design eye with his golf obsession, and why he thinks golf might be the ultimate life hack for family time.

Micah also talks about growing up in Germany as a missionary kid, chasing soccer dreams through college, tearing his ACL three times, and eventually pouring that competitive fire into golf and entrepreneurship. From sourcing factories and battling tariffs to dealing with quality issues and finding community with other golf founders, this is a real-world look at building something from scratch—while still trying to be a present dad.

In this episode, we cover:

How Rana Golf started with Micah’s son simply wanting his own “real” golf bag
Why features like a stand and a single strap matter so much for 3–6-year-olds
Designing bags that parents are proud of and kids are excited to carry
The balance of not forcing golf on your kids, but making it fun and inviting
Stories of his boys’ first “real” birdies, chip-ins, and snack-break golf
Micah’s path from German youth soccer to college ball and finally to golf
The emotional side of starting a brand with limited capital and young kids at home
What golf has shown him about fear, overthinking, and trusting his swing (and himself)

If you’re a golf-obsessed parent who wants to get your kids on the course without turning it into a grind, this one’s right in your wheelhouse.

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Ep.07 (GDL) Lt. Col. Dan Rooney: Golf, Country, and the Cost of Freedom

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Lt. Col. Dan Rooney—fighter pilot, PGA pro, and founder of Folds of Honor—joins Jeff to talk golf church, bringing the national anthem to the PGA Tour, and how persistence, faith, and the game have shaped his mission to serve military and first responder families.

Lt. Col. Dan Rooney is the founder of Folds of Honor, a fighter pilot, and a PGA professional who’s helped award more than $330 million in scholarships to the families of fallen and disabled service members and first responders.

In this powerful conversation, Dan shares how golf became his “church,” what it means to serve through the game, and why faith, discipline, and purpose continue to guide his mission.

In this episode:

The story of American Dunes and how Jack Nicklaus helped create golf’s most patriotic course.
How Folds of Honor Fridays brought the national anthem to the PGA Tour.
Dan’s thoughts on loss, fatherhood, and staying resilient through purpose.
Why “everything good” in his life ties back to the game of golf.
Jeff’s crazy idea: walking 36 holes a day for 13 days to raise $100K for Folds of Honor.

From fighter jets to fairways, Dan’s story is a reminder that golf isn’t just a game—it’s a mission.

🎧 Learn more or become a Wingman: foldsofhonor.org

Links & Mentions

Folds of Honor: foldsofhonor.org
Become a Wingman ($13/month): foldsofhonor.org/wingman
American Dunes Golf Club: americandunesgolfclub.com
The Patriot Golf Club (OK): patriotgolfclub.com
Folds of Honor Friday (PGA Tour initiative) – National anthem + red, white & blue on Fridays across PGA/Korn Ferry/Champions
Anheuser-Busch / Budweiser x Folds partnership – 15+ years of support, Folds-branded cans and NFL activations

Show Partners

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Ep.06 (GDL) Ozzie Smith: The "Wizard" on Freedom, Flow, and the Game Beyond Baseball

Tue, 14 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Hall of Famer Ozzie “The Wizard” Smith joins Jeff to talk about discovering golf after baseball, what “freedom” and “flow” really mean, and how the lessons from a life in baseball still drive him on the course.

Ozzie Smith is a Hall of Fame shortstop, St. Louis icon, and—since 1996—a full-blown golf nut. In this episode, Ozzie shares how he fell for the game after retirement, why his very first ceremonial tee shot at Whitey Herzog’s event went “right down the middle,” and what golf gives him that baseball no longer could: an honest challenge and a place to compete.

We dig into the athlete-to-golfer crossover: rhythm, timing, and the true meaning of “release” for a baseball player learning to keep the ball in play (“aim it at the second baseman”). Ozzie explains why nothing replaces repetitions—“it’s not until you’ve hit three, four thousand balls that it starts to make sense”—and how playing “totally free” fueled both his defensive wizardry and his love of golf. He also talks creativity on double plays, learning to fall and move like an acrobat as a kid, and why improvisation kept him healthy for 19 seasons.

Beyond the swing, Ozzie opens up about purpose and community. As president of Gateway PGA REACH, he’s helping kids and veterans access the game—and the business of golf—with a vision to build a nine-hole, multi-recreation facility in St. Louis. If you want a masterclass in staying competitive, staying humble, and keeping the joy, this one hits home.

Links & Mentions:

Ozzie’s charity & event info: ozzysmithgolf.com
Gateway PGA REACH: pgareachgateway.org
Jeff & JB intro topics: 100-Hole Hike for Youth on Course, Jeff’s 36×13 Challenge for Folds of Honor, JB’s speed training with The Stack System

Show Partners:

1st Phorm — premium nutrition for golfers who play strong and live stronger.
18STRONG.com — programs & community to help you Play More Golf. Live More Life.

Ep.05 (GDL) Roger Null: The Godfather of Greenskeepers

Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Roger Null is a revered golf course superintendent ("Greenskeeper" as Roger still likes to call it) and architect, recognized as a legend in the St. Louis area. With decades of experience, Roger shares invaluable insights into the intricacies of maintaining and designing golf courses, shedding light on the challenges faced by superintendents today. His deep understanding of both the agronomy and architectural aspects of the game provides a unique perspective that resonates with golf enthusiasts and industry professionals alike.

During our conversation, we dive into Roger’s rich history in the golf world, exploring his journey from a small-town Iowa kid to becoming a respected figure in golf course management. We discuss the evolution of course design, the impact of technology on maintenance practices, and the importance of preserving the integrity of classic courses. Roger also reflects on the significance of passion and tenacity in his work, emphasizing that love for the game is at the heart of everything he does.

Join us as we explore the stories and experiences that have shaped Roger's career in golf, from managing the greens to understanding the art of course architecture. Whether you’re a golfer, a budding superintendent, or just curious about the behind-the-scenes of golf course management, this episode is packed with insights that will resonate with you.

Takeaways:

Roger Null shares his incredible journey from a young golfer to a revered golf course superintendent.
He emphasizes the importance of passion and tenacity in the demanding world of golf maintenance.
Through his experiences, Roger discusses the evolution of golf course architecture and agronomy over the decades.
The conversation highlights the balance between maintaining traditional course features and meeting modern player demands.
Roger reflects on the challenges faced in the transitional climate of St. Louis and how it affects turf management.
He shares insights on the unique history of Palmetto Golf Club and its significance in the world of golf.

Ep.04 (GDL): Matt Ginella: Telling the Stories of Life, Golf, and Relationships

Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Matt Ginella is a longtime golf journalist, storyteller, and founder of Fire Pit Collective, a media company dedicated to celebrating the game, its people, and its culture. From his days at Golf Digest and Golf Channel to building one of the most authentic voices in modern golf media, Matt has been at the center of how we see and experience the game today.

The latest episode of Golf Don't Lie dives deep into the life and career of Matt Ginella, a name synonymous with golf storytelling and travel. We kick things off by reflecting on Matt's journey from his days at the Golf Channel, where he was known as the 'golf trip guy', to the founding of Fire Pit Productions—a venture that has undergone significant transformation and growth. Matt shares insights into the challenges faced during the early days of his company, particularly during the pandemic, and how he adapted to turn those challenges into opportunities. His recent acquisition by Kemper Sports marks a pivotal moment, positioning Fire Pit Productions to create compelling narratives around some of the most iconic golf courses in the country, including the likes of Gamble Sands and Stream Song. The conversation flows seamlessly as we explore the importance of storytelling in golf, the impact of community-driven golf courses, and the unique experiences that make each destination special. We also touch on Matt's personal life, highlighting the balance he strives to maintain between his passion for golf and his family commitments, especially as a father to a young son who is just beginning to discover the game. This episode is packed with rich narratives, engaging anecdotes, and valuable lessons about resilience, creativity, and the ever-evolving relationship between golf and personal growth.

Takeaways:

The evolution of Matt Ginella's career from Golf Channel to Fire Pit Productions illustrates the importance of adaptability in the fast-paced world of media and storytelling.
The podcast emphasizes the community aspect of golf, highlighting how places like Goat Hill Park thrive on inclusivity and the joy of playing together.
Matt shared insights on how golf inherently teaches humility, showing that even the best players can face challenges and reminding us to remain grounded in our self-perception.
Youth on Course is a powerful program that makes golf accessible to underprivileged kids, showcasing the impact of affordability and community support in expanding the sport's reach.

Ep.03 (GDL): Sam Goulden: Elevating The Golf Bag Experience Through Community andEnvironmental Innovation

Fri, 12 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Sam Goulden is the founder of MNML Golf, a brand revolutionizing the golf bag industry with a focus on sustainability and community-building. In our conversation, we dive deep into his journey from teaching golf to launching a brand that emphasizes quality and environmental consciousness. Sam shares how his passion for the game and a desire to challenge the norm in golf equipment led to the creation of bags that not only look good but also last longer and reduce waste.

Throughout the episode, we explore key themes like the importance of craftsmanship in golf gear, the shift towards inclusivity in the sport, and how golf can foster a sense of community among players. Sam discusses his unique approach to bag design, including innovative features like magnetic closures and a focus on durable materials, which set Minimal apart in a crowded market. His insights into the evolving culture of golf highlight the blend of tradition and modernity that appeals to a new generation of golfers.

Join us as we unpack what it means to grow the game authentically and how Sam's commitment to quality and sustainability aligns with the greater goal of making golf accessible and enjoyable for everyone.

Sam Goulden: Building Community Through Golf and Innovation

Takeaways:

Staying hydrated is key during long rounds to maintain energy and focus.
The importance of a solid pre-shot routine to enhance performance and achieve flow state.
Competitive golf requires mental preparedness and the right fuel to perform well under pressure.
Maintaining golf bags sustainably can reduce environmental impact and promote responsible consumerism.
Customization and personal touches on golf gear can create meaningful connections within the golfing community.
Building a supportive golf community helps grow the game and enriches the experience for players of all levels.

Ep.02 (GDL): Dr. Gaston Cordova: Unlocking Inner Excellence in Your Life and Golf

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 06:00:00 -0600

Today’s episode dives into the intricate mental game of golf, featuring Dr. Gaston Cordova, who breaks down the connection between our physical performance on the course and our mental state. The core takeaway here is that mastering your game isn’t just about swing mechanics; it’s also about mastering your mind and body, especially when faced with adversity on the course. We chat about how self-talk and visualization play critical roles in maintaining composure after a bad shot or a tough hole, emphasizing that slowing down our body is essential to calming our racing minds. Plus, we explore techniques like breath control and the power of a positive mindset, illustrating that these practices can transform your performance and overall experience in the game. Whether you’re a weekend warrior or a seasoned pro, the insights shared in this episode will resonate with anyone looking to elevate their golf game and life.

Takeaways:

Golf is a journey of constant learning and adaptation, reflecting the unpredictable nature of life.
The mental aspects of golf, including visualization and mindfulness, can significantly enhance performance on the course.
Preparation is key; both mental and physical readiness paves the way for success in golf and beyond.
To overcome challenges on the course, it's crucial to calm the body first to settle the mind for better clarity.
Self-mastery in golf involves recognizing and managing self-talk, especially when under pressure during rounds.
Embracing a heart-centered approach in golf can lead to improved performance and a more fulfilling experience.

Ep.01 (GDL): Peter Egazarian: Blending the tradition of the game with the technology of the future.

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 06:00:00 -0600

We welcome Peter Egazarian from the illustrious Farmington Country Club, diving deep into the intricate connections between golf, personal development, and the human experience. The episode kicks off with Peter sharing his unique journey from a traditional golf instructor to a performance coach who integrates cutting-edge technology and sports science into his practice. Together, we explore how golf serves as a mirror, revealing our true selves and offering invaluable lessons on resilience and character, cementing the idea that “GOLF DON'T LIE.” Peter also highlights the rich history of Farmington, where the legacy of Thomas Jefferson intertwines with modern golfing experiences, creating a vibrant community atmosphere. Tune in as we unpack the transformative power of golf, emphasizing relationships built on the course and the personal growth that comes from every swing taken.

Everything in golf leads back to the individual, and this vibe runs throughout the conversation with Peter Egazarian. Jeff and Justin kick things off by discussing their own experiences with golf, emphasizing how the sport brings people together and fosters lifelong friendships. The episode highlights how golf serves as a great equalizer, exposing personal strengths and weaknesses through the lens of the game. Peter's insights into his role at Farmington Country Club showcase the blend of tradition and innovation that defines modern golf. He details his background in sports performance and how it shapes his approach to coaching, illustrating how technology can enhance the golf experience while maintaining the sport's integrity. The discussion also touches on the significance of mentorship and community in the golfing world, with Peter underscoring the importance of creating a welcoming environment for all players. This episode is a rich exploration of golf's role in shaping character and building relationships, making it a must-listen for anyone passionate about the game.

Takeaways:

Golf is a reflection of personal character, revealing who you really are under pressure.
The importance of relationships in golf cannot be overstated; they shape both our game and life experiences.
Using technology in golf training, such as the NX Pro unit, greatly enhances performance and recovery.
A relaxed mindset is crucial for success in golf, as stress can hinder performance on the course.
The history of Farmington Country Club intertwines with Thomas Jefferson, making it a unique and historical golfing venue.
Building a community through golf, like Mandatory Golf Friday, fosters connections and friendships among players.

Companies mentioned in this episode:

Farmington Country Club
Trackman
NeuX Tech
Old Warson Country Club
Arcadia Bluffs
Korn Ferry Tour
NPI
1stPhorm

Companies mentioned in this episode:

firstform
Farmington Country Club
New X
Trackman

Ep.00 (GDL): Introducing GOLF DON'T LIE™️: A new chapter from 18STRONG...

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 05:45:00 -0600

Welcome to GOLF DON'T LIE™️, where we're diving deep into the heart of golf and life in a new chapter of the 18STRONG Podcast. We're all about shifting the focus from just swing tips to the stories that shape us on and off the course.

Jeff Pelizzaro takes us on a journey, highlighting how golf isn’t just a game; it’s a mirror reflecting who we truly are. Expect real talk with athletes, creatives, and everyday legends who share their experiences and lessons learned, making our time on the greens way more meaningful. We’re mixing it up with segments that bring hilarious and humbling moments to light, proving that every swing has a story, and every story is worth sharing. So, tune in, kick back, and let’s explore how golf can teach us about living life to the fullest.

Takeaways:

The rebranding from 18STRONG to GOLF DON'T LIE™️ signifies a deeper focus on personal stories and shared experiences within the golf community.
Our podcast will explore not just the technicalities of golf, but also the life lessons that come from playing the game and connecting with others.
Expect a mix of in-depth conversations with various guests, ranging from professional athletes to everyday golfers sharing their unique journeys.
New segments like 'GOLF DON'T LIE™️ moments' will highlight the unexpected and humorous experiences that only golf can provide, enriching our discussions.
This show aims to resonate with golfers of all skill levels, emphasizing authentic storytelling over mere technique and swing tips, fostering a relatable community.
Join us as we dive into heartfelt discussions that reflect the true essence of golf, celebrating both the challenges and triumphs experienced on the course.

Companies mentioned in this episode:

18STRONG
The Good Bogey

371 (18STRONG): BO WATSON & SHANNON SHUSKEY- How to Shoot Your Lifetime Low Score!

Tue, 09 Apr 2024 12:12:00 -0600

Guest: Bo Watson & Shannon Shuskey (In the Zone Mental Training, Authors In the Zone Secrets)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 371

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Join us as we explore the intricate dance between the mind and the golf swing with mental training experts Bo Watson and Shannon Shuskey of In the Zone Mental Training. Together, we unravel the significant impact of mental coaching in conjunction with golf instruction. Hear about Bo’s personal struggles with golf and the pivotal role Shannon’s expertise played in not just refining his game, but transforming the way he—and any golfer—can harness the power of visualization. From the tee box to the final putt, this conversation is a treasure trove for those looking to elevate their mental game and savor the joy of golf like never before.

Listen in as we discuss the transformative power of mindset in sports performance. Shannon opens up about his journey from anxiety-ridden to confident, culminating in becoming a national champion speed skater, and how that mental shift can be equally effective on the golf course. Skepticism meets evidence when Bo applies a custom mental trigger, leading to astonishing improvements in his game after a two-year break. This dialogue will leave you pondering the potential for mental techniques to revolutionize sports and how a single change in perception can be a game-changer.

We round out our conversation with an insightful look into mental imagery’s role in sports performance and technique, the concept of ‘caveman golf’ for achieving flow, and the psychological intricacies unique to golf. Discover how legends like Tiger Woods and Sam Snead leverage mental imagery to perform under pressure and how these techniques can empower you to reset mentally on the course. As Bo and Shannon share their book insights and their passion for the game, this episode is not just a lesson in golf—it’s an invitation to transform how you approach every shot, mentally and emotionally.

Bo and Shannon’s Background

Bo is the Co-Founder of In The Zone Mental Training and Co-Author of the new book called In The Zone Secrets. He has been a host of 2 Consistent Golf Summits and the Road2TheTour Golf Summit, which collectively drew over 20,000 registered attendees. These Summits featured some of the world’s best coaches such as Sean Foley, James Sieckmann, David Orr, Mark Broadie, Scott Fawcett, Nick Clearwater, Dr. Kwon, Andrew Rice, and many others. The primary purpose behind these summits was to help golfers shortcut their path to consistent golf!

Shannon was the Operations Manager of the largest Golds Gym on East Coast and Mental Performance Mastery Coach for 20 years, Sports Performance Specialist for 30 years, specifically working in the sport of speed skating, coaching hundreds of high level athletes in including several Olympic qualifiers and medalists. It was Shannon’s mental training techniques that helped his athletes achieve such high levels that intrigued Bo to try them on himself for golf. The success of this “experiment” led to the partnership that is now the helping golfers all over the world shoot their lowest scores ever.

Bo and Shannon’s mission is to help 100,000 golfers shoot their new lifetime low rounds. They currently work with Tour Players, College Golfers, and the everyday golfer who wants to play their best golf yet!

Main Topics

(00:03) The Mental Edge

Mental coaching and visualization can enhance golf performance and enjoyment, discussed by In the Zone Mental Training.

(11:06) Triggering Performance Excellence

Transformational journey in sports performance, from anxiety to confidence, using custom triggers to improve without practice.

(21:45) Mental Imagery in Sports Performance

Nature’s mental imagery in sports includes basic visual and kinesthetic techniques for skill acquisition and muscle memory.

(29:02) The Power of Caveman Golf

Nature’s “caveman golf” focuses on target and flow, contrasting with pursuit of perfect swing. Psychological aspects and influence of Alex Morrison also discussed.

(36:26) Mental Imagery in Golf Techniques

Exploring mental techniques of top golfers like Tiger Woods, importance of protein for athletes, and power of positive mindset in golf.

(47:14) Mental Imagery and Performance Enhancement

Mental approaches in golf, interest-curiosity mindset, anxiety and reward value, “ball reset” technique, positive self-talk and imagery, Sam Snead’s success.

(59:00) Golf Book and Course Recommendations

Bo and Shannon share insights from their book, discuss impactful books and dream golf foursomes, and recommend inspiring social media accounts.

Follow Bo Watson & Shannon Shuskey

Instagram

Bo Watson: @schooloflifetimelowrounds
Shannon Shuskey: @shannonshuskey

Links Mentioned

Website: IntheZonementalTraining.com

Book: InthezoneSecrets.com

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

the 18STRONG podcast, episode number 371, with bo watson and shannon Shushkey of in the zone mental training. What’s up, guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we believe every golfer deserves to play better, longer. In this episode we have Bo Watson and Shannon Shushkey, the creators of the In the Zone mental training and the authors of the recent book In the Zone Secrets. And today’s episode is awesome because we’ve got the mental side, we’ve got the golf side. Bo’s background is in golf instruction and is a high level golf coach and went through a period of time where he was a little frustrated with the game, ended up actually leaving the industry. But when he met Shannon Shushkey, who is a mental game coach, performance coach, but really his background is in speed skating and working with speed skaters, but learned how to teach them and work with them on getting in the zone, when the two paths crossed, they started to figure out that this could be a game changer for the game of golf. So in this episode we go deep into visualization and what it looks like to really visualize to help your performance on the golf course, what it looks like when you step on the tee box and what that mental rehearsal and work really should look like and ends up looking like if you’re going to shoot lower scores. We also talk about how you can accelerate swing changes. Often we hear that when you’re working on the mental game, should you be looking at the shot or should you be looking at what your body’s doing? So we talk about how working on your mental game and your visualization can actually help accelerate your swing changes and how you can drop your scores without physical practice. So we’re going to go into depth on controlling the images that you see, controlling your emotions out on the course and ultimately enjoying the game even more. You’re going to really enjoy this episode with Bo and Shannon.

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0:02:51 – Bo Watson

Shushkey, welcome to the 18STRONG Podcast.

0:02:54 – Shannon Shuskey

Thanks for having us. Yeah, thanks for having us. This is exciting.

0:02:56 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Absolutely. This is going to be an exciting one for me and our 18STRONG crew. I know, bo, I kind of heard of you guys through your connection with Carl Morris and being on Carl’s show and Carl’s one of our favorites over here at 18STRONG and you guys did a great episode with him that I’m also going to encourage everybody to listen to and we’ll put that in the show notes. So I know that just by listening to that episode going through your book, the philosophies are so aligned with what we believe here at 18STRONG, just as far as the intention of the game is really for us to really enjoy it. And I think that you know, obviously by playing better you enjoy it more. But you guys go so much into the idea that you know putting this intention into playing better allows you to really enjoy the game more. And it’s about even bigger things than the game too.

So first of all I just want to kind of preface that to our audience that they’re in for quite a ride here with you guys. I would love to start out with and, bo, I’ll kind of throw this at you I’d love for you to start out with a little bit of the background of how you two met because I think the story of your connection and where you were mentally in your career and everything, bo, is really crucial to the story. And then how Shannon came in.

0:04:10 – Bo Watson

Yeah, it’s always a funny story to tell, because where I was is where I think a lot of people are kind of in their game right now or have been at some point in their golfing journey and so kind of give a little bit of a context behind that. In 2016, I actually stepped away from the game Like I closed down my golf school. I was a very successful golf coach up to that point. I’ve been blessed to learn over some of the best in the game. You know the who’s who, so to speak, and mainly that’s because of my relationship with David, or those of you of you that aren’t familiar with David Orr. David’s considered the best putting coach in the world. Him and Phil Kenyon are kind of battling neck and neck for that title. But the thing is, because of that relationship, because I was at school at Campbell and I fell in love with teaching a game, I left school, opened my own golf school and I’m having a lot of success. But the problem was, as a coach, I’m a type, a type personality. Every person that comes and sees me I want to help and, you know, kind of give you some background on our track record. We were averaging 4.7 shots dropped across handicaps, uh, for every student that we worked with, on average in about a six month time span. So we were doing a little bit better than the industry average at the time. You know, golf Tech prides themselves on seven strokes in a year. We’re doing a little bit better than them. So I kind of like to say that and rub that a little bit in the Clearwater space a little bit. But the thing is, at the end of the day I still had, you know, a few students coming to me and I couldn’t help them. And the ones that I couldn’t help, jeff, were the ones that were like hey, bo, why is it that I always start terribly on the front side but then I play amazing on the back? And it could be vice versa. I mean it could be. You know, they play really well, shoot like 36, 37, 35 on the front, and then they go to the backside and shoot 46, 48. And you know, some of them would have this trouble of getting to this one hole and it’s a negative habit loop and that’s like no matter what they do, they always hit in the water. And it was those kind of students I didn’t have an answer for and I’ll tell you.

It came to a head in september 2016. I’ll never forget it. It’s september, it’s late in the evening, he’s my last lesson of the night and we we basically had an honest conversation where I said you know what? I can’t help you and the the interesting thing about this one particular student was that, on paper, strokes gain data. When we go out and be playing lessons together, we go out and play a few holes, the data is showing that he should be in the 70s and even on top of that when we do lessons and we’re working on his game ball striking wise, this guy should be a low, single digit handicapper. But the issue was, when you go and play in tournaments, it would be high 80s, low 90s every time he goes out and plays and I, finally, I just I don’t have an answer and we decided to part ways.

I got fired that evening and, uh, that was like the final straw for me because it finally came to head, where I was so frustrated, not only not being able to help my students, but the biggest reason was because, personally, as a player, I still had yet to overcome these obstacles in my own game, and then I, when I left that evening, I shut down the golf school. I started putting out resumes and I started applying to different jobs, and then I left the game of golf for good and had no intention of ever coming back into the game until two years later. I meet this guy, shannon Shushkey, at a dinner one night. And then, you know, I got to say and be honest, my game changed, but then my life also changed as a result of it.

0:07:52 – Jeff Pelizzaro

And that’s why I’m now here and loving what I do on a daily basis. So, Shannon, if you could kind of pick up where you met Bo.

0:08:02 – Shannon Shuskey

I know you guys went out to dinner, I believe, and it had nothing to do with golf, right? No, absolutely. I was over the ministry team at our church and I was leading prayer class and he was wanting to be on the ministry team and stuff like that, and so I wanted to go out just to get to know him. And what’s crazy is you can’t make this up he was working at a place where I just quit, probably about two years prior to that or a year prior to that, and so I was like, okay, this is first and foremost. That’s uncanny, you know, but you can’t make up the story of how we met and because, once we got there and at the restaurant we were eating and with how, everything, we didn’t even get to know each other. I was sharing with him the things that I’ve experienced when it comes to speed skating and being able to trigger my body to get in the zone on demand at the flip of the switch, and he was like there’s no way. And I was explaining to him where I was in my speed skating, how it literally transformed me as a competitor.

Um, for example, what happened with me was, um, my background. I played soccer, played semi-pro, so I was pretty fast with shoes on, but then you put skates on. What in the world was going on? It’s a different monster that was out there, and I was getting last off the starting line, um, every single time. Now, here’s the thing the team that I skated for we had 22 national champions in the prospective age group, so it was kind of like me going out against a who’s who I was like a 30-year-old, you know, going against these kids, however, and so I’m getting last off the starting line in practice, not just in practice, but at meets and everything like that.

But I knew that there was a mental disconnect, because whenever we were playing around and we’d have our shoes on or whatnot and we would race, I would beat them hands down, hands down. So I knew it’s just like in golf. You know how often um, you did, does your listeners and everybody’s listening this podcast, for example. You know you can play lights out on the golf range, but yeah, when it comes time to any kind of pressured situation or just going out to the golf course, the change in atmosphere, the environment and stuff like that, and it’s like, okay, where did my game go? That’s what was going on with me and so I was getting mental reps in and literally after I figured out with this concept and this system that I developed, literally within one month I started beating. I would say I was probably getting about halfway through off the starting line and then, within a little over a month, I was winning every single start. And then a month and a half I was winning every start, not just practice, but at meets.

And then there was a huge shift, even like literally my I was not nervous before any race. That changed. I was going in more confident and as a result of that, on top of that and it was like, okay, a name is, is just a name. But when I stepped up to the stop of mel, whether this is true or not, a name is just a name but mentally, going up to the starting line, I knew that I was the one to beat. Now, whether that was true or not, I mean I would race world...

370 (18STRONG): RYAN DEGALE- More Golf, Less Pain. Can You Fix Your Back?

Thu, 07 Mar 2024 13:48:00 -0600

Guest: Ryan Degale (Orthopedic Spine Specialist, Founder of Golf and Body)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 370

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Listen in as Ryan DeGale, an orthopedic spine specialist with a 17-year tenure in strength and conditioning, shares his wealth of knowledge on maintaining spine health, specially tailored for golfers. Our discussion ventures into the realm of practical self-care for the back, steering clear of common misconceptions about back surgery and providing a rich understanding of spinal anatomy and physiology. For those passionate about golf, Ryan’s insights on specific exercises, showcased on his Instagram, offer a path to a pain-free golfing experience, reinforcing the importance of proactive measures over reactive ones.

In our engaging conversation, Ryan sheds light on the intricacies of the body’s supportive systems, such as ligaments, tendons, and fascia. He details the advantages of the ELDOA method over traditional inversion tables, emphasizing how these tissues play a pivotal role in posture, injury prevention, and overall athletic performance. We also examine the overlooked but crucial concept of fascia in body mechanics, highlighting how proper technique in physical therapy and massage is vital for maintaining the health of these tissues. For competitive golfers, Ryan discusses the necessity of a tailored fitness routine, underscoring the potential pitfalls of long-distance cardio and the benefits of interval training and personalized core workouts.

Wrapping up our rich dialogue, Ryan brings his clinical nutritionist expertise to the table, examining the impact of dietary choices on health and the controversial food pyramid. He offers a unique perspective on how nutrition intersects with the culture and competitive dynamics of golf. Join us for this episode as we traverse a broad spectrum of topics, from spinal health and body mechanics to the nuances of training for competitive golf and the intersection of modern medicine with nutrition, all aimed at enhancing performance and well-being both on and off the golf course.

Ryan Degale’s Background

Born in Barbados, Ryan is a 36-year-old strength coach with 17 years of experience in the field. For the past 12 years, he has trained under Guy Voyer DO, specializing in orthopedics and body motion. With over 20 years of experience in playing golf, Ryan works with competitive players and is the proud owner of Golf and Body. His mission is to help golfers play pain-free golf.

Main Topics

(00:04) Masterclass on Golf Body Spine Health

Orthopedic spine specialist Ryan DeGale shares practical approaches to back care and dispels misconceptions about back surgery for golfers.

(12:31) Unlocking the Body’s Intelligent Systems

ELDOA method focuses on end-range motion and creating space in the spine, training supportive tissues, and preventing injuries in daily life and sports.

(23:01) Preventing Back Pain in Golf

Nature’s strategies for preventing and managing back pain, including seat warmers, stationary bikes, and active reinforcement for muscular imbalances.

(29:00) Discussion on Golf Swing and Posture

Eyes, fascial tension, and spinal health in golf, emphasizing holistic approach and collaboration with experts for enhanced performance.

(36:59) Training Essentials for Competitive Golfers

Personalized fitness routines, mobility, interval training, targeted core exercises, and individual goals are crucial for competitive amateur golfers.

(47:48) Importance of Fascia in Body Mechanics

Understanding fascia and proper technique in physical therapy and massage, with insights from experts and resources for further learning.

(55:52) Modern Medicine, Golf, and Nutrition

Comparing historical diets to modern processed food, dental health, celebrity golf foursome, inclusivity in golf, and competitive dynamics of golf tours.

Follow Ryan Degale

Instagram: @golf_body_mia

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode Number 270 with Ryan DeGale from Golf Body. Thanks out guys. Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we believe every golfer deserves to play better, longer, and this episode with Ryan DeGale from Golf Body is exactly about that Playing golf for as long as you possibly can. Ryan is the owner and founder of Golf Body down in Miami and he is an orthopedic spine specialist. His background is in strength and conditioning, but over the past 17 years has really become an expert in the spine, especially working with golfers. So I like to think of this as being a bit of a master class for especially those golfers that are out there, like yourself, possibly like myself, that have struggled with some back pain in the past and finding ways to really help yourself to eliminate your back pain and really to give you a more optimal and optimistic outlook on what the possibilities are for you to play pain free golf in the future. Ryan is an expert at really breaking down the anatomy and the physiology of what’s going on between the fascia, the muscle, the ligaments. He’s got a great Instagram channel where he really dives in and shows different exercises for these different types of exercises and for spine health in general. So you’re really going to enjoy this episode with Ryan DeGale.

Our partners over at Linksoul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach there’s all different options over there. So go to 18strong.com slash Linksoul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Linksoul’s website. So again, 18strong.com slash Linksoul for our favorite brand of apparel for anything on the golf course and off. So let’s get to this week’s interview.

Ryan DeGale, welcome to the 18strong podcast. Thanks for having me. Yeah, man, this will be fun. We’ve had a couple of conversations, we’ve tried to do this before and had a couple of technical difficulties, so this is going to be fun to finally dig in and get to chat a little bit more. I think that this is going to be a masterclass on the back, which is what a lot of our golfers need. I think I’ve learned myself, even as a physical therapist, just watching a lot of your content, your Instagram and just kind of learning about what you do. I’ve learned a ton, and so today, what I would love to do is make this very practical for the golfers listening on, what are some of the things that they can do, how can they understand Maybe they’re back a little bit better and the things that they need to do to help prepare themselves. So, first of all, welcome back to the show.

0:03:08 – Ryan Degale

Yeah, awesome, so it’s good to get it in. Got a little bit of practice before, so looking forward to digging deeper into it and maybe just touch on a few subjects that maybe we didn’t touch before. Maybe there’s some things I left out, that I could do better this time.

0:03:21 – Jeff Pelizzaro

No, all good man, yeah. So let’s talk a little bit about your history, though, because you start out in the strength training world, but you are a spine specialist and you’ve gone deep and you’ve learned from some of the best in the world regarding spinal health, and now you especially work with a lot of golfers too. So this is a perfect lineup for what our people need.

0:03:43 – Ryan Degale

Yeah, so I’ve been a strength coach for 17 years. I’ve been orthopedic specialist for 12. I felt like you know if you can make the biggest difference? You know I wanted to. I love niche, right, I’m very nerdy with that kind of stuff and I kind of got put onto this, this kind of Givolié rabbit bowl where it just literally just never ends. These courses are so awesome and so practical and so useful that you can retake the same course, even the most basic ones, 30 times and learn something new every time.

The you know G was a former orthopedic surgeon who studied anatomy. You know, he was tired of cadaver so just became a surgeon so he could study living anatomy, because living anatomy is living, is different than you know with like formaldehyde and all of the dead body stuff you know. So. And then he developed a series of an entire program, not just the algohm method, to prevent surgeries. And his, from his words as a surgeon, he says that 3% of all back surgeries are necessary.

And so you know, you know it depends, right? So we’ll say like maybe non-contact, like disperneations, or you could have like I don’t want to get too technical, but maybe this shifting forward or backwards. They call it a retrolyzed thesis or a spondylized thesis, and you know there’s a lot of things that we can do for ourselves where we can. You know it’s a self-responsibility thing. And he says favorite quote is you are your own best therapist, and so I really love that, and so that’s pretty much what I teach. I basically teach people to not be codependent so we can get them strong and fit in those bombs. Yeah.

0:05:09 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Love it, love it. So when you say that and when Guy says that you know 3% of back issues are, you know, really necessarily need surgery, what are some of the things that you see people going in for where you’re just like man if I had, if I was able to get my hands on this person. What are some of the diagnoses or what are some of the issues that people go in for that really you feel like man if I only had some time with them.

0:05:34 – Ryan Degale

A few millimeters of space or the disverteation at L5S1, you know they when they have symptoms like very heavy symptoms. But you know everything with the tissues in the body there’s really not that much room. So if you create a little bit of lubrication and a little bit of space in the right area and able to, you know, restructure the pelvis, create a little more flexibility, the ribcage, and so they’re able to play golf, because you know when you most players, after they hit a golf shot, that’s when they have back pain. So you need space to decelerate the golf club. You don’t get to the top and you drop in pain. It’s mostly after the ball and so just kind of reconditioning things. You know it’s.

It’s difficult because you know, you know the the medical industry is really governed by insurance these days where you have to code. A lot of the programs are coded, you know, and it’s difficult for the doctors and therapists where they’re kind of at the mercy of the insurance companies of how to treat and this stuff. And so why a lot of people have better um with private practice or cash. Not everybody can afford it. But you know I’m trying to bring small awareness to that and you know it does not have to be fancy, it just has to be right and it has to be consistent.

0:06:39 – Jeff Pelizzaro

And what would you say is kind of the primary driver of that pain. That is most typical. Obviously, there’s a lot of different things that can go on with the back, but you’ve got these golfers you said a lot of times. You see that they have pain as they’re finishing their swing, they’re getting through contact. What are the typical structures, what are the typical issues that are causing that? Or, and you know, back wise, hip wise, shoulder wise, and what are some of the things that you feel like most guys or girls could prevent this if they had a little bit more knowledge of what they needed to do.

0:07:09 – Ryan Degale

I think, just really a specific warm up. Because you know, like, if you look at professional sports, you see, like you know Steph Curry, he’s, you know, doing some drills on the basketball court. You see, you know, when I’m writing a program for somebody who does this game for a living, you know they’re at the gym 30 to 45 minutes prepping the tissues, getting their nervous system activated. You know, warming up the ligaments correctly and doing all these kind of things in the lower back that are specific to what golfers need. You know, maybe a few pelvic till, some spinal translations, some rolling on, roll this mind, because everybody’s so afraid of fletching. But you know, fletching we have to in sport. You know that there is a lot of our flexor chain being used and so we need to prep the body in that way where everybody’s afraid of doing extensions and flexing. But you know we have to train it in a controlled environment so that we can go out there and not have to think about it. And with the Aldo method it’s basically a French acronym for creating space in a joint segment and so you know, you can use your own body way to decompress your spine in different segments of the spine after your rounds, which is fundamental, and then you go to sleep and then the tissues will heal at that length and you’ll be able to slowly but surely rehydrate this, the body. If you give it enough the great environment, with the right tools, it can regenerate.

I’ve seen it, you know. I’ve seen it in imaging studies, working with people with severe scoliosis when they were basically given a ticket of paying for the rest of their life. It’s just a management system. There’s no cures, it’s just a management system. How can I manage? You know the way I feel every day with the two of us, the tools I have, and I think that gives people a lot more empowerment than just being the sort of victim thing which is unfortunate, with the surgeries, pills and injections. And you know it’s destroyed a lot of lives and that’s really the truth.

0:08:52 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So I’m sure that a lot of people listening, myself included, are thinking man, this is very refreshing to hear that you know it’s not a death sentence when you start to have back pain in your 30s or 40s or 50s. And I think a lot of people just kind of assume that either I’m on my way to getting surgery at some point down the line, or I’m going to have to give up golf, or I’m going to have to start to restrict some of my activities.

0:09:17 – Ryan Degale

We are not giving out golf for our Never right, that’s it.

0:09:20 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Forever. You play it until you keep swinging forever. But so, regarding like the looking at the X-rays, the MRIs, the films, so you’ve actually seen changes in the disc space and the different tissues after going through some of this maintenance stuff.

0:09:38 – Ryan Degale

Yeah with my clients, and G puts up slides with a lot of cases. We’ve seen cases of some of the most well-known athletes in the world. You know he’s kind of like the guy who works in the shadows and nobody knows about. He is so paranoid about quality control, which I really love him for. I mean there is some, you know, like Bryce Turner from LDA USA.

You know that he’s the best LDA teacher in America. I mean he’s worked with Kansas City Chiefs, to the LA Dodgers, to any professional hockey, baseball, you name it, and so including pro golfers, and you know you just have to be really careful because you know precision is key when you’re like in the LDA world there’s five levels, he’s creating six, but even at level four there’s only, like you know, there’s only like probably a hundred of us in the world and so there’s only four of us in the state of Florida, and so you know the supply and demand is not really there. It’s kind of mostly. You mostly find these techniques referrals. We don’t. We’re not like Morgan and Morgan Hubbubboards, and you know all this other stuff going on you know what I mean.

So I know for a fact that you know guys like Woods and Cantley, and you know a lot of these other guys, have used this method. I mean, cantley had the ticket of yeah, he had a misdiagnosed disfracture and you know. You know there’s a lot of different tools but you know, sometimes I think it’s becoming a lot more popular and so you got to be a little bit careful because essentially, what you’re trying to do, you’re trying to create an anchor and then you’re trying to, with different angles of the way you position your limbs, you’re creating forces that oppose that anchor and it takes somebody the lot of experience. It’s not as simple...

369 (18STRONG): BOBBY HOLLAND- Navy Seal “Breaches” the Golf World w/ Hoolie Golf Apparel

Tue, 20 Feb 2024 14:03:00 -0600

Guest: Bobby Holland (Founder Hoolie Golf, Retired Navy Seal))

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 369

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Join us as we sit down with Bobby Holland, the retired Navy SEAL whose love for golf blossomed into the creation of Hoolie Golf, a golf apparel brand embodying hard work, grit, and resilience. Listen in as Bobby shares his remarkable transition from an elite military operative to a passionate golf entrepreneur. His story is not just about picking up the game later in life, but how the competitive drive and discipline learned from the SEALs fueled his determination to improve his swing, even leading to the construction of a driving range during a combat deployment. Bobby’s journey is a vivid illustration of never being too late to chase new dreams and how skills honed in one aspect of life can profoundly impact another.

Our conversation with Bobby is a tapestry of tales from action movies sparking a young boy’s dream of becoming a SEAL, to the mental toughness and training insights necessary to endure the challenges of BUD/S. Bobby brings to light the crucial role of relentless optimism and breaking down massive goals into manageable steps, a philosophy that not only saw him through the rigors of military training but also serves as a foundation for his entrepreneurial spirit. His reflections on the nostalgia of 80s action films and the camaraderie found in both military units and sports teams paint a picture of the interconnectedness of his past passions and current pursuits.

In our discussion, Bobby doesn’t shy away from the personal challenges he’s faced, such as rebuilding strength after an injury or embracing the intricacies of golf fitness. He takes us through his commitment to mobility, functional range of motion, and how these have influenced his performance both in the gym and on the golf course. Through Hoolie Golf, Bobby is not just offering apparel; he’s fostering a community for golf enthusiasts and those with a growth mindset. So tune in for a dose of inspiration, a glimpse into the synergy between entrepreneurship and golf, and perhaps even pick up a few recommendations for your next walk-up song or must-read book.

Bobby Holland’s Background

Bobby Holland is a retired Navy SEAL Chief Warrant Officer who retired from the military in 2021 after 21 years of service. He joined the Navy in 2000, graduated SEAL training in late 2001, and spent the next two decades in the SEAL teams, deploying nine times around the globe.

Halfway through his career, Bobby was introduced to golf and has been a passionate golfer ever since. After finishing his military service, Bobby went to graduate school at UCLA’s Anderson School of Management and it was there that he found the inspiration for his next career.

In the Spring of 2023, Bobby co-founded and launched Hoolie Golf, a golf apparel company that offers uniquely badass golf polos, and golf hats for diehard golfers. Bobby hopes that through Hoolie, he can share his journey with golf and inspire other active-duty military and veterans to connect with this great game.

Main Topics

(00:04) Navy SEAL Turned Golf Apparel Entrepreneur

Retired Navy SEAL Bobby Holland’s passion for golf led to building a range during deployment, showcasing hard work, grit, and resilience.

(07:39) Journey From SEAL to Golf Entrepreneur

A former SEAL’s unexpected journey of integrating golf into military life, leading to the creation of Hoolie Giolf apparel company.

(15:29) From Action Movies to Navy SEALs

Childhood passions shape our future, from action movies to SEAL training, with a nod to 80s nostalgia and camaraderie in sports and military units.

(23:27) Mental Toughness and Training Insights

Relentless optimism and progressive training in Navy SEALs, addressing media portrayal and underwater tests with humor.

(29:59) Hoolie Golf

Hoolie Golf brand’s origins, ethos, and appeal to resilient, growth-minded individuals who use mental discipline techniques from Navy SEAL experience.

(41:31) Improving Mobility and Fitness Progress

Overcoming physical limitations, setting fitness goals, and utilizing social media for ongoing development.

(46:19) Fitness and Business Resilience

Incorporating new fitness routines, grit and resilience, and the future plans for a golf community.

(52:07) Entrepreneurship and Golf for Veterans

Entrepreneurship and military service, therapeutic benefits of golf for veterans, pop culture debate, personal insights, and book recommendations.

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Instagram: @hooliegolf
Instagram: @leadbobholland
Website: HoolieGolf.com

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18 Strong Podcast, episode Number 369 with Bobby Holland from Hoolie Golf. What’s up, guys? Welcome back to the 18 Strong Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we believe every golfer deserves to play better, longer. In this episode we have Bobby Holland from Hoolie Golf. Bobby is a retired Navy SEAL that started a golf apparel company, so this episode we get to talk about all of his stories from overseas and his deployments, his training for buds and seals and how that has really impacted not only his golf game but also building a business in the world of golf. And we definitely dive into his addiction as a golfer so much of an addiction that he built his own driving range on one of his combat deployments, where he literally had to go out and shag golf balls in the moon dust to go pick up the range balls. So this episode is all about hard work, grit and resilience, which is what the Hoolie brand is all about and really what we’re all about here at 18 Strong. So you’re really going to enjoy this one with Bobby Holland.

All partners over at Linksoul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach there’s all different options over there. So go to 18strong.com slash Linksoul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Linksoul’s website. Go again 18strong.com slash Linksoul for our favorite brand of apparel, for anything on the golf course and off. Now let’s get to this week’s interview, bobby Holland. Welcome to the 18 Strong podcast. Hi, jeff, thanks for having me. Absolutely, this is going to be awesome. I’ve been digging into the brand Hoolie a little bit, but rumor has it that you never really played golf until what it was 2011, and then took just one round and you were all in.

0:02:19 – Bobby Holland

There’s it, man. I think a lot why I created this brand was this kind of out of nowhere love that I found for the game. And there’s a lot of other people like me that you’re not all Hoolie’s pick up golf late, but there’s all folks like us, like me, that did pick it up late and fall in love, man, and it just triggered that. Being a seal, being an athlete, being a competitor and then finding this thing that you can’t do very well Kind of drove me nuts and got hooked and yeah, man, it’s been a fun journey and I mean so passionate about the game that I opened up my own golf apparel company, right.

0:03:00 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Crazy, that’s awesome. When I first saw, I saw a post about you when you were on Jaco’s podcast and I was like, oh my gosh, I got to get Bobby on the show because this is just. This is so cool to hear a guy that was in the seals, just like the rest of us. This game boggles our minds, completely right, and it’s so frustrating, it’s so hard and I could only imagine that you as an elite level operator coming into something. It’s just this little white ball sitting on a tee and all I got to do is hit it down there. That’s got to be easy, right. How frustrating was it coming into the game at that level, coming out from your background?

0:03:36 – Bobby Holland

Yeah, I mean you’re hitting the nail on the head. Two weeks back at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am I’m not sure if you caught the video of Tom Brady Duffin it off the tee, I mean that says it all You’re talking about arguably one of the best competitors of our generation picks up a golf club and having a hard time. And yeah, man, it’s one of those things that I still struggle with because I want to be so much better. Unfortunately, life and business and other things get in the way and I just do what I can. But I love the challenge. I mean, that’s really what drives me is, every time you show up to the golf course is a legit opportunity that you can have your best round, and it can happen like that. Both of my best rounds were exactly like that. Never saw them come in. It’s not like my swing was in super great shape, so there’s a little bit of that kind of gambler mentality. But the chase, the hunt, yeah, I love it, man.

0:04:38 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So for those of the listeners that don’t know your story, don’t know the story behind Hoolie and everything, give us just a little background on you, obviously Navy Seals, but kind of tell us a little. I know you played football, so give us a little bit of that. And about some of the tours, how many tours you went on, and then we’ll dive into where Hoolie came from and go from there.

0:04:58 – Bobby Holland

Sure, I’m a California kid, born and raised up in a place called Fresno, Actually lived in Clovis that’s the same hometown as Bryce and DeChambeau, by the way but yeah, just kind of a wiry kid, you know. You’d like to mix it up a little bit. I played football and in wrestling. Those were my two big sports up until high school and then I was all in on football and that was just a big part of my upbringing as an athlete and it’s where I got into fitness in general. So I mean, we started strength training, powerlifting back there in high school and I’ve been doing that ever since, so kind of grew love for that as well. Well, anyways, I found myself at the end of high school the big so what that most of us face. What am I doing now? And I didn’t quite have it figured out, I went, Peter, around in a community college for a couple of years and it was in that time that I, you know, the idea of becoming a SEAL came to be and I basically devoted the next 18 months of two years to train to be a SEAL and that was like the first time I had, you know, set a goal really, and it was quite a lofty goal, had to teach myself how to run, swim, all those things. I ended up joining the Navy in January 2000 and went straight in, went to boot camp, went to A school, which is like your specialty rating, and then I went to Buds, which is the SEAL selection course, and then got through 9-11, hit and then I graduated SEAL qualification training two months later and then went to my first SEAL team and from there I just did a bunch of deployments, was pretty active. I did I think 9 deployments total. Not all of them were combat sandbox deployments, but did a bunch. Did 5 to Iraq, did a really really short one to Afghanistan, bounced around some other parts of the world, but had a really good career. Like you know, good timing. Some people may disagree but I came in the SEAL teams to do that job and you know, right after 9-11, we were busy last two decades, pretty damn busy. And yeah, we were talking before the show started.

You know about picking up golf about 12, 13 years ago and kind of wasn’t meant to be. It was one of those things that I didn’t have an aversion to golf, I just didn’t get it. Yeah, you know what I mean. I mean that was it. I was cut from this cloth. I like hardcore music, I like punk rock, I like in the gym, I like doing things pushing myself. I just didn’t get it.

And we had an opportunity. We were actually waiting to deploy. One of the guys suggested hey, let’s take the boys out. We had some time like our deployment got delayed, so we went out and I mean it literally happened in the course of I’m sure it was a god-awful long round of a five-hour round. I fell in love with golf. I hit a couple of shots out there and it was just perplexed Like you know why can’t I do this every time Went, got clubs and then it just metastasized from there, you know.

So I was halfway into my career, being at SEAL, still operating, doing all the stuff. How do you make this work? But yeah, I traveled with my golf clubs everywhere, took them on some combat deployments. One deployment wasn’t in the combat zone but it was in the Middle East. We had this compound, this giant like moon dust compound, huge, open. Well, I ended up building myself a range there. So I got like a some plywood and I built a platform like in the middle of nowhere basically, and I brought 300 range balls with me that a golf course was nice enough to donate and I would just go. Anytime I had some off time I’d go hit in my range, you know. But yeah, so you know, fast forward.

Some some years later did another decade or so in the teams and then found myself you know, my time in the teams. It just basically expired. I was at the end of my career, you know, around the 15 year mark. I transitioned from what we call an operator, which is someone who’s in a SEAL platoon being deployed to do SEAL missions. I got pulled from that and basically was in various managerial leadership positions, running training et cetera. So did that for the latter part of my career and then was trying to find something to do. Really, I mean, that’s that’s where I found myself. I knew it was my time to get out and I ended up going to business school.

Ucla has a executive MBA program, so had some buddies who had gone through that and said really great things and I thought that would be a good kind of you know, runway out of the teams into real life. So went to that and or started that, I should say and near the start of that program I had the epiphany for what would become Hoolie, because it wasn’t exactly what it looks like now, but I had an idea and I brought it up. It was a concept that I brought up during a. Basically, they have an entrepreneurial pipeline, a series of classes that you take either you have to join a team or you have to build a team. So I said, to hell with it, man, let’s, let’s give it a go, see what I can do. So I had to recruit my team, had to pitch the idea to them, and then basically, we took it through a series of classes and kind of graduated from one class to the next, end up being our capstone.

And then, by the end of it and I should back up, this is where I met my partner, Kevin Lee. He’s got a background in apparel, garment, sourcing operations, so perfect fit for where we are. But yeah, we, we basically built Hoolie in business school, you know, out of a shared passion for golf and in wanting to do cool things and and to create fun stuff, man. So, you know, fast forward another year. We launched last April. And here we are, man, some ten months later, you know, first year in business. Yeah, man, kind of ran through that pretty fast but uh.

0:12:06 – Jeff Pelizzaro

No, there’s so many jumping off points that we’re gonna dive into. And you know most people they say like their golf addicted or they’re addicted to the game. But but you literally took your clubs on combat missions, you built it, you built your own personal driving range Overseas. You brought bucket, a bucket of balls. So like then I assumed you had to then go pick up, go shag those golf balls and bring them back and topple.

0:12:31 – Bobby Holland

Amazing moon dust dude. So like I would be wearing these combat boots Because that stuff was like all over. Yeah, it was. I did not come back with 300...

368 (18STRONG): CODY WESCOTT- Lift Heavy, Swing Fast.

Tue, 06 Feb 2024 12:42:00 -0600

Guest: Cody Wescott (Founder Cody Wescott Golf)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 368

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Join me as I welcome Cody Wescott from Cody Wescott Golf and the Swing Heavy Lift Fast Program to the show for an insightful discussion that’s sure to up your golf game and fitness routine. We kick things off by exploring the relationship between strength training and golf performance, as Cody shares his candid take on traditional weightlifting versus golf-specific training. We dig into the essence of crafting an effective workout that balances what you enjoy and what truly benefits your game, while Cody challenges the idea of personal trainers and their impact on a golfer’s progress.

Listen in as we tackle the multifaceted nature of golf training, focusing on the harmony of mobility, strength, and power. We break down his holistic approach to athlete development, as seen in his “Lift Every Swing Fast” program, which has successfully been adopted by numerous golfers. Cody and I also touch upon the often-overlooked importance of cardiovascular health for recovery, endurance, and the enjoyment of golf well into one’s later years. The inspiring story of Tony, an 85-year-old fitness enthusiast, serves as a powerful reminder that it’s never too late to embrace an active lifestyle.

The conversation shifts to the nuances between golf exercises and drills, emphasizing the importance of selecting the right methods to enhance your game. We address how gym workouts should complement, not replace, swing drills, and the potential pitfalls of following fitness trends on social media. As we delve into muscle building and mobility, I underscore the evolution of muscle-building philosophies and the significance of nutrition in supporting both body composition and performance. Don’t miss this episode packed with practical advice and personal insights that could transform your approach to golf and fitness.

Cody Wescott

Cody’s journey in the fitness world spans decades, covering everything from bodybuilding and powerlifting to crossfit and pilates.
Today, his primary focus is on training golfers, treating them like the athletes they truly are.
His mission is straightforward: help golfers navigate the fitness landscape, finding the right training approach for their goals – without all the BS.
Cody’s philosophy is his motto, the namesake of his flagship program, “Lift Heavy, Swing Fast.” His program has impacted hundreds of athletes globally, helping them look, play, and feel their best for the long haul.

Main Topics

(00:04) Optimal Golf and Fitness Training

Nature’s impact on golf performance, incorporating fitness, traditional weight training, and the role of personal trainers.

(09:44) Golf Performance

Effective golf training programs include total body workouts, targeted mobility exercises, and strategic speed and power work.

(14:56) Cardiovascular Health in Golf Longevity and Performance

Cardio and resistance training in golf improve recovery, performance, and longevity, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing health in mid-life.

(18:34) Fitness for Personal Transformation

An 85-year-old man’s dedication to fitness, my sports background, and struggles with drugs and alcohol.

(29:44) Golf Training and Exercise Nuances

Golf exercises and drills have different purposes, with gym exercises complementing but not replacing them. Social media can influence fitness trends.

(38:33) Muscle Building, Mobility, and Personal Training

Nature’s muscle-building philosophy, RPE and Reps in Reserve, nutrition, golf-specific training, and maintaining muscle mass for efficient golf swing.

Follow Cody Wescott

Instagram: @codywescottgolf
Website: CodyWescottgolf.com

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How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

Diary of a CEO: The 33 Laws of Business – Steven Bartlett

@BioLayne

@Goob_u2

@menno.henselmans

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode number 368, with Cody Wescott from Cody Wescott, golf. What’s up guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we believe that every golfer deserves to play better, longer. And this week we have Cody Wescott from Cody Wescott Golf and the Swing Heavy Lift Fast Program. This episode is a fun one for me because this is the first time I get to meet Cody and talk about the growth that he’s had, first of all in social media in the golf and fitness world, and I think he’s one of the guys putting out some of the best content when it comes to education in the golf and fitness world and really taking a no BS attitude and laying on what’s going to make your program most optimal. Is traditional weight training? Is traditional strength training good for your golf game? Yeah, it can be, but is it optimal for what you’re wanting to do and what your goals are in the gym? So we have some great conversations about what that looks like, what you want to do, what are the things that you want to put into your program simply because you like them, and what are the things you need to put in there because they’re going to work. And then we talk about a couple topics that Cody’s been pretty hard lined on, and that’s the difference between golf exercises and golf drills. Where is that crossover and where is the separation? And are you doing golf exercises or golf drills and are they really being effective in your training program? And then, lastly, we touch on a bit of a sensitive topic for probably a lot of the listeners of this show, for those of you that are coaches and trainers. But talking to the golfers out there, cody discusses why you may not need a personal trainer and why that actually might be detracting from your goals and detracting from your results, and we go have a great conversation around that. So you’re going to really enjoy this episode of the 18STRONG Podcast.

Right after this, our partners over at Link Soul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach there’s all different options over there. So go to 18strong.com, slash link soul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Link Soul’s website. So again, 18strong.com. Slash link soul for our favorite brand of apparel, for anything on the golf course and off. Now let’s get to this week’s interview, tony Wescott. Welcome to the 18STRONG Podcast.

0:02:49 – Cody Wescott

Hey, thanks for having me.

0:02:50 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, for sure, man. So this is really fun to finally get to connect with you. I’ve been following your stuff on social media for a while and one of the cool things and we just had a couple other people on recently and, I said, one of the cool things about what we do at the podcast here cool things for me is being able to connect with people like you, that I really respect the way that you’re putting your content out, the content that you’re putting out. So, first of all, just keep doing what you’re doing, because I love watching it and I learned stuff from when I’m watching your content and I know that our crew is too.

So I’m excited to have you on.

0:03:21 – Cody Wescott

Yeah, man, thank you so much. I mean the content game, social media has been such a game changer. I think you know I’ve listened to your show a few times, so I know I’m not alone when I say that Like it really has just like opened so many doors Because I’ve been doing, you know, the fitness thing for a long time and just when you consistently start posting content, like things happen for you that I never thought would happen. So it’s really cool. Like I’ve been on you know, someone’s podcast. Like you know, if you were to go, I never would have thought about this. So this is really cool.

0:03:50 – Jeff Pelizzaro

When did your? Is Instagram your biggest platform as far as your social media content? For sure, when did that really kind of take off for you?

0:03:57 – Cody Wescott

You know.

So I was a trainer for, like you know, 12 years before I ever like made a post about my services, right, so? But I think it was summer 2022 is when I started posting about every single day, because I was in an environment down in a gym down in Jupiter, where, like that was pretty much what everybody was doing is like that was like bigger part of our job was actually like creating social media content, and that’s when I started doing it every single day. And then I think you know, the thing is like I didn’t. It took me forever to like get up and going. I mean, I think I made. I think I posted like 90 days in a row before I got like a thousand followers, you know. So, like you know, I get like 12 likes on a post or something like that. So it was a little discouraging, but I was like you know what? Like I think it’s one of those things that you just keep trying and work hard and put out good stuff. It’s eventually going to catch on, and so that’s what I did. I just kept going, kept going, and I want to say it was probably like right around like holiday season, so probably like Thanksgiving of 2022, you know, probably like almost like six months into the thing, I got to 10,000 followers and then that’s.

I don’t know if it starts like kind of snowballing or if the algorithm like kind of catches on and people are watching your stuff and then, but that, that first 10 was super hard and then now I think we’re you know what, like 14 months later, I’m at like 70,000.

And that’s been really cool. Just because you know, when you’re a personal trainer, you are pretty limited on how many people you can work one on one with, right, or how many people you can really make a change for Cause I’ve done group fitness before too, where you’re coaching like 40, 50 people at once. But you know, as a personal trainer, if you’re super busy I mean, if you’re talking about doing 30, 40 sessions a week that is a very, very busy personal trainer, right. And you have, you know, people doing two or three sessions a week like what are you looking at? You may have? You might have like 10 to 12 to 15 clients, really right. So for me to go from that on a weekly basis, like I’m only touching like 12, 15 people, to reaching thousands has been like really gratifying and a lot of fun too.

0:06:05 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, when? When did you kind of shift out of the the in-person training role, cause I know you said you really just work with, I think, a single client in person. The rest is pretty much online.

0:06:15 – Cody Wescott

Yeah, it’s all on my app. Now why use trainer rogue? But you know I have my programming on their app. It’s been since I moved back to Oklahoma. I moved back here in December of 2022. I moved back here and I was still doing some zoom sessions. So I’m still doing one on one. But now, yeah, for the past like I think about 12 months I’ve had just one guy that I trained a person and the rest is I’ve got some. I’ve got people that I’ve been doing one on one programming for for years now. But now I just put all my time into creating the programming on the app.

0:06:54 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, it looks great. We’ll be sure to link all this stuff up in the show notes as well, so you guys can go and check out the website, check out the app. You know everything, everything about looks really good. You know like it just kind of draws the eye in your content is great. As far as just really pointing out the, the no BS right, which I think is really one of the big messages that you, that you have, is like hey, don’t do the silly stuff. Here’s the way are here, here are ways for you to really get to where you want to go with your, your golf, with your fitness. And you know, one thing I wanted to ask you about, which is a message that continually goes through your content is not training the old way you used to train. You know it hasn’t gotten you where you want to go yet, so why are you continuing to do it? Expand on that a little bit.

0:07:42 – Cody Wescott

Yeah, that’s been, that’s been a topic that’s done pretty well for me lately. So you kind of catch onto things that people kind of believe in in what you’re saying more right Cause, like that is like a truly like authentic thing for me is like I have literally experienced every possible image or every type of fitness that is out there. Right, so like I feel like I can speak to that Right Like. So I’ve done CrossFit, I’ve done bodybuilding, I’ve done powerlifting, I did Spartan races, I raced high rocks. My wife used to teach yoga. I’ve done yoga. She also taught Pilates. I’ve done Pilates. Like I’ve literally we her and I co taught a boxing class together. So I mean I’ve done like pretty much everything in fitness and I’ve also ran gyms. I was a regional fitness manager in Washington DC. I ran three gyms. Like when I tell you like that I have pretty much done everything that normal people in fitness can do, like I’ve done it.

So now, like my thing is that I don’t think that any method of training is necessarily bad. Right Like. So for golf, that is like, so like I don’t think that anything that’s going to get you in better shape, like you know whether it increases your, maybe you’re doing like a orange theory. Right, it’s going to increase your endurance, you know it’s going to make you a little stronger. You know stuff like that. But any kind of workout program CrossFit, bodybuilding, whatever it is that gets you in better shape.

I think it can help the game of golf, now. What I always tell people is like is that optimal for the game of golf? And my answer for some of that stuff is no, like I don’t think that training like a bodybuilder is going to help you play your best. You know can it. Is it going to be better than you sitting on the couch every single day? And will it help you play better?

If you go train like a bodybuilder? Probably because you’re getting stronger and you get more mobile, you’re going to be pretty sore, so it might suck to go practice that next day or something. If you just wrecked your pecs or something and your chest and your shoulders. You know that might suck, but you know when you recover from that your chest is going to be stronger and more flexible and and so, yeah, that could help you play golf. But you know I’m here for getting athletes to perform at their best and I think what’s interesting about golf is that it’s a very unique game, right. It requires mobility, strength and power, and each one of those pro, whatever program you do out there might give you a little bit of one of those things. Right, but if we do a golf program, we can have it all.

0:10:06 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So what do you feel is kind of the secret sauce of Hitting all of those boxes in a program and not going too far in one direction? Because I feel like we can definitely get into the mindset, or many of the golfers can get in the mindset, of oh, I just got to work on my mobility, or I got, I just got to work on my speed, or I’m going to get stronger, or you know how, how have you found to really tie those things together and, like you said, really become more of an athlete when you’re in the gym?

0:10:33 – Cody Wescott

Right, and you know you think about, like, could you put all that stuff into a workout? You can, right, Like it can be a long...

367 (18STRONG): Dr. Jason Selk: Unlock Your Mental Toughness with Relentless Solution Focus

Tue, 30 Jan 2024 12:40:00 -0600

Guest: Dr. Jason Selk (Peak Performance Coach, Sports Psychologist, Best Selling Author)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 367

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Have you ever caught yourself stuck on the hamster wheel of negative thinking when facing a challenge? Dr. Jason Selk (Full Bio Below), a master of sports psychology and performance coaching, joins us to turn that wheel in a new direction with his game-changing concept: Relentless Solution Focus (RSF). Together, we unpack the transformative power of pivoting from problem-centric to solution-based thinking — a skill that not only enhances mental toughness but also potentially adds years to your life.

Imagine your brain as an athlete; with the right training, it can muscle out stress-inducing thoughts and replace them with a winning strategy. Throughout our discussion, Dr. Selk provides actionable techniques to rewire your brain for success. These include daily mental exercises and success logs aimed at fostering positive neural pathways. Moreover, we explore real-life triumphs in the sports arena where a steadfast commitment to solutions has led to unprecedented victories, showcasing the profound impact of RSF in high-pressure environments.

As we wrap up our chat with Dr. Selk, the conversation shifts to the greens, where golfers know all too well the mental game’s highs and lows. We talk about the importance of a clear mindset and structured goal setting, taking a leaf from Stephen Covey’s book on proactivity. Whether you’re looking to shave strokes off your game or elevate your professional performance, embracing an RSF mentality could be your ticket to resilience and success. So, grab your clubs and your headphones, and get ready to play your best round yet, both in life and on the course.

Dr. Jason Selk Bio

Dr. Jason Selk served as the Director of Mental Training for the St. Louis Cardinals, helping them win two World Series championships in six years.
He assists athletes, business leaders, and salespeople in developing mental toughness, confidence, and focus.
Dr. Selk is a licensed mental health professional with a doctorate in counseling and sports psychology from the University of Missouri.
He has worked with notable companies like Morgan Stanley, Ernst & Young, Merrill Lynch, Bacardi, and Enterprise Rent-a-Car.
Dr. Selk is a regular contributor to Forbes and Inc., featured in various publications, and has appeared on major television and radio networks.
In 2022, he co-founded the Level Up app for performance coaching.
His books, including “Relentless Solution Focus,” “Executive Toughness,” “10-Minute Toughness,” and “Organize Tomorrow Today,” have received acclaim and best-seller status.

Main Topics

(00:03) Mental Toughness and Solution Focus

Dr. Jason Selk discusses the benefits of Relentless Solution Focus and practical strategies to enhance mental toughness.

(12:39) Changing Brain Biology to Improve Performance

RSF thinking can improve performance by countering the caudate loop and shifting from PCT, as seen in sports teams’ success.

(24:04) Golf Performance Thoughts and Control

Mental focus and thought patterns impact golf performance, including anger and negative thinking. Performance statements and avoiding negative discussions are important.

(30:40) Being Proactive, Setting Goals

Proactive goal-setting is crucial for personal and professional development, with process goals being the key to success.

(40:57) Relentless Solution Focus and 18STRONG

Dr. Selk discusses Relentless Solution Focus and its application to improve mental toughness and performance in golf and life.

Follow Dr. Jason Selk

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How to Win Friends and Influence People – Dale Carnegie

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Jeff Pelizzaro: [00:00:00] The 18STRONG Podcast episode number 367 with Dr. Jason Selk, sports psychologist and performance coach.

What’s up guys. Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast where we’re here to help you build a stronger game because we believe every golfer deserves to play better longer. This week we have a special guest, Dr. Jason Selk in studio to talk about his book, Relentless Solution Focus. And really just to talk about the RSF mentality, which is getting out of the cycle of thinking of our problems all the time, which tends to get us in trouble on and off the golf course and learning how to truly focus on the solutions that are going to resolve those problems or at least pieces of those [00:01:00] problems.

So it’s learning how to shift your focus from the problem over to the solution. This is the number one characteristic of mental toughness, which Jason’s going to explain in this episode. He also teaches us not just how to understand this. The knowledge of it, but also how to take action and truly train our brains to do that.

Just like you would train your muscles. So you really enjoy this episode with Jason. Our partners over at Link Soul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course from polos to t shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach.

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Dr. Silk, welcome to the 18STRONG Podcast. Jeff,

Dr. Jason Selk: thanks for having me. As I said, you gotta please call me Jason. Absolutely,

Jeff Pelizzaro: absolutely. First and foremost, this book, your book, Relentless Solution Focus, has been recommended several times on our last couple of podcasts. And it just happens that you’re a St.

Louis guy, you live not too far down the road, and you were nice enough to come into the studio. So I can’t wait to dig into this, literally just finished it this morning, and but I want to talk to you first of all and foremost about mental toughness. Define mental toughness for us to just kick off the show.

Dr. Jason Selk: We’re going to get right to it, huh? Yeah, for sure. I have had, hundreds of definitions of mental toughness over the last 25 years, but I think the one for me that sticks the most is the mind’s ability, To stay focused on solutions, especially in the face of adversity. Nobody needs mental toughness when the scoreboard is in your favor.[00:03:00]

It’s when you’re losing by two or three runs, you’re down to your last out. It’s when your bank account is dwindling and you’re not sure how your pipeline is going to fill back up. It’s when you’re in a relationship and it’s not as easy as it used to be. I think those are the times where People really need mental toughness.

Jeff Pelizzaro: And one of the most crucial pieces of the book is the fact that most of the time we tend to focus on the things that are going wrong the problems that we have. Can you speak a little bit to really the, that’s the big piece and some of the pieces that we can dive into to help.

Dr. Jason Selk: Yeah, I think it’s important to normalize for people that, unfortunately, the way our brains are built, it is completely normal, biologically speaking, to focus on the problem.

It’s called PCT, [00:04:00] problem centric thinking. Hundreds of years ago, it was necessary for the advancement of the species. That, if we weren’t always worried about the threat that was lurking in the bushes, then we were more than likely going to end up in the lion’s den. And so hundreds of years ago, it was critical for survival, for literally, for our species to advance.

Fast forward hundreds of years, and we live in a very safe time now, comparatively speaking, and so that same PCT tendency Even though it, hundreds of years ago, was so good for us, it’s now so bad for us. We just went through this worldwide pandemic, and the truth of the matter is, PCT will take more lives by far than any pandemic, hopefully, that we ever face.

Certainly anything we’ve ever faced. Because we actually, when we allow our minds to do what’s totally [00:05:00] normal, which is Focus on the problem. The brain releases a neurotransmitter called cortisol. Cortisol, it’s the punctuation of fight or flight. And that is where, the advancement or the survival of the species was affected in such a positive way, was us living a lot of our lives in that fight or flight mode.

However, when that cortisol goes in the bloodstream, it’s a toxin for us. It causes all feelings of stress. anxiety, fear, anger, depression, guilt, but it literally is like a poison. Now, the good thing is that when the cortisol goes in, it’s such a low dose, but shoot, if you inject yourself with low doses of poison, even if it’s just small amounts and low doses over time, that’s going to get you.

And here’s what I tell you, people with. RSF and RSF is, it’s the title of the book, relentless Solution Focus. I think you could [00:06:00] interchange RSF for mental toughness. I really think they’re almost synonymous. So a person with RSF or a person with mental toughness, biologically speaking, is going to live on average 14 years longer.

Wow. It’s crazy. You think about 14 years, think, what were you doing 14 years ago? That’s a long time. And. The kicker is not only will you live significantly longer, but scientifically proven again that you’re going to have measurable increases in health, happiness, and success, is if you can really learn to keep the mind away from that biologically normal PCT, which we know, with some training, doesn’t take major amounts, some, we can actually train PCT to go away And be replaced with RSF.

So I could say PCT is mental weakness and I could [00:07:00] say RSF is mental toughness. With training, we can all become mentally tough, just as. When I’m born, my bicep is completely weak, but with training, I can make that guy pretty strong. With training. Yeah, and that’s

Jeff Pelizzaro: the big piece that I took out of it is, mental toughness to me, that’s a noun, right?

But RSF is you have to take action too. You can read all the books. And one of the big pieces of your book is that it’s not just about the knowledge. You’re actually giving a way for us to train. And I remember the story in there about when you were out on your deck and came up with the idea of Hey, we train our bodies.

We have to train our mind. And so speak to how important the action piece is. We can hear it all though. We hear it all the time, but it

Dr. Jason Selk: really hits home. Yeah, I think it’s why I’ve had so much success in my career. I know it’s what got me the job at the St. Louis Cardinals back in 2006.

That, I think you get a lot of people in the mental health field. [00:08:00] And, maybe you say in the sports psychology world where it’s very much, let me teach you certain things. And I learned a long time ago, knowing something does nothing, doing something does. And again, if you look at, The biology of the brain.

That’s the part I think people must understand that all day long I can pep talk you to be strong. Jeff, you know a lot about making the body strong That’s really your bread and butter. You could teach me so many things about having strong biceps or strong legs But until I get my butt up off this chair and go out there and start doing some of the exercises nothing changes and I know You know with my approach, a mental workout, it is a, when I was working with the Cardinals, it was three minutes and 40 seconds.

People in the business world, it’s a minute and 40 seconds. And there are biological reasons, I need to, with an athlete, do enough visualization where it actually starts to create muscle memory. And we know [00:09:00] you can do that. In the business world, we don’t need muscle memory. We just really need that mental memory.

So we don’t need to have it as long. But, again, it’s not a pep talk. Mental toughness is no more a pep talk than physical toughness is. However, you got most people like me. are going to tell you a pep talk will do it. And I would just challenge you. And I think this is why in my career, the people I’ve worked with have had a lot of success that we don’t talk about it.

We do it, we train it. And once you train it, you really can’t. Not have it there when you want it.

Jeff Pelizzaro: Can you break down a little bit of what RSF stands for? How do you go from that PCT thinking to more of the solution focused thinking?

Dr. Jason Selk: Yeah, so just definition, RSF is Relentless Solution Focus. And the definition I use is within 60 seconds replacing all negative or problem focused thought with Solution focused thinking, the reason we want to do it [00:10:00] quickly, the 60 seconds and I don’t know that people need to get their stopwatches out or protractors out, but the whole idea is to move your thoughts from problem to solution and do it quickly because the longer I stay focused on the problem, the more that cortisol is being pushed into the bloodstream.

Now, I told you, cortisol makes you feel like garbage, but it also makes you stupid. If you think about fight or flight, your brain, the essence of fight or flight is your brain is just losing its ability for detailed thinking. Translation to me is, you become dumb. And I know this, if I’m trying to solve a problem, I need to be as smart as possible.

So I want to, as quickly as possible, start working on the solution. But again, it’s completely abnormal. It’s biologically ingrained for me to think about the problem. And then most people believe, and I call this the great myth, that most people believe if you start thinking about a problem, it will naturally [00:11:00] lead you to a solution.

And there’s just no empirical evidence anywhere to support that. When I first started I was doing a lot of marriage counseling. I was taking any, anyone who needed my services. I specialized in sport, but I had to pay the bills and I was doing marriage counseling. I was doing drug and alcohol counseling.

I did anything any mental health person could or would do, I was doing. And so I had this couple and they were two physicians. They’d been married 30 years. Living in separate bedrooms for the last 10 years. ....

366 (18STRONG). Dr. Kyle Richmond: Maximize Mobility, Strength Controls Movement, and Social Media Tips for Coaches.

Tue, 23 Jan 2024 16:04:00 -0600

Guest: Dr. Kyle Richmond (Founder: REBUILT Strength & Rehab)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 366

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Listen in as Kyle Richmond from Rebuilt Strength and Rehab joins us to unfold his transformative journey from a chiropractic student to a social media sensation and savvy entrepreneur. Discover how Kyle’s dedication to mobility and athletic performance, carved out a unique niche in chiropractic care. He shares the pivotal role Instagram reels played in expanding his reach and the surprising ways his online surge propelled his practice into virtual consultations and impactful partnerships. Kyle’s story is a testament to the boundless potential of social media in nurturing a business and connecting with clients in today’s digital landscape.

During our conversation, Kyle and I exchange thoughts on modern chiropractic practices and the shift in public perception from pain relief to wellness and performance. We emphasize the critical importance of patient education and self-management, providing insights into comprehensive treatment strategies that transcend traditional adjustments. We also delve into the integration of mobility training in fitness regimes, clarifying the distinction between flexibility and mobility, and advocating for its role in enhancing movement control and injury prevention across various demographics.

Wrapping up, we tackle the emerging issue of back pain among the younger generation, attributing it to the sedentary habits linked with technology use. Kyle and I highlight the benefits of incorporating simple mobility exercises, like Controlled Articular Rotations (CARS), to counteract these lifestyle patterns. We also touch upon the nuances of soft tissue therapy in clinical practice, debunking common myths and underscoring its genuine merits. Plus, don’t miss out on the lighter side of our discussion, where we share personal favorites and envision hypothetical celebrity golf matches, adding a personal flair to the professional discourse.

Main Topics

(00:04) Successful Practice Through Social Media

Dr. Kyle Richmond shares his journey from chiropractic school to social media influencer and entrepreneur, leveraging Instagram reels to grow his practice and connect with clients.

(08:48) Golf Swing Improvement and Chiropractic Practice

Improving golf swing, modern chiropractic care, education, maintenance, and shift in public perception of chiropractic services.

(14:46) Mobility Training for Strength’s Importance

Mobility is crucial for fitness, as it involves active control and strength, benefits all ages, improves joint stability, and complements other forms of training.

(20:25) Technology’s Impact on Back Pain

Mobility, specifically Controlled Articular Rotations, is crucial for joint health in aging populations and athletes, while sedentary habits contribute to back pain in youth.

(32:03) Importance of Movement and Rehabilitation

Strategies for desk workers and golfers include thoracic extension exercises and hip mobility techniques.

(42:19) Neural Connections and Bypassing Muscle Guards

Nature’s protective mechanism, moderate stretching, and consistent exercise can improve mobility without extensive pre-workout routines.

(47:22) History of REBUILT and Parting Questions

Benefits of soft tissue therapy, clinic branding, and personal insights on movies, golf, and books.

Follow Kyle Richmonds

Instagram: @drkyle.richmond

Links Mentioned

Atomic Habits – James Clear

The Dip – Seth Godin

@Brock11Johnson

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode number 366, with Kyle Richmond from Rebuilt Strength and Rehab. What’s up guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we know that every golfer deserves to play better, longer. This week we have Kyle Richmond from Rebuilt Strength and Rehab on the show, and Kyle’s a chiropractor up in the Chicago area that really I found by watching his Instagram videos. He’s posting a lot of great content in the world of chiropractic performance and especially mobility. He’s been talking a lot about the importance of being able to work on your mobility where it has a purpose and it’s going to help your athletic ability to play golf better, but really just to move better in overall life, and how you can do that with intent as opposed to just working on a bunch of stretching and flexibility exercises. Kyle’s posts are very popular in our world in the golf and fitness world and so it was cool to finally get to meet him and talk to him about his strategies, not just in the training facility, but also on how he built his Instagram account and how he built his following, how he has now turned that into a full brick and mortar business, that he’s starting to work with clients in his own facility. So you’re going to really enjoy this episode with Kyle Richmond.

Our partners over at Linksoul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach there’s all different options over there. So go to 18STRONG.com slash Linksoul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Linksoul’s website. So again, 18STRONG.com, slash Linksoul for our favorite brand of apparel for anything on the golf course and off. So let’s get to this week’s interview.

Kyle Richmond, welcome to the 18strong podcast. Yeah, for sure. So this is cool. This is the first time we’ve ever met connected, really, and one of the things that I love about what we do here. One of my favorite things at 18strong is like trying to find people that we really respect. We see them doing great things online, and your post just kept coming up in front of me on Instagram. You’ve posted quite a few of your things, and so it’s great to connect. It’s cool to see what you’re doing, and I like to think of us as kind of a lens that our golfers can go to, as like a trusted resource, because we know that if whatever’s on our page, if it’s us posting somebody else, it’s because it’s stuff that we like, it’s stuff that we trust, so you can do an awesome stuff. So first, thanks for doing that, thank you.

0:03:07 – Kyle Richmond

I appreciate that. That’s incredible. The whole thing about now social media is that the people I’ve met, the rooms I’ve been in and stuff that I didn’t even expect I was the guy coming out of school like I don’t need social media, that’s stuff. That’s kind of done. I don’t want to do all these things, but now it’s like it’s really what my practice is like, how it revolved around now, which is amazing.

0:03:26 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah. So give me a little bit of that story, because you were saying you’re just kind of recently out of chiropractic school the last two years. You’ve just opened your new practice, which we’ll get into that too, but tell me how this kind of snowballed into. You have a very big following on social media and you said your practice really revolves a lot around that.

0:03:48 – Kyle Richmond

Yeah, so I graduate in October of 21 from chiropractic school and I had an Instagram account that I just used to post like my crossbow workouts, family stuff, whatever it was. And then, as I’m getting towards the end of school, I’ve still not used it. I’m thinking, like I see people on there, I don’t think it’ll be that valuable. Whatever I graduate and over that year I start posting something. So, yeah, I worked for it was like, hey, you should post some things. You know. Really, the best way to show, or the best thing about it, was to show hey, yes, I’m a chiropractor and everyone has the predisposition of like I know what a chiropractor is. Yeah, been there, done that. I’m like well, I do things differently. Let me post and kind of show that. I post it for like a year on and off of, like maybe once or twice a week, whatever I have family stuff, my dog, gym, mobility, you name it.

October 22 comes around. I’m like All right, I saw this challenge post the reel every single day for the whole month. I’ll try. Um, learned a lot that month, got really efficient at it how to post, when to post, do all these things. I still just continue to do that every day until mid February happens. I’m, we’re out to dare. I pick up my phone and there’s like 2000 misnotifications like this. I don’t ever get that. I get like 30 likes a day maybe, and that’s like a big deal.

0:04:53 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah.

0:04:54 – Kyle Richmond

I had a reel that just started going viral and it started getting like hundreds of thousands of views and likes and my my follower counter from like 2000 to 10,000, like three days, oh my gosh. Oh, okay, I’m like this is this is really happening, like I saw the K after it and like this is this is crazy. Um, so I ran with it. I started doing more. I got people reaching out. I’m working with people virtually doing all these things. Um, fast forward to about June of 2023 and I have about 30,000 followers. I’m making money off social media in terms of like, ads and clients, all these things. Um, I was at the point where I was unhappy at my old job. I was ready to go on my own. Well, I was fortunate. I had an income that said, hey, if you go on your own, your overhead is all like you’re, you’re ready, you don’t have there’s almost no risk, which I know there’s risk going to get business, but that made it easy. And then everyone around here knew of me because of social media.

Like you said, I said, people said man, I’ve seen your videos all over the place and now I’m following you or I come in as a patient, um, but that was really what kind of kickstarted things. And from there I’ve used it to meet incredible people, um, companies, all these things I can get into but it’s been nothing short of absolutely just amazing.

0:06:02 – Jeff Pelizzaro

That’s awesome. So give us a little bit of your background. Even before Cairo school, like sports wise, would you? You know, did you play a bunch of sports? I know you, um, were in CrossFit and personal training and all of those things. So give us a little background on yourself.

0:06:17 – Kyle Richmond

Okay. So growing up I played a little bit of everything, um, but gravitate towards soccer. Soccer was my everything from about early junior high through high school. I thought I was going to play in college. It was kind of always the goal. Um, I knew I wanted to be a chiropractor as early as like my freshman year of high school because I had an injury I separated my shoulder real bad playing soccer and it was a chiro PT mix that helped me rehab and I’m like, oh, this is awesome. So I knew I wanted to do that. I got towards the end of high school looking at colleges and I was like, well, I know, graduate school is very expensive, it’s very time consuming, and the team I was looking to play for is like, well, you can’t work or do anything, it’s just soccer. So I kind of, you know, I made the choice to give it up, um, but then I found CrossFit, which was a way to still be active and do stuff competitively.

Um, I did CrossFit for 10 years all the way up through COVID. Um, I personal trained, did all these things and that’s where my love for fitness and exercise kind of blended with the chiropractic Cause I treat very similar to I hate to always say like more, like a PT, it’s not just coming to get adjusted, there’s. I do manual therapy, I love it time and place. But a lot of this stuff is, hey, exercise base. So if it wasn’t for CrossFit and personal training and learning how to coach people, I think, is also another huge skill that helped me as a chiropractor. You’re coaching people all day long, you’re not just sitting there, hey, how are you Crack, crack, crack, you know out the door. But so it was soccer and then CrossFit.

Um, I’ve dabbled in other sports growing up and it’s funny, cause golf is not my sport. Uh, I am, I am so bad. It was hand-eye coordination stuff, like extension of the hand, baseball, hockey, golf. I just was uncoordinated. In that I’ve gotten better, but it’s still a long ways away. Do you play a little bit? Uh, not as of recently, well, when I was in graduate school, like I wanted, but it was like, do I buy groceries or do I go play golf? Yeah, right, it was. It was really like that’s what it was for a while. Um, I need two more. I’ve done just some indoor stuff here, but uh, that is on my list. I have the golf clubs in my garage from my dad, like that is the next big thing, now that I have a little more disposable income, in a sense, and a little more time. You know, owning a business you don’t have that much time when you start, but I have a little more now so it’s on my list.

0:08:24 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So where you’re located, you’re Frankfurt, illinois, is that right?

0:08:27 – Kyle Richmond

And so where is that in?

0:08:29 – Jeff Pelizzaro

in relation to oh so Chicago.

0:08:32 – Kyle Richmond

It’s Southwest Chicago by about 30, 45 minutes, but I mean you are so close to everything, the city’s right there, all the North suburb, south suburbs, it’s just all meshed into one giant area probably similar to high state, probably outside of St Louis’s right. It’s just just city of hot city.

0:08:46 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, Okay. Well, we got plenty of friends in the Chicago area that can help you with that golf swing. Hey. I need it, trust me.

0:08:53 – Kyle Richmond

I can hit it far. Do I know where it’s going? Nope.

0:08:57 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, I’m sure the swing speed isn’t an issue for you, it’s the. It’s the club face control, it’s getting that, getting that club on the ball.

0:09:03 – Kyle Richmond

All that? Yeah Well, cause, like, the best piece of advice I got was hey, let the club do the work for you, Cause I’m just going up there and just trying to just smash as hard as I can. You’re like you don’t need to do that. That helped me a ton, but I need I need some work.

0:09:15 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So let’s talk a little bit about your practice kind of your mentality working with clients, because you mentioned, you’re not what people tend to think of when they think chiropractic. I think that’s really changing too. You actually just made a post recently about you know, should you go chiro or PT, and it was really like a you know end of the post was like no, it just depends on who you know, how that person treats you and what their philosophies are and everything so. But I really do think and I have a couple of great buddies, a lot of people that have been on the show here that are they’re not what you think of when you think chiropractic. I think the old school is yeah, come in, crack your neck, pop your back, but there’s so much to it. So when somebody comes in to see you, give us just an idea of what that might look like.

0:09:57 – Kyle Richmond

Okay. So first I like to set the expectations, because either they’ve come in because they’ve heard a good referral that I’m different, or they’ll come in expecting chiropractic care, in a sense of like they just want the adjustment and go home. So I have to first sit down day one, take the entire history, kind of give them a little more of like what to expect in terms of treatment. Hey, like a lot of the education on it, I’m gonna send you home with some things and just make sure one were a good fit. I do get some people that aren’t happy with that because they do want to just get adjusted, go home, which can I do that sometimes.

Sure, it’s not my favorite, it’s not what I wanted to show people, so they’ll come in, go through the history a lot of test exams, get baselines, get assessments,

365 (18STRONG): JEFF FLAGG: Rotational Power Secrets from a World Long Drive Champ.

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 00:44:00 -0600

Guest: Jeff Flagg (2014 World Long Drive Champ, Founder of Flagg Performance)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 365

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Unlock the secrets to enhancing your golf game with the wisdom of Jeff Flagg, the 2014 World Long Drive Champion, as we traverse the significance of rotational strength and athleticism on the fairway. Our conversation is not just a swing analysis; it’s a full-fledged exploration of how to invigorate your game, regardless of whether you’re in your prime or enjoying the sport’s golden years. We tap into Jeff’s expertise in functional training, using tools like PurMotion, to fortify your strength, mobility, and ultimately, your performance.

This week’s episode is a treasure trove of insights for the discerning golfer who recognizes that power drives are just the beginning. Jeff and I pull back the curtain on the nuanced interplay between sport-specific exercises and our body’s mechanics, challenging the status quo of traditional workouts. We share stories from both the tee and the gym, illustrating the importance of a comprehensive training regimen that acknowledges the unique demands of golf – from honing rotational movements to fostering endurance for those challenging back nine holes.

Finally, we chart Jeff’s inspiring journey from baseball to the links and how a philosophy rooted in functional movement revolutionized his approach to fitness. Our discussion underscores the need for tailored training that respects the intricacies of different sports, advocating a holistic strategy for strength and injury prevention. So, whether you’re aiming to lower your handicap or simply wish to infuse your lifestyle with vigor, this episode is your caddy to a more athletic and assured presence on the green. Join us as we help you shape not just your game, but an energetic and enriching life beyond the course.

Main Topics

(00:03) Building Athleticism in Golf

World Long Drive Champion Jeff Flagg discusses rotation in the gym, social media engagement, and embracing individual perspectives in fitness and nutrition.

(12:16) The Importance of Rotation in Golf

Rotation is crucial in golf, impacting mechanics and endurance. Physical deficiencies can be exposed, requiring more rotational exercises in training.

(14:59) Rotational Strength for Athletes

Rotational strength is crucial in sports like golf, and sport-specific training with dynamic movements can prevent injury and enhance performance.

(25:11) Transition to Exercise Education and Driving

A former baseball player found a new passion in golf after studying philosophy, working with a swing coach, and seeking functional movement training.

(28:36) Building a Rotational Athlete

Nature’s interconnectedness in sports training, emphasizes rotational exercises, fascia’s role, and individualized approaches for injury prevention and performance.

(36:25) Gym Equipment and Protein Supplements

Proper post-workout nutrition, innovative fitness equipment from PurMotion, and the benefits of ground-based tools for functional training.

(49:35) Golf Training for Strength and Confidence

Nature’s versatile fitness program for golfers of all ages and skill levels, using movement variety and alternatives like bands, to eliminate weak links and build confidence.

(56:44) Favorite Golfing Moments and Advice

Debating golf movies, walk-up songs, book recommendations, and dream celebrity foursome with generational talent.

Follow Jeff Flagg

Instagram: @jeff_flagg

Links Mentioned

It Takes What It Takes – Trevor Moawad

Getting to Neutral – Trevor Moawad

PurMotion

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode number 365 with Jeff Flagg from Flagg Performance. What’s up guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we believe that every golfer deserves to play better, longer. This episode, we have a return guest from episode number 170, Jeff Flagg. Jeff was the 2014 World Long Drive Champ and is the founder of Flagg Performance. Jeff has been working with golfers on their fitness, on their game, for several years now, and we bring him back on the show to talk about building the athleticism in your game. And he’s actually here making the case for golfers rotating more in the gym and not just rotating more, but rotating better in the gym, utilizing some different pieces of equipment. Especially, we talk about the pure motion pieces of equipment that he used a lot in his training program that helps his golfers, whether they be teenage golfers or all the way up into their 80s, move better and hit different areas of the body, different angles, different forces, to make sure that they’re able to handle everything that the golf course could ever throw at them. So you’re going to really enjoy this episode with Jeff.

Right after this, our partners over at Lynx hole have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach there’s all different options over there. So you’ll get 18strong.com slash Linksoul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Linksoul’s website. So again, 18strong.com slash Linksoul for our favorite brand of apparel for anything on the golf course and off. Now let’s get to this week’s interview. What’s up? Yeah, man, thanks for doing this. This is cool, not too much. I was just kind of scrolling through your Instagram and realized, holy shit, he literally just kind of started posting that.

0:02:18 – Jeff Flagg

I’m so bad. I’m so bad at it.

0:02:20 – Jeff Pelizzaro

I’m so bad at it.

0:02:25 – Jeff Flagg

It’s like provided me so many opportunities in the past and it’s like I just got to tell myself that like it matters and like I just post and like get in the rhythm of it. Yeah, so that’s my 2024 goal is to get on it, because it’s just like it’s just just where people find you. It’s just like it’s kind of dumb not to.

0:02:53 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, can I give you one suggestion on yours, because the black and white that you have of you just doing some exercises just do nothing but that like, keep it simple for yourself and that will look sick and people will.

0:03:10 – Jeff Flagg

It’ll come, just it’s fun, like people just the look of it feels cool and I’m sort of played with, like the you know you talk about, like the art and science, right, like and I sort of tend to lean towards the art side of it and like my dad’s artistic, and it’s like I looked up, like I just kind of like the look of black and white and it’s like you know what makes black and white phones different or whatever, and basically like the science or whatever says you know, it’s like your, your, your eyes drawn more towards the subject and not like crazy colors, and the other part of it is like our gym at Bears Club is the ugliest shade of yellow so it’s like that was the main reason, but.

But it was like, yeah, it, and that’s kind of what I want to try to do is like like focus your eye on like what’s happening with the body and not like peripheral stuff.

0:04:08 – Jeff Pelizzaro

But yeah, like I was just kind of scrolling through and looking, I’m like this just looks cool, plus, the movements that you’re doing are cool and eye catching. You know the pure motion stuff that you use. So I’m like, yeah, if he just does this and it’ll keep it really simple myself to just shoot those kind of videos.

0:04:24 – Jeff Flagg

Yeah, and it’s just like trying to take all the friction points out as much as possible because I’m a classic like over thinker, like all right. But you know I’m showing this, but it’s like somebody’s gonna say this and it’s like, and I know there’s nuance and it’s like in social media, it’s just not. It’s not a place for nuance. You just you post it and you’re falling across the room.

0:04:48 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Well, we just had Jeff Levecchio on recently and you said you’d listen to that episode and like talking to him, he’s like man, you just gotta you put it out there. You say what you know your audience is gonna need to hear in the way that they need to hear it. And, yeah, people are gonna chirp you. They’re gonna say, oh well, your glutes don’t actually activate that way, you don’t turn muscle, you know whatever.

0:05:07 – Jeff Flagg

But it’s like no, I’m talking to the people that need to hear this, need to understand it and everybody else just it brings up and it’s like everybody’s got you know everybody’s got their you know takes, getting older and stuff like that they realize like everybody’s got their own bias, like everybody does. It’s like you’re not gonna be completely gonna make everybody happy and it’s just like you know everybody’s got different experiences and and you know view points on things and lenses to look at things and it’s like to me that’s that’s unique and that’s like it’s not something to like go, oh, it’s right or wrong. I mean, you know our field is just shades of gray, you know, and it’s like there’s nothing established really much on any end of you know exercise, nutrition, like there’s so many factors. It’s like unique perspective I feel like is is, you know, that’s kind of yeah, that’s one man’s opinion. It’s kind of like how I see things this way and you know, thank you for what it’s worth.

0:06:07 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, it’s like anything any golf pro, any fitness professional you could ask somebody to create a program. You could ask ten different professionals to create a program and they could be the smartest people in the world. They’re all gonna do something different and they could all probably critique a little bit of what the other person, what the other trainer or coach or whatever, did it. That’s just, it’s our natural inclination.

0:06:26 – Jeff Flagg

So, yeah, for sure you’re doing it, you know, and that’s it’s funny, like just going through, you know, I’ve been primarily in person and then, like you know, kind of launching an online product here shortly, and it’s like all those things going through my head and it’s like, and obviously there’s like all the you know scientific justification and you know swing speed and injuries work around it’s like. But it’s also like the other day, it’s like we’re training.

It’s like you know there’s obviously boxes we need to check, but another box that I feel like is important to check is like it’s gonna look cool, I think like I mean look at, look at look at any golf swing, you know pro golf swing, let’s say amateur, the pro golf swing, you know, in slow motion or a cool different angle, it’s like it looks cool, it’s like a cool athletic, coordinated, you know body, it’s just twisted up and it’s like it’s cool. Look at watch and it’s like eye catching and it’s like you know. Why don’t we bring a little bit of that into training, not only to prepare for what you’re trying to do, but also, like you just want to move cool, like you don’t want to walk around like a brick, you don’t want to walk around. Like you have the, you know, as we all get older, the old man shuffle. Like you know.

It’s like you, you just, whatever you do, however, whatever your talent level is with golf, it’s like, at the end of the day, I think you want to move, you know walk in. And like you walk in, you know you carry yourself well, you move smoothly, it’s like you flow. You look at all the greatest athletes. They’re all just like a swag to them and it’s like, bring it a little bit of that into into your training. It’s like, why not work on that a little bit, you know?

0:08:00 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, you know, that’s the athleticism part to me, right, like we talk about. You know you want to be an athlete when you train you want to be an athlete. Golfers are athletes, but like so. For instance, I just had a gentleman in here the other day. He’s a year younger than me, 44 years old. He if he’s listening to this, he’ll know who I’m talking about having some back pain. I worked with him years ago when I was in the physical therapy clinic. But he came back and he, you know, played high level football, played a lot of high level sports, loves golf, and he’s been having so much pain recently that he’s like dude.

I literally feel like an old man and almost to the point where it’s. It’s become depressing because he feels like the pain may never go away and this may. He may be just on the down slide right and I was like dude, you have so much athleticism in your history, in your background. Yeah, you beat your body up so we got to fix some things, but like it’s not over, you’re 44 years old, like we’re going to get this back, we’re.

And I saw like the weight fall off of his shoulders and be like are you kid? Like like, oh, that’s all I needed to hear. And now you know he’s doing some things and we’ve only met one time but like I have very high hopes of where we’re going to go with him and just to make him feel like like he’s a strong, powerful dude again. You know, he’s like a 6’3 big guy and like and he said he was golfing with his dad not too long ago and his dad’s like what’s wrong with you? You look like an old man. He’s like I feel like I’m your age, you know so, so it’s that kind of thing. It’s like, yeah, I want to be able to move and do things. And you know, like, move around and not just stick in a box.

You know, like Levecchio said, like do all my exercises in a phone booth, right like you need to be able to move like a, like a cat, you know. So I’m glad that you said that, because it’s it’s the athleticism and we we hear that word all the time, but to me that’s like really.

0:09:48 – Jeff Flagg

What that means is like no, I’m it’s not downhill, I mean, that’s like I actually had so much, like you know, being at a golf club and you know my day to day is a lot of the older, you know, club golfers and it’s like it’s almost when they first come in. It’s like there’s a little bit of like that wall up that you got to break down. Like you know, the gym is, it’s intimidating call these weights, like all these things you know. And it’s like I, you know my doctor told me this I got this hip replaced, I got this bad knee, I got this shoulder, I got this neck fusion or whatever. And it’s like I’ve sort of I’ve worked with all of that and it’s like, okay, great, and I’m not here to diagnose you, that’s not my lane. It’s like I’m here to find what can we do. You know, as opposed to you told me all the things you can’t do, right, so it’s like what can you do? That’s where we start. And then you just built from there and it’s like, and you guys are in your playing golf three, four times a week.

You know how hard a golf swing is on your body, like, if you can swing the golf club like, you can do a heck of a lot in the gym and it’s just again it’s like we’re here making the gym, you know, a, a, a, you know not a intimidating place, start here and then you just build it out and I think it’s yeah, it’s one thing I always try to do when trying to put myself in people shoes, being there in the past, injuries and you know kind of that feeling of I mean I was 20, you know, playing college baseball, and like I felt fragile, like I was big, strong, but like I felt fragile because I love training. It’s training hard and getting I’m not gonna anything, but it was a lot of the Olympic stuff, a lot of the square stuff, a lot of that it’s like. And then I always had to do a bunch of hip mobility and all that to get my body ready and it’s like had you know the little, you know the little oblique strains, little you know rhomboid strain, things like that, it’s like the little connectors and stuff, and it’s just like it got to the point where I was like I’m on paper I’m strong, but I don’t feel strong and it’s like there was just a...

364 (18STRONG): MITCH SADOWSKY: Increasing Explosive Endurance, Kettle Bells for Golfers, the Power of Breathing

Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:04:00 -0600

Guest: Mitch Sadowsky (Top 50 Golf Fitness Pro, Aretas Performance)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 364

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Join us as we reconnect with Mitch Sadowsky from Aretas Performance, who shares his invaluable insights on strength training and performance for golfers. We reminisce about his initial visit to the show and how his expertise has evolved, notably his transition from Florida to Wisconsin and the innovative work he’s doing in the realm of golf fitness. Listen in as Mitch breaks down the importance of kettlebell training for golfers, emphasizing how this tool is not just about strength but also about enhancing power, explosiveness, and the often-overlooked endurance aspect required for the long haul of a golf tournament.

Our conversation also covers the seamless transition from physical therapy to performance training, a path increasingly traveled by patients eager to return to their peak athletic form. Mitch and I explore the benefits of collaborative efforts between therapists and trainers and how they work together to create targeted exercise regimens. For those athletes we can’t work with in person, we discuss the creative ways we keep in touch, ensuring their training remains on track. Furthermore, Mitch shares his insights on kettlebell exercises that are particularly effective in building the explosive work capacity needed for golf, while also ensuring safety and quality in training.

To wrap up our chat, we delve into some of the lesser-known but equally critical aspects of golf training. We talk about the surprising benefits of rucking and nasal breathing, as inspired by the book “Breath,” and how these techniques can bolster back strength, core stability, and even mental clarity on the course. Whether you’re a pro, a collegiate competitor, or a weekend warrior, Mitch’s perspectives on training for golf will undoubtedly offer fresh ideas to enhance your game and overall health. Plus, we lighten the mood with personal anecdotes and favorites that add a touch of relatability to the discussion.

Main Topics

(00:04) Strength Training and Performance for Golfers

Mitch Sadowsky from Aretas Performance discusses kettlebell training, rucking, and proper breathing techniques for improving golf performance and overall health.

(10:40) Golf Training and Physical Therapy

Transition from physical therapy to performance training, collaboration between therapists and trainers, remote training for athletes, and innovative techniques for golfers.

(14:24) Explosive Work Capacity Training With Kettlebells

Integrating anti-glycolytic training into golfers’ regimens for explosive work capacity and endurance, with specific protocols and stop signs for optimal performance.

(23:45) Using Kettlebells

Kettlebell training for golfers of all levels, focusing on shoulder stability, midsection control, and combining strength and mobility.

(38:37) Improve Golf Mobility and Explosiveness

Maintaining explosiveness in training for golfers over 40, building ‘brakes’ for speed control, and addressing overlooked foot mobility.

(50:04) Benefits of Rucking and Nasal Breathing

Rucking benefits golfers by improving strength, stability, and work capacity, while promoting nasal breathing and serving as a de-stressing cardio option.

Follow Mitch Sadowsky

Instagram: @mitchsadowsky
Website: Aretas Performance

Links Mentioned

Breath Book

The Power of Being Yourself Book

Burn the Boats

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode number 364 with Mitch Sadowsky from Aretas Performance. What’s up guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we are here to help you build a stronger game, because we know that every golfer deserves to play better, longer. In this episode, I’ve got one of my good friends, mitch Sadowsky from Aretas Performance, coming on the show. He joined us many moons ago back in episode number 16 of the 18STRONG Podcast and we brought him back on because Mitch is one of the top strength coaches in the world of golf. He was down in Florida for a long period of time working with a lot of professional golfers and has now moved back to Wisconsin where he’s still working with golfers but a lot of other athletes as well as bridging the gap between physical therapy and general population, that gap where people are finishing up with either their injuries or the rehab and finding a way to get back into their sports, their athletics, or just into their life. In this episode we talk about a lot of kettlebell strengthening. Mitch is one of the top coaches that I know and he’s an expert in not just strength training and coaching but in utilizing different tools like kettlebells to help strengthen in a little different way than most think of when they think traditional strength training. We talk a lot about different ways to build strength and power and explosiveness. We even talk about the idea that golf is, yes, it’s, an explosive sport, but it’s also an endurance sport because it takes such a long period of time to play, sometimes over the course of days. Mitch has been kicking around some different ways of training for explosive capacity that we go into a lot of detail on. We talk about rucking, we talk about breathing, we talk about a lot of different ways that you can train whether you’re a professional golfer, a collegiate golfer or just a weekend warrior like most of us and how that’s going to help you improve not just your game but your overall health. So you’re really going to enjoy this episode with Mitch.

Right after this, our partners over at Linksoul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach, there’s all different options over there. So go to 18strong.com slash Linksoul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Linksoul’s website. So again, 18strong.com, slash Linksoul for our favorite brand of apparel, for anything on the golf course and off. Now let’s get to this week’s interview, mitch Sodowski. Welcome back to the 18strong podcast. Thanks, man.

0:02:57 – Mitch Sadowsky

It’s great to be back on. We were trying to figure out which episode it was. It was 16. Yeah, number 16.

0:03:02 – Jeff Pelizzaro

I think that was back in 2015 is when that originally was, and we had started the podcast right at the end of 14. And then you and I got to hang out at the World Golf Fitness Summit in October of that year out in California in Carlsbad. And then it was love ever since.

0:03:24 – Mitch Sadowsky

Yeah, we were roommates, your statement that it was us, and I think, and Clint Howard and Nick Mueller, and Nick Mueller, yeah, and Lizzie Pals was there and we had the whole crew man.

0:03:39 – Jeff Pelizzaro

That was pretty awesome. That was awesome.

0:03:41 – Mitch Sadowsky

Yeah, yeah, for sure. Long time ago Back when I was a fish talk. That’s right, that’s right.

0:03:47 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Best fish tacos over in Carlsbad. That’s back when both you and I had dark, luscious beards. Now they’re big and white and gray.

0:03:56 – Mitch Sadowsky

Well, it’s luscious, just a lot whiter.

0:03:58 – Jeff Pelizzaro

That’s true, very, very true. So, howard things man. So you are, you’re up in more of a cold climate. You were down in Florida when I originally first met you, working down at Lake Nona, and now tell everybody where you are and what prompted the move.

0:04:13 – Mitch Sadowsky

Yeah, so you’re a little bit of a circuitous route. We moved from Orlando to South Florida and 2000, late 2017. Little bit for my wife’s job, but there’s some good opportunities down in South Florida for me. Got a chance to work with a lot of really really close friends. Bars Was at Coastal Performance, now for Fred with Brendan Hayden and was working a lot with Dr James Spencer, don Stanley, hugo Batero just really really solid crew of guys down there that we all worked really well together from the men’s side and performance side and what was able to refer out quite a bit.

And then we started talking about a year ago, so our daughter’s three, our son’s a year and a half, and we started talking a couple of years ago about getting our family back up to Wisconsin where I grew up, where my parents are, my sisters. It just worked out. So, actually through Jason Glass, I met a couple of guys who went through his mentorship and we met. I met Nate and Scott, probably around 2016,. 17 down in Orlando and Nate’s the first guy that I see coming in to the hotel and he’s got a Milwaukee shirt on and Wisconsin people like magnets to each other. So then, hey, where’d you get that shirt. I grew up there. So he and I started talking. We both have the same volleyball background, the same volleyball community in Milwaukee where we grew up, and he was a DPT, owned his own clinic. And from your performance side, I said, dude, I don’t need a good reason to come up home, so let’s see what we can work on. And we, you know I was able to come up visit a couple of times do some performance clinics at their facility.

And then, about two years ago, we started talking and said, hey, what are you doing for your performance program as your patients are moving out of PT? He said we don’t have anyone. I said, what would it look like if that was me? And he said, well, let’s talk. And last November we were up visiting family and it just got accelerated. I looked at my wife and said, hey, it’s time to get the kids back home.

So I saw Nate. Actually, that night we were at a box game with some other friends and I met Nate at half time. I said, all right, dude, let’s do this, let’s build something really, really big and it fits our visions and our dreams. And we started moving towards it in January, I think or sorry, not January, I think July 12th, 14th, something like that, the movers came, packed our stuff up, we packed everything up with cars and drove on up, and so a little shorter background. So Nate made opened up his own. He was with Team Rehabilitation and he and another guy split off from that company to form Eratos physical therapy. We have two locations and so we opened Eratos Performance in July and we’ve been going since.

0:07:27 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Awesome. So is Eratos Performance. Obviously you worked a ton with golfers. I assume a lot of volleyball players too Is this. Are you working with those two specifically or a little bit of all the athletes around?

0:07:42 – Mitch Sadowsky

A little bit of everybody right now. It’s, you know it’s sliding people over from PT, whether they’re just Gen Pop to firefighters, tactical populations We’ve got I do have a lot of golfers. It’s got. We got a lot of high school baseball players, a lot of high school athletes that are coming off PT. So right now we’ve got a little bit of everybody and you know we’ll be probably doing a little bit more. Specialization in golf is the performance side continues to grow and I would say probably 60, 60 to 70% of my time is continuing to develop our golf performance platform. But right now we’re, you know we’re we’re making sure everybody gets taken care of.

0:08:27 – Jeff Pelizzaro

I love it. I always thought that there was a missing piece in the model of the medical system of you know, going from a physical therapy setting to then just going back out to real life, right?

Or to real sport and not having that crossover, and it seems like it obviously it’s more prominent now than it was, you know, 10, 15, 20 years ago when you guys you and I kind of got into this, this field. But I still feel like there’s a lot of that missing or it’s not something that’s been perfected. And I also see that you guys are working so closely together. Are there physicians that that you guys work with pretty closely too, that are kind of steady referrals to you guys?

0:09:06 – Mitch Sadowsky

Yeah, we’ve got we’ve got a number of orthopedic surgeons that we work with. We’ve got I would say mostly down there a couple other docs from outside that realm that we’re working with, that kind of believe in the not everybody needs therapy but everybody needs strength, that type of philosophy that they can say, well, okay, so if you know your knee is bothering you or whatever, you know you can go to Eratos. But we really want them to understand that. You know we follow the reset, reinforce, reload model through FMS, so that you know, once people start loading and creating a little bit more competency and whatever movement pattern we’re trying to fix, that they can slide fairly seamlessly over to the performance side, which is, you know, we try to make it as frictionless as possible.

We want people to understand that. You know, whatever, whatever misconceptions they have about strength coaches and strength and performance, that it’s really not what they think. It actually does look like like really good PT and good strength training look like really good PT as well. You know we want to bring down as many barriers to entry as possible to get people, you know, living as well as possible. And you know, for our golfers, playing golf is in as high a level as possible for as long as possible.

0:10:39 – Jeff Pelizzaro

With the general population. Clients, what percentage would you say tend to go from physical therapy over to you guys, at least for maybe, and what does it look like? Is it a few sessions? Is it then, you know, sometimes long-term programming and how many people actually take advantage of that?

0:10:57 – Mitch Sadowsky

It’s growing right now. You know, the more I’ve been here, the more people that we’ve met and start to kind of see what we do with our client, with the performance side of things, and so we try to get them over. Or you know, our therapist has done a really good job. They all buy into what we’re doing. They will say, okay, so instead of working with the tech, you know why don’t you work with Mitch for about 15 minutes? You know, here’s what we’ve been working on with them. Mitch is going to show you a few strengthening exercises you can do to help, you know, to help with whatever we’re working on. And then that’s how we sort of force that relationship and try to create that entry point down there.

0:11:40 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Very cool. And then, as far as your I know because you had a whole stable of professional golfers, high-level golfers that you worked with down in Florida are you still keeping in contact and working remotely with them? And then, what does it look like in person at the facility in Wisconsin?

0:11:56 – Mitch Sadowsky

Yeah. So I still have a number of my professional athletes that I work with. They’re on remote programming and then we’ll face time anywhere from one to two times a week and we do almost daily check-ins just to see how everything’s going. You know we’ve got a number of athletes. They’re professional athletes in Milwaukee and if they’ve come to see us for PT we’re reaching out to them to just say, hey, you know, whatever you need from us we’re happy to provide. So one of our collegiate athletes got drafted by the Dodgers this year. He’s still undergoing TJ rehab and you know he’s got some strength stuff that he does outside. But you know, we’ll consult. Just kind of, take a look at this program, say, okay, here’s what we would add in, here’s what we would. You know, kind of use the red light, green light, yellow light philosophy of stay away from, proceed with caution, or scream means go. So we’ll help them out with that. Just kind of be whatever they need whenever they need...

363 (18STRONG): Jeff Lovecchio: Be an Athlete for Life, Define “WHY” You Train, Give More to Be More…

Tue, 02 Jan 2024 19:30:00 -0600

Guest: Jeff Lovecchio (Retired Prof Hockey Player, Performance Coach)

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 363

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

Partners: Linksoul, 1stPhorm

Summary

Join me as I welcome Jeff Lovecchio, a retired professional hockey player turned esteemed performance enhancement coach, to share a wealth of knowledge that transcends the ice and influences athletes from various sports, including golf. Jeff’s unique insights into the intricacies of hockey training, which includes balancing gym routines with the demands of ice play, offer invaluable advice for avoiding overuse injuries and keeping the main sport in sharp focus. We also explore the rigorous life of professional athletes, delving into their schedules and travel, and how these factors affect their training and overall performance.

Listen in as Jeff recounts his personal journey from a promising young hockey talent to a transformative coach, shaped by the trials of a severe concussion and the consequential shift in his playing style. His story of resilience, determination, and the transition to coaching offers a compelling narrative that emphasizes the role of mentorship in athletic development. Jeff’s approach to training, which revolutionized traditional methods, underscores the need for functional, sport-specific regimens that improve balance and strength directly related to performance on the ice.

Wrapping up our conversation, Jeff and I tackle the broader topics of goal setting, self-talk, and the importance of fostering a positive mindset. We discuss how defining clear objectives and engaging in positive affirmations can drive success, both in sports and life. Moreover, Jeff’s mantra “give more, be more,” which he promotes through his social media and website, invites us to consider the profound impact of generosity on personal growth. Whether you’re an athlete looking to enhance your game or someone seeking motivation and inspiration, this episode offers a wealth of strategies and stories that will leave you energized and ready to tackle your goals.

Main Topics

(00:02) Performance Enhancement and Mentoring for Athletes

Retired hockey player Jeff Lovecchio shares expertise in fitness, nutrition, and recovery for athletes, discussing the challenges and demands of professional sports.

(07:32) Hockey Career and Missed Opportunities

A professional athlete’s journey from playing hockey overseas to revolutionizing training methods, his early start in hockey, and his interest in fitness.

(11:50) Building as a Coach After Injuries

A hockey player overcomes a severe concussion to continue his career, adapting his playing style and becoming a successful coach.

(17:33) Importance of Athletic Training and Health

Nature’s lessons in sports: discipline, self-investment, parental support, and holistic fitness for all ages.

(28:35) Revamping Training for Hockey Performance

An athlete’s journey to improve on-ice performance through functional training, including unilateral exercises, visual and vestibular work, and spatial awareness.

(39:00) Improve Sports Skills and Find Motivation

Skill and technique, position-specific power development, individualized coaching, and sustainable fitness routines for New Year’s resolutions.

(43:02) Goal Setting and Self-Talk Importance

Reverse engineer goals, establish a strong ‘why’, use daily affirmations, and practice positive self-talk for success.

(48:42) Hockey Career, Leadership, Starting Company

A hockey player’s journey, commitment, community support, personal growth through hardship, and transition to entrepreneurship.

(52:50) Give More, Be More

Adopting the mantra “give more, be more” and promoting it through personal and professional endeavors, emphasizing the importance of positive contributions and meaningful connections in a society that is becoming increasingly disconnected.

(01:01:04) The Importance of Reading and Goals

Mindset, books like “The Secret” and “Relentless Solution Focus,” dream golf and hockey foursomes, and social media recommendations for personal development.

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0:00:03 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode number 363 with Jeff Lovecchio, retired professional hockey player and performance enhancement coach. Hey, what’s up guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast, where we’re here to help you build a stronger game, because we believe that every golfer deserves to play better, longer. This episode is going to be a great one for you. We have Jeff Lovecchio on. He’s a retired professional hockey player and I know that sounds a little strange to have a hockey player come on a golf podcast, but, as you’re going to see, with Jeff, he’s much more than just a hockey fitness coach. He is a mental game coach. He is a mentor to a lot of the athletes that he works with, and it’s all about not just the fitness side but the nutrition, the recovery, the mobility, the stability, working on all of the different pieces of the game to train more like an athlete, whether you’re a hockey player, whether you’re a CEO or whether you’re just somebody looking to train and become the best version of yourself in the gym and outside of the gym. So you’re going to really enjoy this episode with Jeff. We share a lot of the same philosophies when it comes to training and his Instagram account has been very influential in some of the things that we do at 18STRONG and the way that we train, the way we work on mobility and the way we work on getting the golfers moving the way we want. So stay tuned.

Right after this, our partners over at Linksoul have been providing us with the best apparel for both on the course and off the course, from polos to t-shirts like the one I have on right now. Everything that they have is meant to be worn from the golf course to wherever you’re going next, whether that be casual, whether that be to the beach, there’s all different options over there. So go to 18STRONG.com slash Linksoul. You’ll get 20% off of anything in your cart over on Linksoul’s website. So again, 18STRONG.com slash Linksoul for our favorite brand of apparel for anything on the golf course and off. Now let’s get to this week’s interview,…

Jeff Lovecchio. Welcome to the 18STRONG podcast, man.

0:02:19 – Jeff Lovecchio

Happy to be here. This gym, this office, everything’s very, very cool. We’re excited.

0:02:24 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, we’re slowly but surely getting the studio set up and just kind of getting it a little fancy here. Yeah, it’s fancy.

0:02:29 – Jeff Lovecchio

It’s super clean. Man, I love it here. Well, it’s kind of brand new. Yeah, everything’s dope, don’t stop, you might fall off the wall.

0:02:37 – Jeff Pelizzaro

It looks awesome. I love it. So it sounds like you got a bunch of hockey guys back in town for the winter break and everything, so you’re running like a madman, right now.

0:02:44 – Jeff Lovecchio

Yeah, yeah, guys are home. I got some guys that are home for a week, some of them are home for three days, some of them are home for two weeks, kind of depending on the school or the team if they’re playing juniors. So just trying to get everybody in and feeling good so they go back to their second half confident and ready to go.

0:02:59 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So what does that look like in the gym right now? Is it like teams coming in? What’s the flow like over there?

0:03:06 – Jeff Lovecchio

Basically it’s just like my. I have a couple of different like businesses, I guess within my own business it’s like subheadings, I guess, I would say. But these are all like my off-season guys. They’re the guys who in the off-season for anywhere from four to six months, depending on what league and when they get home. They’re with me four days a week and we go to battle every single day and that’s where in the off-season, you really get your body like not only healthy, but like you try to make performance gains and stuff like that.

You work on your skills on the ice. I only do off the ice now because I’m in there all day. Excuse me, but during Christmas break hockey’s kind of it’s kind of crazy, like it’s not like other sports. I was just explaining this to at the doctor’s office. I was just at like, if you play golf, football, basketball, lacrosse, any of these other sports, you train on ground, you play on ground, yeah, and hockey you train on ground, you play on ice. Walking and skating are not the same. Running and skating are not the same.

So, like in season, when they’re doing all this athletic stuff on the ice, I actually peel back like the athleticism in the gym because I want the main thing to be the main thing. I don’t want to ever take away from the main thing. Also, you know these guys who play hockey now in juniors you’re playing so many games, they practice so much. So I also have to think about, like, what empty buckets are they not hitting? I want to fill up those empty buckets and I don’t want to overflow. The buckets are already getting More strength, you know, like prehab mobility core, making sure they’re healthy, and more GPP. Honestly, it’s way more general because what they’re doing out there is so specific. I don’t want to double up on the specific and then create overuse, injuries or anything like that, you know.

0:04:52 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Yeah, yeah, that’s a good point. We see that a lot with the golfers too. Like golfers, all they’re doing rotation all day long, right, and so when they go in the gym a lot of people think, oh, I got to rotate, I got to rotate.

It’s like no, actually you need to do the other stuff you get stronger and that makes a ton of sense that they got to come in and they got to kind of reset and do a lot of the things that they’re not getting when they’re playing. What does the schedule look like, because you’re a former professional hockey player, when you guys are traveling or when you were traveling, what does that look like? And what’s it look like for these guys as far as, like, practice time, what are they doing workout wise, on the ice or on the road.

0:05:27 – Jeff Lovecchio

It really depends on the organization and if they and pro is so much different than college and everything up to pro is very structured for everyone on the team. For the most part you get to pro and you know I’ve been retired, for this is my seventh year being retired at. My last year was 17, 18. But, like, when I got to pro it was like pretty much you’re on your own, like the game you get into a city practice tomorrow is at 10am, the game’s at seven. You got to be at the rink at nine and five and then after that I do do whatever you want. Really. Yeah, you know you have to work out stuff, especially at the higher levels, right, some teams will do some like workout stuff on the road. It’s not a lot of workout stuff, but now the NHL signed a deal with anchor anchor two years ago, so every NHL away locker room has to have two of those.

So I would work out after games because, like, you can only get so much working out during the week because games are kind of like all over the place. So after a game, if you don’t have a game the next day, a lot of guys will do like something like bands or body weight If they’re on the road. I always had like a bag inside my hockey bag with bands and sliders and just so I could rip out like 12 minutes and then I looked at it as okay, like I just played the game. I do the workout immediately after, when all that’s only one thing my body has to recover from, instead of waking up on an off day and then going in and training. Well, now it’s like recover from this, I’m tired. I’m tired of recover from this. So I try to stack them whenever I could. So I think pro hockey guys work out in the week when it makes sense and then, after the last game of the weekend or whatever, a bunch of guys will put in at least a little bit of work.

0:07:11 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So did I hear that when you were playing pro hockey, you started training your teammates.

0:07:17 – Jeff Lovecchio

Yeah, oh yeah, man. I became the unofficial strength coach on almost every team I played on in Europe. So I played three years in the US. I had a year I was injured. I missed a whole first year of my NHL contract with a concussion. Well, we’ll get to that. Yeah, yeah, that was awful. And then I went overseas and so after my third year pro, the summer going into my fourth year, I started my training company here in St Louis and then I was already training myself. I trained myself my whole pro career and I just started training a couple of kids and then all the teams in Europe European people probably won’t like to hear this, but at least every team I played on and all the guys I played with that were on the national teams of the countries I played in.

Their training was so far behind, like what I think, where it should be, very like 1980s, like kind of a mixture between powerlifting and bodybuilding. It’s like you don’t do that, you know, like that’s really not helping that. So guys would see me and I’d win testing. Everywhere I went, it always isn’t the best shape I had to be. I wasn’t skilled enough not to so like I had to be, or else I would have been there. And then they you know I don’t like what we’re doing, I’ll work out of Vex. And then all of a sudden, everybody’s working out with me and then the coach is like, all right, you just write the workout, so I just started. And then I’d become friends with the strain coaches and talk to them about my philosophies. We go back and forth. I was never like pushing it on them, but it was always. It always turned out like a month in All right, we’re going to do what Vex is doing.

0:08:50 – Jeff Pelizzaro

So give me, give us a little background. I mean, I know your story but for the people listening watching so you’d left home at like fit age 15 to go, and that’s kind of how hockey is right. Yeah, I mean you’re probably surprised. Did you ever think you’d be on a golf podcast, by the way?

0:09:05 – Jeff Lovecchio

No, obviously because I’ve never golfed, I’ve never done a full round of golf and I’ve only hit the ball a few times. And funny, now I look back, I wish I would have learned it because I know that it would have helped me be a better athlete. And the mental side of golf I think that helps any human being at anything they want to do. You hit a crappy shot. You can’t let that crappy shot affect you. You’ve got to calm down, re-center, focus up, hit the next shot, make sure that’s good. The past is the past. You can’t change that.

That would have helped me immensely in my sports psychology journey of being a pro athlete. So I wish I would have. But we would leave the gym when I was training in like juniors and college, even pro, and like all the guys were training with me, whatever, like they’d go golf and I’d either do more in the gym or I would be like I just sweat for three hours. I’m going to go take a nap, you’re going to go sit outside at 100 degree weather in St Louis. But looking back, I wish I would have learned.

0:10:00 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Well, yeah, because several of the guys like Wides, I know like those guys they go work out in the summertime, go work out, go play golf and they’re all sticks too.

0:10:07 – Jeff Lovecchio

They’re all good. Wides is good. Freddie Roushoff I got a guy who’s like 6’7, 240 and I think he’s almost a scratch golfer.

0:10:15 – Jeff Pelizzaro

Oh my gosh.

0:10:17 – Jeff Lovecchio

I’m going to go for another really good golfer. A lot of hockey players are good golfers,...

362 (18STRONG): 🔥The 40-Day FORGE (Revisited)🔥

Wed, 27 Dec 2023 02:11:00 -0600

Host: Jeff Pelizzaro

Episode Number: 362

Podcast: The 18STRONG Podcast

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Summary

Join us as we revisit the powerful 40-Day FORGE program, an initiative that has been instrumental in transforming the habits, resilience, and self-confidence of our community. As we approach a new year, there’s no better time to reforge your commitment to personal growth and excellence. Listen in as I share the intricacies of the FORGE, where the physical meets the mental, equipping you with a rigorous set of tasks and rules designed to push you beyond your limits and make lasting changes that resonate on and off the golf course.

Hear about the life-altering power of commitment through my reflections on personal discipline during Lent, which inspired the creation of the 40-Day FORGE. I draw connections between steadfast dedication and the improvement of your golf game, discussing the transformation that occurs when you hold yourself to a higher standard. I also highlight the importance of community support and the significant role it plays in successful commitments, using our 18STRONG community as a prime example of how shared goals and mutual encouragement can elevate your journey.

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0:00:04 – Jeff Pelizzaro

The 18STRONG Podcast, episode Number 362 Revisiting the Forge. Welcome back to the 18STRONG Podcast. This week we’re going to highlight an episode that we did, episode number 335, where we talked about the 40 day forge. The reason we’re doing this is we’re about ready to hit the new year and we know that a lot of you are out there working on what’s my resolution how am I going to change what I did this past year and become a better version of myself in 2024. We know that the 40 day forge is a program that we’ve been doing for several years. We’ve had hundreds of golfers go through it and it’s a mental and physical challenge and program that’s going to help you not just get in better shape, but work on building your habits, building your resiliency and, ultimately building your self-confidence in you becoming a better, stronger version of yourself, which ultimately plays out on the golf course. So enjoy this episode that is a revisited version of 335 on the 40 day forge.

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Now let’s get to this week’s interview. What’s up, guys? Welcome back to the 18STRONG podcast, where we know the stronger we are, the better we play. And for those of you that have been listening to the 18STRONG podcast for a long time, you notice this episode. The beginning already has a little bit of a different feel to it, and that’s because we’re going to be doing something different on today’s episode. We’re going to be talking about the 40 day forge. You’ve heard me talk about this before and I wanted to lay out the rules, the specifics, the details of the forge, because I’ve had a lot of people asking questions about it, wanting to learn more, or they want to pass it along to somebody else that they know is going to benefit.

Now, for those of you that maybe this is your first time listening, maybe somebody introduced you to this episode or sent it to you, or maybe you just stumbled across this not really knowing what to expect. First of all, 18STRONG is a golf lifestyle fitness brand where we are all about helping you become the strongest version of yourself on and off the golf course, and today’s episode, specifically, is a little bit different. Normally, I either interview somebody or we talk about a specific topic regarding golf and fitness and lifestyle and interviewing different people and experts in the world of golf, but today is just going to be me and I’m going to be talking about the 40 day forge, which is a program that we started at the beginning of 2022 and is not just a physical challenge but a mental challenge that many people have now completed, and so I wanted to give more details for everyone out there that has more questions Now, I want to also let you know that this is a program that is completely free. We don’t charge anything for this. There’s no upsells, no downsells.

This is something that we are doing because we know the 18STRONG crew is constantly looking for ways to better themselves and, in my personal opinion, there’s so much stuff out there that we all get caught up too much in the not knowing what to do. Thinking we need more information, thinking, we need to learn more thinking. There’s a bright new, shiny object that we haven’t found that’s going to get us where we want to go faster, whether that be our golf game, whether that be our fitness, whether that be our diet, our nutrition, all of these things. But I have personally found over my own experience in the fitness world my own personal fitness, exercise, golf, as well as my experience with hundreds, if not thousands, of golfers in person and online that what we’re all missing is not the what to do or even the how to do. It’s simply the fact that we aren’t doing anything. We aren’t accustomed to finding one thing and sticking to it for a long enough period of time and committing to that, and so that’s what the forage is about is sticking to a commitment and keeping these commitments to yourself. You’re going to hear more about this throughout the episode, so this is how this episode is going to go.

I’m going to do my best to answer as many questions and go through the details. There’s basically four parts we’re going to go through today. First is how and why this program came about, because I think that helps explain a little bit of not just the background of it, but why it’s so important and emphasize how impactful this can be to you and to the people around you and why this isn’t just another fitness challenge or diet challenge or cleanse or anything like that New Year’s resolution. The second thing I want to do is I want to go through the exact rules of the forage and why each of these rules was picked, what the specifics are and even ways that people either try to cheat or kind of rationalize the rules or maybe clarify a few things that people have had questions on. The third thing is I want to give you some suggestions Once you decide that you are going to start the 40-day forage, some suggestions for you to get the most out of the program, because the last thing we want to do is have you just mail this in and just kind of go through the motions and not get the full extent out of it. And then, lastly, I’ll talk about maybe a couple frequently asked questions and really what you can expect over the 40 days and what you can expect to accomplish by the end of the 40 days, so you get a better picture of what that can look like 40 days from now. So, first of all, we call this program, the 40-day forage.

Obviously, as a golfer, you’ve probably heard the term forged before. Forging versus casting. You hear that with clubs all the time, but forging is basically the process of taking a solid piece of metal, sticking it in a blazing hot fire and then banging it into shape. Now they use heavy fancy equipment and machinery to do this, but even going back to the black smiths of old with knives and swords and those types of things, they would take a piece of metal, they would stick it in a hot furnace and they would bang it into shape to sharpen it and smooth it out. And ultimately, that’s really what this process of these 40 days is meant to do is to sharpen your edges through a series of repetitive challenges that are ultimately going to make you stronger both on and off the golf course. And I want to clarify that if you’re here, you’re obviously likely a golfer, but if you are here for the intention of just dropping a few strokes, that’s not what the 40 day forage is about. In fact, the 40 day forage has a couple of golf components in it, simply because we know that our audience is basically made up of golfers, but this is not specifically about getting you to swing a golf club better. It’s way, way more than that.

So just as a little background on how this whole thing came about first of all, we have to face the fact that golf is not necessarily really a sport. That quote, end quote requires you to be in the greatest physical condition. Right Now we’re seeing athletes on the PGA tour, we’re seeing these guys that are coming out and they’re basically physical specimens now. But that doesn’t mean that all of us require incredible athleticism and physical nature and to be in great shape to play a game of golf. We’ve all played with the guy who is very out of shape, overweight, old, has banged up hips, knees, whatever, and can still play a pretty decent round of golf. So it’s not about that. We realize that golf is not a life or death sport, right?

So it’s kind of really easy to get by out on the golf course just being in okay shape, and it really kind of gives us the okay to be a little bit lazy with our focus, with our nutrition, with our diet, and we simply start to expect and accept the fact that as we age, we are supposed to have achy joints and we’re supposed to gain some weight and our club head speed is supposed to go down and all these different things I’m supposed to not really look that great with my shirt off, these kind of things and we just assume that’s kind of normal, right. But let me ask you, is that just what you’ve been telling yourself? Because I know that I have found in the past myself telling myself that these things are okay. I’ve been telling myself in my early 40s and it’s okay for me to kind of let these things go a little bit. But that is exactly why we’re here, because, at 18STRONG, we don’t believe that you have to accept that. And so the Forge is here to challenge that narrative that you and I have been telling ourselves and prove that with some direction, some serious commitment and daily action, that you don’t have to tell yourself that same old story, that we can change this right now. You can put yourself on a different trajectory.

And, like I said before, I don’t believe that we should fall into the trap of these mantras that we tell ourselves that I don’t have time, I don’t know what to do, or here’s a good one I’ll start it tomorrow, or I’ll start it next week, or I’ll start it after the Masters, or I’ll start it January 1st, all of these things. Well, this is your opportunity to prove to yourself that all of that is BS and that you aren’t going to put it off any longer, and so, hopefully, you’re going to stop searching and you’re going to start doing, because it’s not about not having the right program, it’s not about not knowing the right diet, it’s not about all of these things. It’s about not having the discipline and not having the habits. And so the way that you find discipline is by putting yourself in situations that require discipline. The way that you build habits is by forcing yourself into situations where you need to build habits, and you do them and you commit to it, and that’s what the Forge is about.

Okay, real quick. For those of you that are new here and don’t know me from Adam, don’t know 18STRONG or haven’t listened to a show before, I just want to give you a little bit of background on what we do here. Nothing to brag about, anything that we’ve done, but just so you have a little bit of context of where we’re coming from. So my name is Jeff Palazero. Again, I’m a golf fitness professional. Went to school for physical therapy. Had my Masters in physical therapy have been named the past three times. Golf Digest top 50 golf fitness trainer in North America, wrote a book called the Golfers Guide to a Buggy-Proof Workout, and we’ve had the longest running golf and fitness podcast, which started back in 2014. That’s what you’re listening to right now the 18STRONG podcast and we’ve had a chance to have incredible guests on the show PGA tour major winners, some of the best medical and fitness advisors to the PGA tour, some of the greatest instructors in the world and many, many more people even outside the world of golf, all under the guise of helping all of us get better, both on and off the course.

18STRONG was founded by myself and my cousin, ryan. Ryan and I have been best buddies since we were little kids. Ryan is more in the marketing world and is very good at the online stuff. My expertise, obviously, is with the physical and fitness and medical side, and so we combined forces years ago. But most importantly, myself, ryan, we are both guys in our early to mid 40s. We love the game of golf and we are here to not just help you guys but also help ourselves along this journey.

I’ve got kids, I have a wife, I run a business. I grew up playing soccer, I didn’t play golf, but now golf is a huge passion of mine and so I obviously want to get better at that. But even more so, I’m constantly on a journey, just like many of you are, to feel as good as I can, to look good, to be strong and to play golf as well as I can. The only way that I can do that is if I keep my body healthy, keep my body moving well, and that’s going to allow us to play the game for much longer. So everybody talks about growing the game. You know, grow the game. I want to lengthen the game. I want to lengthen your game so you can play for the longest amount of time possible as well as you possibly can. So that’s really kind of where we come from, and so I created this program.

Ultimately, it was kind of selfishly for myself, and it happened over the course of a couple of years really, but in many ways, I needed to create this program for you, the 18-strong crew, in order to hold myself accountable to doing this as well. So again, this is not a quote-unquote golf fitness program. This is not a weight loss challenge. This is not a nutrition challenge. This is not a cleanse. Ultimately, this is a physical and mental fortitude program. This is a program about you helping yourself become a better you and, to be honest, it was designed in order for all of us to change our perceptions of what we can and can’t do when we really put our focus, really put our attention into the details and into committing to the process and daily tasks. I told you I was going to give you a little bit of history on how this thing occurred and I want to kind of acknowledge a few people and situations that really had an impact on bringing this whole thing to light. So for the past I don’t know five, six years, whatever it might be I have been giving up alcohol for Lent.

Lent is the 40 days that lead up to Easter. I grew up in a Catholic education system grade school, high school, jesuit college and Lent has always been something that I have adhered to. And during Lent, typically you’ll give something up or you commit to doing something, and it always fascinated me that, no matter what I gave up for Lent whether, you know, sometimes people will give up sweets or chips or things like that. Since I was a little kid, I can remember whenever I gave something up for Lent, I was dogmatic about sticking to that commitment, and it always kind of fascinated me that there were other things in my life that I would tell myself I was going to do or going to complete, and I didn’t do it. But when Lent came around, I always stuck to that commitment, and without waiver, and I have come to realize that it primarily was the fact that I was committing to something not just for myself, but I was committing to something bigger, and during Lent, it was committing to God that you weren’t going to do whatever you said you weren’t going to do, and that was always pretty intriguing to me, and so I would say that that really was the first facet, the first piece of the puzzle that came into play that eventually brought about the 40-day forge, and in fact, that’s what the 40 days started with, because last year in 2021, I did a version of the forge with just a couple of buddies that I’ll tell you about in just a second here Now, during these last, however many years let’s say, five years when I would give up alcohol for Lent I’d noticed that that ultimately had a very good impact on what I was eating.

It had a very good impact on my clarity of mind and for those 40 days I always really felt great, felt very productive, got a lot done, and it was just always a great refreshing time where I was like man, I’m just kind of...

361 (18STRONG): Mike Carroll: The Importance of Speed Training, Designing Workouts for Simplicity, & Golfing Better Longer…

Tue, 19 Dec 2023 13:40:00 -0600

Our conversation with Mike Carroll from Fit for Golf takes a thorough look at fitness within the realm of golf, exploring how strength and speed training can lead to significant improvements in your game.

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360 (18STRONG): Dylan Wu: PGA Tour Life, Off-Season Prep, Little Brother on the Bag

Wed, 13 Dec 2023 00:30:00 -0600

Dylan Wu, PGA Tour Golfer gives us insight into the challenges of traveling on tour, prioritizing fitness, nutrition, and recovery, and the importance of having a solid support system – including his brother who doubles as his full-time caddy.

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359 (18STRONG): Eric Schaetty: Harnessing the Power of Consistency over Motivation in Golf and Fitness

Tue, 05 Dec 2023 12:06:00 -0600

We navigate Eric's remarkable journey from a 12 handicap to a 4.9 handicap golfer within a year, highlighting his background in the fitness industry and his unique training approach tailored for golfers.

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358 (18STRONG): Scott Fawcett: Lowering Scores Using Course Strategy, Strokes Gained, and Common Sense

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 12:05:00 -0600

We sit down with Scott Fawcett, the man behind Decade Golf. His innovative system helps golfers at all levels understand shot patterns and make strategic decisions, thereby enhancing their performance on the course.

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357 (18STRONG): Dr. Zac Cutler: Stronger Body – Stronger Game, Playing the US Am, Eliminate Low Back Pain

Tue, 21 Nov 2023 17:04:00 -0600

Dr Zach Cutler, the lead chiropractor at FGL Performance, spilling the beans on how body mechanics can be a game-changer for your golfing skills. Dr Zach will talk about his thrilling experience at the 2016 US Amateur and how his golf background is instrumental in assisting his patients.

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356 (18STRONG): Ft. Marty Jertson: More Distance This Off-Season, Proper Club-Fitting, & The Stack Speed System

Tue, 14 Nov 2023 18:35:00 -0600

Marty Jertson, Director of Product Development at Ping and co-founder of the Stack System, takes us through his journey from being a professional golfer to developing high-quality golf products. He shares the behind-the-scenes of product manufacturing and the importance of data in creating golf clubs that enhance player performance.

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355 (18STRONG): GFY Ft. Bobby Drummond: The Road to Sobriety, Fitness, and STRONGER Golf

Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:40:00 -0600

The story of Bobby Drummond, an 18STRONG Crew member who made a remarkable transformation. His journey from struggling with addiction and weight gain to achieving physical and mental health will captivate you.

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354 (18STRONG): Brian Bradley: The Connection Between Posture, Pain Relief and Performance

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 11:13:00 -0600

Brian Bradley encourages us to redefine our understanding of pain - not as harm, but as a signal guiding us towards solutions.

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353 (18STRONG): Hayden Buckley: Ace at Sawgrass, Recovery from Rib Injury, and the Fed Ex Cup Playoffs

Wed, 25 Oct 2023 11:00:00 -0600

Hayden candidly shares his experiences on the PGA tour, the effects of his rib injury, and how the new PGA tour structure impacts his participation in signature events. He also talks about his amazing hole-in-one at the iconic 17th hole at TPC Sawgrass.

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352 (18STRONG): Jake Hutt: Knocking off the DUST of Traditional Golf Instruction

Fri, 13 Oct 2023 11:53:00 -0600

Prepare to be inspired as we deep-dive into the dynamic world of golf innovation with none other than Jake Hut, the co-founder of Dryvebox.

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351 (18STRONG): Alex Bennett – Inside the PGA Tour Performance Center (TPC Sawgrass)

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 10:16:00 -0600

Alex Bennett shares his journey from professional golf to becoming a fitness specialist. He also gives us a peek into his experiences working with tour players like Billy Horschel and Sam Ryder, helping them maximize their physical potential on the golf course.

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350 (18STRONG): Justin Bryant – Golf Life After the Mini-Tours, …and What’s a “Good Bogey?”

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:00:00 -0600

Justin Bryant, a former professional golfer who transitioned back to amateur status. Justin works full-time for Rapsodo Golf, helpong them develop some of the most cutting-edge mobile launch monitors on the market.

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349 (18STRONG): Tommy Kuhl – From Campus to the Course: The Transition to Professional Golf

Tue, 15 Aug 2023 19:10:00 -0600

Tommy Kuhl, a rising star in the world of professional golf. Tommy shares his journey from playing collegiate golf at the University of Illinois to transitioning into the professional realm, specifically the PGA Tour Canada.

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348 (18STONG): Sean Foley on The Future of Golf: Innovation, Fitness, and the ProSENDR

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 11:00:00 -0600

We sit down with Sean Foley, one of the most recognizable golf instructors in the world, known for his time working with Tiger Woods. We delve into Sean's background in fitness, his approach to golf instruction, and his innovative new device, the Pro Sendr

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347 (18STRONG): From the Green to the Gym: PGA Tour Winner Scott Stallings Shares His Secrets

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 11:29:00 -0600

We explore the world of professional golf with Scott Stallings, a three-time PGA Tour winner. We delve into Scott's triumphant return to the Masters, his outstanding performance during the 2021 and 2022 seasons, and his unique fitness regimen that keeps him at the top of his game.

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346 (18STRONG): Mike Romatowski – How to create Effortless Speed and be Faster Forever…

Sun, 21 May 2023 18:58:00 -0600

Mike Romatowski and the team at Mach 3 Speed Training are using very unconventional tools to help thousands of golfers get stronger and faster specifically for golf.

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345 (18STRONG): Gabe Caldwell : Golf FITNESS Training is NOT the same as Golf SKILL Training…

Tue, 25 Apr 2023 11:58:00 -0600

Gabe is a golf fitness professional out of Chicago, IL. that initially caught our eye because of all of the great content he puts out consistently on Instagram (@GabeCaldwellGolf).

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344 (18STRONG): Casey Cox: The ABC’s of Learning the Golf Swing, 3D motion capture, and bridging golf instruction and physical training…

Wed, 22 Mar 2023 19:35:00 -0600

Casey Cox is a world-class golf instructor (Director of Instruction at Old Warson Country Club), biomechanist, and one of the co-founders of Sports Science Solutions

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343 (18STRONG): Clint Ober: Earthing: The Most Important Health Discovery You Don’t Know About.

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 19:32:00 -0600

Clint is the foremost expert and the face of the “Earthing” movement. If you haven’t heard of “Earthing” or “Grounding”, it’s the concept and phenomenon that by making bodily contact with the earth’s surface and its natural electric charge. So, think of the earth like a big battery: just like we ground every outlet and wire going into our house, when you touch your body to the earth’s natural electric charge it helps to stabilize our physiology by reducing pain, inflammation, improve blood flow, and improve your quality of sleep.

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342 (18STRONG): Josh Gregory: Believing you’re better than you are, Finding YOUR blueprint for success, & Golfers with bad attitudes …

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 17:24:00 -0600

Josh Gregory is a short game and performance coach to some of the greatest players on the PGA tour. His most notable client right now is Will Zalatoris but he works with a stable of golfers on the Tour including a friend of 18STRONG, Adam Long.

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341 (18STRONG): Dylan Meyer: Getting Out of Your Own Way, Words of Wisdom from an Old Coach, Crafting a Winning Plan…

Wed, 02 Nov 2022 19:00:00 -0600

If you recognize the name Dylan Meyer that’s because he was at the top of the golf world in 2016-2018 when he was playing golf for the University of Illinois under Mike Small, one of the top collegiate programs in all of the country.

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340(18STRONG): Mike Boyle: Your Sport (Golf) Isn’t Special…

Mon, 26 Sep 2022 17:34:00 -0600

Most coaches have heard Mike Boyle speak, but I want to make it clear: this episode is also for the golfers out there that are NOT coaches, fitness instructors or medical professionals because Mike works with not only super high-level athletes like Olympians, professional athletes from baseball to hockey, but also works with the general public in his facility in Massachusetts.

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339 (18STRONG): Adam Long: LIV Golf, The Future of the Game, and Setting “Pro Level” Goals

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 19:47:00 -0600

Today I am especially excited to announce that we are bringing the podcast back with an awesome interview with PGA winner Adam Long about the 2021-22 season, the LIV Golf / the PGA Tour situation, and all of the drama that has fallen on the golf universe.

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338 (18STRONG): The 18STRONG Diet STACK – Nutrition Guidelines for the CREW

Tue, 07 Jun 2022 15:30:00 -0600

The 18STRONG Nutrition Stack is not necessarily a “this is what everyone should do” but this is what we’ve found has worked really well for our crew. It’s a bit of a step-by-step program where we label out from 0-10 the different levels that you can stack on each other in order to maximize your effectiveness when you are really trying to dial in your nutrition.

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337 (18STRONG): Swing Speed Training Q&A with Chris Finn

Wed, 25 May 2022 01:05:00 -0600

Chris Finn and his team at Par4Success have done several in-house research projects regarding speed, training, and what they are finding to be the most effective ways to achieve speed as a golfer.

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336 (18STRONG): Nutrition Q&A with Tony Soaib

Wed, 11 May 2022 12:49:00 -0600

These are questions that I’m sure many of you are wondering as well so we brought our buddy Tony Soaib, one of the worlds top Strength/Conditioning and Nutritional coaches. Tony who is a steel trap of information when it comes to fitness, performance and nutrition, In this call, Tony helps us answer questions from the Crew.

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335 (18STRONG): 🔥The 40-Day FORGE 🔥

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 16:33:00 -0600

In this episode, Jeff breaks down the details of The 40-Day FORGE, a physical and mental program unlike any other in the world of golf that is based on the concepts of building strength through consistent challenges and commitments to yourself.

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334 (18STRONG): Pete Popovich: A Paradigm Shift in Golf Instruction

Tue, 29 Mar 2022 18:04:00 -0600

Pete Popovich is an instructor with a very thorough background in the game of golf. Pete played at a very high level and at the age of 17 started teaching his peers. Seeing his ability to not just play the game, but also a cunning ability to teach, he started to get more of a following which led him to learn everything he could about all aspects of the game.

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333 (18STRONG): Terry Koehler: “The Wedge Guy”

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 19:42:00 -0600

Terry Koehler, Founder of Edison Wedges is known in the golf circles as "The Wedge Guy," and rightfully so. In today's episode, Terry basically gives us a masterclass on how to properly use our wedges and why wedges have been underestimated when it comes to the recreational golfer.

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332 (18STRONG): Ben Newman: Focus on the Process… Fuel the BURN!

Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:36:00 -0600

Ben Newman is an exciting personality and is known for his energy and his storytelling, but he is especially known for his willingness to also do the work himself. You’re going to hear in this episode what Ben does personally that just exudes the entire mantra of doing the work and reaping the rewards.

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331 (18STRONG): Matt Saternus: Unplugging Golf Myths You Thought You Knew

Thu, 13 Jan 2022 13:15:00 -0600

Matt Saternus is the founder and editor in chief of Plugged In Golf, an online publication that provides no-nonsense information for the golfer looking to dig into their equipment, instruction, game improvement, and just about anything else under the golf sun.

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330 (18STRONG): Evan Singer: Climb Aboard The Par Train!

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:58:00 -0600

Today, Evan Singer from The Par Train Podcast and I dig into a lot of different topics surrounding the mental game and how most of us regular golfers think our way through the round.

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329 (18STRONG): Karl Morris & Gary Nicol: The Lost Art of the Short Game

Sat, 04 Dec 2021 17:14:00 -0600

Karl Morris and Gary Nicol, authors of The Lost Art of the Short Game, think differently than most golf instructors and mental coaches.

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328 (18STRONG): Wes Patterson: Professional Long Drive, An Inside Look

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 19:46:00 -0600

Today we’re talking to, Chris Harder, golf coach for our good buddy and PGA Tour rising star Hayden Buckley. Chris has been working with Hayden since he was a youngster around the age of 12 in Tupelo, MS.

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327 (18STRONG): Chris Harder: Developing a PGA Golfer and World-Class Ball-Striker

Thu, 04 Nov 2021 21:15:00 -0600

326 (18STRONG): Emma Green: No more Golfer’s Elbow!

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 17:52:00 -0600

Our special guest, Emma Green (known as the “Tennis Elbow Queen”) joins us to explain exactly what the tennis elbow and golfers elbow are (they’re very much the same diagnosis just different spots of the elbow,) and walk us through some of the DO's and DONT's of preventing and treating golfer's elbow.

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325 (18STRONG): Johnny Wunder: A “Gear Head’s” Guide to Great Golf

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 19:16:00 -0600

Johnny Wunder enlightened me on what goes through the mindset of a golf "gear head" and what he's looking at when breaking down a WITB (What's in The Bag?) video.

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324 (18STRONG): Frank & Mike Fasano of Golficity; Behind the Scenes of Building a Golf Entertainment Platform.

Fri, 17 Sep 2021 13:00:00 -0600

Golficity and The Golf Podcast were born nearly a decade ago when two cousins, Frank and Mike Fasano, decided they wanted to make golf more fun and enjoyable through exciting and entertaining content.

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323 (18STRONG): Ronnie Doss: Are you committed to getting the results you want?

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 16:56:00 -0600

Ronnie Doss has been executing leadership training for the last decade in more than 10 countries working with leaders at the highest level, including global organizations like American Express, AT&T, the US Military, and NASA.

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322 (18STRONG): James Sieckmann [Revisited]: The Modern Short Game Solution

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:50:00 -0600

James Sieckmann not only teaches at Shadow Ridge Golf Club in Omaha, Nebraska, but he is also recognized as one of the top Golf instructors in the world working with PGA tour players, Web.com players, LPGA players and many more. He was named the 2018 Teacher of the Year through the PGA and has authored two books, Your Short-game Solution and Your Putting Solution.

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321 (18STRONG): Gary Nicol & Karl Morris [Revisited]: The Lost Art of Putting

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 11:17:00 -0600

Gary Nicol and Karl Morris are some of the best in the game, working with players from all over the world. They authored the book The Lost Art of Putting (as well as The Lost Art of Playing Golf) which is one of my go-to recommendations for every golfer.

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320 (18STRONG): Ed MyLett [Revisited]: How to Build Confidence and Max Out Your Game

Wed, 26 May 2021 10:46:00 -0600

Today, we are revisiting what I consider to be one of the most powerful interviews that we have ever done over the 300+ episodes of the 18STRONG Podcast with Ed Mylett, one of the top performance, personal development, and business coaches in the world.

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319 (18STRONG): Drew “Sleezy” Stoltz: Taking Down Tour Pros, Talking Trash, and GOLF’s Subpar Podcast

Mon, 03 May 2021 18:09:00 -0600

Today we have Drew "Sleezy” Stoltz from GOLF’s Subpar Podcast. If you haven't had a chance to listen to their show, they interview some of the most well-known names in the world of golf (Rickie Fowler, Gary Woodland, Jordan Spieth, Justin Thomas, just to name a few).

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318 (18STRONG): Michael Losier: How to RESET Your “Golf Vibes” and Get the Results You Want

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:55:00 -0600

If you feel like you are in a rut or not getting the results you want on or off the golf course, I want you to pay very close attention to this episode because our guest, Michael Losier, is literally the world’s foremost expert on teaching people how to get what they want.

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317 (18STRONG): Jake Hutt: How to Hit it “Purina” and Suck Less at Golf . . .

Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:08:00 -0600

Jake Hutt wants to grow the game of golf like every other teaching pro, but he also wants to break down the notion that the game has to be stuffy and serious all the time.

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316 (18STRONG): Lt Col Dan Rooney: High Speed, Low Drag Lessons for Golf and Life

Sun, 28 Mar 2021 12:55:00 -0600

Lt. Col. Dan Rooney is not only the Founder of Folds of Honor, he is also only person on the planet that is both a fighter pilot AND PGA teaching professional so there is a lot of stuff to talk about on today’s episode. On top of that he is also the author of the new book Fly Into the Wind, . . .

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315 (18STRONG): Kevin Carr: Taking the Guesswork Out of “Functional Training” for Golfers

Mon, 22 Mar 2021 18:28:00 -0600

Kevin is also the co-founder of Movement as Medicine, the creator of the Functional Strength Coach Certification, and ultimately, what we are really talking about today is that he just authored a book called Functional Training Anatomy.

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314 (18STRONG): Brian Bradley: Your Body Isn’t Broken, It’s Just Bent.

Tue, 16 Mar 2021 13:25:00 -0600

Without having an actual spot in the golf tournament this weekend on the Korn Ferry Tour, Hayden Buckley made his way in at the last minute as the 1st alternate and ended up winning whole freaking thing with a birdie on the first playoff hole!

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313 (18STRONG): Hayden Buckley: Don’t Call it a Cinderella Story.

Sat, 27 Feb 2021 19:27:00 -0600

312 (18STRONG): Mark Immelman: Don’t Try To Play Someone Else’s Game.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:41:00 -0600

You may recognize Mark from his long history in the world of golf, playing and teaching collegiately and now we see him on a lot of the different broadcasts with CBS, PGA Tour Live and he has one of the top golf shows out there. And even if you're not familiar with Mark, you likely recognize his last name, as his younger brother, Trevor Immelman, won the Masters in 2008.

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311 (18STRONG): Three Simple Steps to Your STRONGEST Golf in 2021

Wed, 03 Feb 2021 11:30:00 -0600

As we move into February, it's safe to say that most of the New Year's resolutions that millions of golfers set at the start of 2021 are dead or have pretty much fizzled to more of a smolder rather than the burning hot desire of change that often accompanies the excitement of a New Year.

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310 (18STRONG): Blair Wheeler: An 11-Handicap documenting his golf journey because it “Sucks to Suck.”

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 18:35:00 -0600

Blair Wheeler is not a PGA tour pro or coach, sports psychologist or fitness professional, but Blair is a guy like us . . . just a regular dude working on his golf game, except there is one difference . . .

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309 (18STRONG): Shane Bacon: Stepping Into a New Role With the Golf Today Show

Tue, 29 Dec 2020 13:35:00 -0600

Shane Bacon is embarking on a new journey into live TV on the Golf channel where he will be hosting a new morning show with Damon Hack called Golf Today.

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308 (18STRONG): Nathaniel Crosby: 2021 Walker Cup Talk, Bing’s Impact on Golf, and More . . .

Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:52:00 -0600

This week I’m joined by Nathaniel Crosby: Walker Cup Captain of the 2019 and soon to be 2021 Walker Cup, set to be played at Seminole Golf Club this coming May.

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307 (18STRONG): Jay Delsing: How Professional Golf is Changing (For Better or Worse)

Sat, 12 Dec 2020 14:06:00 -0600

Jay Delsing played over 25 years on the PGA tour, had over 560 starts, played on the champions tour, and is now hosting the “Golf With Jay Delsing” Podcast.

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306 (18STRONG): Kye Goalby: Behind the Scenes Making Amazing Golf Courses

Fri, 04 Dec 2020 13:00:00 -0600

In this episode, we have Kye Goalby, who is one of the world's most sought after golf course shaper/designer. And I’m not talking about just any golf courses, I’m talking about some of the top courses in the world like Ballyneal, Sebonack, Pasatiempo, Oakland Hills, Old MacDonald, and many more. So today we are going to be talking about what makes a golf course 18STRONG?

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305 (18STRONG): Will Ahmed: The Golfer’s Guide to WHOOP

Tue, 24 Nov 2020 13:56:00 -0600

I hate to call it a fitness tracker because it is so much more than that as you will hear about in this episode, but it’s basically a wearable fitness/recovery monitor that has exploded across the industry in just about every sport and fitness platform, and especially on the PGA Tour.

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304 (18STRONG): Athletic Motion Golf: What’s Really Going On In A Great Golf Swing?

Fri, 13 Nov 2020 13:00:00 -0600

This week we’ve got Shaun Webb and Mike Granato from Athletic Motion Golf; two guys that are taking all of the 3D technology that they are able to use with their professional and amateur golfers and show us the difference between what the low handicapper is doing vs what the high handicapper.

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303 (18STRONG): Colin Masterson: Training College Golfers For the Modern Game

Tue, 03 Nov 2020 11:15:00 -0600

We’re taking a little bit of a dive into the collegiate world of golf with Colin Masterson who is the sports performance coach at Villanova Golf.

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302 (18STRONG): Nick Mueller: How to Create Mobility That You Can Take to the Golf Course!

Sat, 24 Oct 2020 19:44:00 -0600

This week we’ve got one of my favorite people in the entire world on the show with us: Nick Mueller. Nick is one of the elite golf fitness coaches in North America.

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301 (18STRONG): Spencer Tatum: The Systems and Goals Behind Jon Rahm’s Fitness Journey to World #1

Fri, 09 Oct 2020 12:03:00 -0600

This week we’ve got Spencer Tatum from Tatum Human Performance who is a strength and conditioning coach that works with Jon Rahm and other golfers/athletes out of Scottsdale, Arizona.

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300 (18STRONG): Nick Clearwater: Golf Instruction Myths That Are Holding You Back

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 16:55:00 -0600

Nick Clearwater is one of those guys that I lean on when it comes to anything related to the golf swing, the way to help golfers play better golf and what they really need to do because if you know anything about GolfTEC, they measure and study every single swing from every single lesson.

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299 (18STRONG): 3 Off The Tee: Harry Ewing & Ian St John

Fri, 11 Sep 2020 15:47:00 -0600

These two fellow golf podcasts from the 3 Off the Tee Podcast join me to talk everything golf and podcast as well as their journeys to where they are now and how they have gotten so many incredible guests on their show like Podrick Harrington, Lee Westwood, Nick Price just to name a few.

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298 (18STRONG): Kelley James: A Life of Music and Golf

Wed, 02 Sep 2020 11:30:00 -0600

Kelley James; singer, songwriter, entertainer, and basically the official entertainer of the PGA Tour and golf world. Best known for his freestyle rapping and incorporating his audience into his performances, Kelley has performed private concerts for some of the biggest celebrities in the world.

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297 (18STRONG): Is Branson Missouri the Next Big Destination in Golf? Todd Bohn: Big Cedar Golf

Wed, 19 Aug 2020 12:19:00 -0600

This week I’m excited to bring on Todd Bohn: The director of Agronomy at Big Cedar Golf. Todd is the guy who is in charge of all of the grass and landscape as director of Agronomy so this episode we get some new scoop on all that is happening at Big Cedar Golf and why it may soon be golf's most popular destination.

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296 (18STRONG): Mark Loomis: Behind the Scenes of Producing Major Golf

Fri, 07 Aug 2020 21:00:00 -0600

This week we are excited to have on Mark Loomis, the Executive Producer at FOX Sports. This interview was done a few weeks before the big announcement of FOX not covering the US Open . . .

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295 (18STRONG): Mac Todd & Leo Rooney: Urban Golf Performance

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 13:00:00 -0600

This week we have Mackenzie "Mac" Todd and Leo Rooney from Urban Golf Performance (UGP). I’ve been watching UGP over the last 4-6 years just because of the cool vibe they have at their facilities seeing what they are doing with a lot of their golfers from all age ranges and skill levels and I just really loved what I was seeing.

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294 (18STRONG): Joe Buck: Golf Addict Disguised as a Broadcaster

Fri, 17 Jul 2020 22:42:00 -0600

This week we have a legendary guest: Joe Buck, the one and only from Fox Sports. We got into a lot of different topics from Joe’s career, his growing up here in St. Louis, and his dad being the announcer for the Baseball Cardinals.

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293 (18STRONG): Kyle Shay and Mike Napoleon [Superspeed Golf]

Fri, 10 Jul 2020 13:23:00 -0600

What could you do in your game, your own practice, your own training that could give you another 10-15 yards and how would that impact your game? These are some of the things Mike and Kyle talk about as well as some of the other products and ideas that they have coming out.

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292 (18STRONG): Art Chou: Stop wasting time practicing with real feedback . . .

Sat, 04 Jul 2020 14:38:00 -0600

Today on the podcast we have Art Chou, the GM for North America for Rapsodo. Art is here to both tell his amazing stories from designing clubs for Titleist and the exciting new tech that Rapsodo has created to help golfers practice better.

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291 (18STRONG): Ashley Mayo: The new direction of GOLF and the stories that go with it. . .

Fri, 26 Jun 2020 10:24:00 -0600

Ashley Mayo explains exactly what her focus and role is at 8AM/GOLF.com as the Head of Brand. As a golf nut herself, . . .

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290 (18STRONG): Gary Nicol & Karl Morris: Consistency is NOT the Key to Great Golf

Fri, 19 Jun 2020 12:00:00 -0600

Gary Nicol & Karl Morris join us today to talk about ways to improve your game without fretting so much about your technique, but more about your intentions and attention on your SHOTS on the golf course, rather than your SWING!

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289 (18STRONG): Nick Taylor (2x PGA Tour Winner)

Fri, 12 Jun 2020 14:56:00 -0600

Nick Taylor, PGA Tour winner joins us from home sharing his experience adjusting to life at home while on partial lockdown, being a new dad, and winning on the PGA Tour.

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288 (18STRONG): John Ashworth: The LINKSOUL Journey

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 18:25:00 -0600

John Ashworth, founder of LINKSOUL discusses the company's past and direction, the apparel itself, and we feature why we have partnered up with this great company as our preferred brand on and off the course.

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287 (18STRONG): Rob Collins: What’s Next for Sweetens Cove and King Collins Golf

Thu, 04 Jun 2020 13:29:00 -0600

Rob Collins, golf course designer/architect to catch us up on everything going on with his cultish wonder of a 9-hole course, Sweetens Cove down in Tennessee and what's next for the dynamic duo of King Collins Golf.

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286 (18STRONG): Hayden Buckley

Fri, 29 May 2020 13:00:00 -0600

Our close buddy, and professional golfer, Hayden Buckley joined us for a chat about his current golf standings pre-lockdown, what he’s doing to stay sharp on his game, takeaways from making the cut in 2 out of 2 PGA Tour events

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285 (18STRONG): Piers Ward & Andy Proudman

Fri, 22 May 2020 17:53:00 -0600

This week I continue the live Facebook interviews for the podcast talking with Piers Ward and Andy Proudman, founders of one of the most prolific golf media companies in all of the game, MeAndMyGolf.

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284 (18STRONG): Jason Moore | More than a Golf Shoe Company [True Linkswear]

Sat, 16 May 2020 19:49:00 -0600

Jason Moore, Founder of TRUE Linkswear golf shoes, is on to talk about how the quarantine has effected TRUE, how he has utilized this time to hit the drawing board for upcoming shoe designs, and the process of what it takes to draft and create their shoes.

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283 (18STRONG): Jason Phillips: Nutrition Secrets from the Coach of Coaches

Tue, 12 May 2020 16:25:00 -0600

the caution we should take on overloading with high-intensity workouts during the lockdown, what his nutrition looks like and how to be more relaxed with your diet, what led to the founding of NCI,

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282 (18STRONG): Damon Goddard – Navigating a new world of Training on the PGA Tour and Beyond

Fri, 08 May 2020 13:00:00 -0600

Damon gets into the tools and tech he is utilizing with his athletes during this time, how a recent injury has affected him physically and mentally, and the new PGA Tour initiative he is a part of, called “PGA Tour Active."

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281 (18STRONG): Scott Harrington- PGA Shutdown, Training at Home, Social Distance Golf Practice

Wed, 06 May 2020 20:10:00 -0600

Scott catches us up on how he has adjusted to the quarantine, what his season looked like pre-COVID and how he is preparing to hit the ground running when the season re-opens.

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280 (18STRONG): Adam Long | PGA Tour News, an Unexpected Off-Season, and a Soon to be New Dad . . .

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:13:00 -0600

This week I continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking with our friend and PGA tour winner, Adam Long.

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279 (18STRONG): Nic Catterall | How PGA Tour Players are Adapting Their Training for Home

Tue, 28 Apr 2020 11:09:00 -0600

Nic Catterall drops in to give us the status of what’s going on with these players, their workouts, and how he is working with them remotely and enterprising on the innovation necessary to keep up with the limitations from being unable to see them in person.

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278 (18STRONG): Trillium Rose | How to Improve Your Golf Swing at Home

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:34:00 -0600

we continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking with Trillium Rose about ways you can improve your golf swing even when you are at home without access to your course or gym.

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277 (18STRONG): When The Scale #’s aren’t Dropping, Favorite Rotational Exercises, Best Metabolic Routines & more . . .

Wed, 15 Apr 2020 16:16:00 -0600

Tony and I continue the live via Facebook route for the podcast talking on the current affairs in the realm of sports and COVID-19’s role in effecting their seasons, updates on Tony’s 100 push up challenge, and what our diets have looked like as we have been stuck inside.

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276 (18STRONG): Stuck at Home Ideas, Best Equipment, Nutrition Tips, Adapting Exercises, and more . . .

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:40:00 -0600

This week Tony and I decided to take our normal shouts from the crowd episode and do it live via Facebook talking on the current status of people in the fitness industry during the quarantine, what people are doing and what suggestions we have for routines and taking advantage of the social distancing.

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275 (18STRONG): Dr. Gio Valiante: The Mentality of the Best

Sat, 21 Mar 2020 20:23:00 -0600

Dr. Gio Valiante comes back on the show to talk about a little bit of everything covering the mental side of not just golf but also your fitness, mentality, strength, and what the best of the best do like the example and bar that greats like Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, and Tiger Woods.

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274 (18STRONG): Improve Endurance, Tips for Muscle Soreness, Pick 2 Exercises, Gambling on the Course & More . . .

Sat, 14 Mar 2020 19:50:00 -0600

In today’s episode I’m joined by Tony Soaib once again to discuss topics related to golf and fitness and answer more questions from the crowd . . .

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273 (18STRONG): How to Balance of Golf Specific & Basic Training, Most Common Bad Advice, Strong Lifts for a Golfer and more . . .

Fri, 06 Mar 2020 19:56:00 -0600

In today’s "Shouts from the Crowd" episode, Jeff and Tony once again to discuss topics related to golf and fitness including, How to Balance of Golf Specific & Basic Training, Most Common Bad Advice, Strong Lifts for a Golfer and more . . .

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272 (18STRONG): Just Getting Started, Muscle Confusion, Power vs Eccentric Force, Creatine for Golfers and more . . .

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 16:54:00 -0600

This week on the latest Shouts From the Crowd episode with Jeff and Tony, we continue our theme of general golf, sport, and fitness current events by talking about muscle confusion and the idea of changing up your workouts on a regular basis: what are the pros and cons and is it worth it, the USGA’s statement on the distance report and the fallout since, the Premiere Golf League and whether it has any legs, and we return to the topic of arm training for golfers and a workout that Tony proposes which any golfer can add to their workout to give you that extra boost without dedicating a whole workout to arms.

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271 (18STRONG): Matt Palazzolo | Is Your Training Truly Helping Your Golf?

Sun, 23 Feb 2020 20:40:00 -0600

In this episode, Matt Palazzolo dives into several different ways of training and methodologies, quality over quantity, and his 3 cores he works with golfers on the technical, the physical, and the mental game.

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270 (18STRONG): Go To Mobility Exercises, More Muscular Golfers, Top Golf Fitness Training Aid in 2020 and more . . .

Sat, 15 Feb 2020 00:17:00 -0600

Recapping the world of golf and fitness and taking questions from the audience in our "Shouts From the Crowd" segment.

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269 (18STRONG): PGA Show Recap, Arm-Training for Golfers, Warm-Ups, Single-Leg Exercises & more. . .

Fri, 07 Feb 2020 17:26:00 -0600

This week Tony and I are catching up on the current world of golf and my thoughts post-PGA show before diving into the "Shouts From The Crowd" questions from our listeners.

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268 (18STRONG): Dr. Joe LaCaze: Reclaim Your Body in Minutes

Sat, 01 Feb 2020 19:09:00 -0600

Dr. Joe LaCaze is a retired Navy Seal and Seal instructor and after his retirement from the Navy Seals, Joe got his degree in chiropractic as well as many other certifications and specializations in learning about the body, how it works, and how to improve people’s ability to move, heal, and train.

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267 (18STRONG): Sticking to Deadlines, Weakness Doesn’t Equal Flexibility, How to do a Pull-Up, A Better Handicap System, & more . . .

Tue, 28 Jan 2020 19:21:00 -0600

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This week I am once again joined by my buddy Tony Soaib for a Q&A episode where we talk about random topics ranging from . . . the importance of deadlines, the golf handicap system (how Tony thinks it’s broken and the 3 options he would like to see implemented that he thinks would be more fair and competitive.

266 (18STRONG): Jonathan Avalos: Bringing Out the Athlete in Your Game

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 23:32:00 -0600

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This week we’re talking with Jonathan Avalos, a golf fitness professional from Charlotte, NC. He has a company called Athletic Golf Fitness, and Jonathan is very much along the same lines of training and philosophies that we have here at 18Strong

265 (18STRONG): New Years Resolutions, Training Regrets, Fat Loss Programs vs Strength Programs, and more . . .

Sat, 11 Jan 2020 18:24:00 -0600

This week I am once again joined by my buddy Tony Soaib where we have a bit more of a laid back style chat taking some questions from the audience and social media and hopefully giving some answers. It is the new year so today we talk about resolutions: our thoughts on the idea around […]

264 (18STRONG): Jason Phillips: Getting Back to the Basics of Eating

Fri, 03 Jan 2020 20:45:00 -0600

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Jason is a wealth of knowledge, but also has a background in golf from playing some of the mini-tour and working with PGA professionals on not only their nutrition, fitness, and training.

263 (18STRONG): Adam Betz: If You Build It, The Game Will Grow

Fri, 27 Dec 2019 12:34:00 -0600

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This week, we have my buddy Adam Betz, PGA professional and owner of the Family Golf and Learning Center (FGLC) on the show. Adam is changing the face of golf in St. Louis with his renovation of FGLC. What used to be a bit of a run-down old driving range is quickly becoming the premier practice facility in the midwest.

262 (18STRONG): Questions Answered w/ Tony Soaib: Balancing Strength & Flexibility, How Often Should You Be Training & MORE

Wed, 18 Dec 2019 19:00:00 -0600

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Tony Soaib is a world-class Strength Coach and Nutritional Expert that has worked with professionals at the highest level of sport, military, and business. This is Tony's 2nd time on the show (Episode 140).

261 (18STRONG): Five Things I Thought I Knew About Golf and Fitness

Fri, 13 Dec 2019 19:43:00 -0600

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Over the course of 260 plus episodes on topics ranging from golf and fitness to mental game, diet, and nutrition, and many other topics revolving around the health and well being of golfer, there has been a lot of information to take in.

260 (18STRONG): Hayden Buckley: Building Confidence in Yourself & Your Game

Wed, 04 Dec 2019 16:37:00 -0600

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Hayden Buckley is a professional golfer who played on the Mackenzie Tour (Canadian PGA Tour) last year winning his spot as the sixth order of merit, which will get him onto the third stage of Q-School, which is going on next week.

259 (18STRONG): Corey Conners (PGA Tour): Ball Striking is The Secret Weapon

Tue, 19 Nov 2019 20:13:00 -0600

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We are talking with Corey Conners, PGA tour winner of the Valero Texas Open 2019. Corey had an incredible year on Tour in 2019, starting the year with almost no status. He went on to Monday qualify into multiple PGA Tour events including the Valero Texas Open which he went on to win, locking up his tour card for another 2 years.

258 (18STRONG): Nic Catterall: How to Be Your Own Captain

Tue, 12 Nov 2019 19:58:00 -0600

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Today we are talking with, Nic Catterall a high-performance coach specializing in both musculoskeletal therapy and strength and conditioning for golfers on the PGA tour. Some of his players include Dylan Frittelli, Chris Kirk, Kyle Stanley, Luke List, and several others.

257 (18STRONG): Corey Lundberg: How the Best Prepare for Success

Fri, 08 Nov 2019 15:06:00 -0600

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Corey Lundberg has consistently been recognized as one of the best young teachers in America and one of the top teachers in Texas. The work that he and his team at Altus are doing is regarded very highly in the world of golf. Their coaching program has attracted some of the top talents in the golf world.

256 (18STRONG): Bob Royak: Find Your Inner Champion | 2019 US Senior Amateur Champ

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 10:52:00 -0600

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Bob is a regular guy with a regular job but plays very high competitive golf. In many ways, he is much like you. He can’t dedicate 7 days a week to practice or get to the gym like the PGA and Champions Tour players do, but Bob has a great story leading into 2019.

255 (18STRONG): Matt Ginella: Design the Ultimate Buddies Golf Trip

Wed, 23 Oct 2019 11:14:00 -0600

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This week we are talking all about creating and designing a buddy’s trip. When going on some sort of big or small group golf travel event, it’s important to know the do’s and don’ts which is why I’ve brought on our good buddy Matt Ginella.

254 (18STRONG): Scott Harrington: Battling for More Than a Tour Card

Wed, 16 Oct 2019 16:16:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, PGA Tour Pro Scott Harington.

He embodies what 18Strong is all about: not only has he been working towards his dream of playing on the PGA Tour for the past 17 years, but it’s the battles off the course that he and his wife have endured in the last several years that make the fulfillment of his dream that much more amazing.

253 (18STRONG): Matt Cardis: Breaking Down the Walls of Golf |Golf in Your State

Wed, 09 Oct 2019 19:46:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, Matt Cardis, founder of Golf in Your State and The Golf Wall Project.

252 (18STRONG): The Lost Art of Playing Golf | Karl Morris & Gary Nicol

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 11:09:00 -0600

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Well, Karl Morris and Gary Nicol have done it again with their latest book The Lost Art of Playing Golf. The "Lost Art" books are unlike any instructional books I’ve ever read and I think once you get your hands on it you’ll agree.

251 (18STRONG): Markus Westerberg: Connect The Mind With The Mechanics

Wed, 18 Sep 2019 19:31:00 -0600

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Markus is a former professional golfer hailing from Sweden who has taken a special interest in the connection between the mind and the mechanics of golf.

250 (18STRONG): Jason Moore: Enjoy The Walk | TRUE LINKSWEAR

Thu, 12 Sep 2019 13:00:00 -0600

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Our guest this week, Jason Moore, president of True Linkswear and one of the co-founders of the company along with his PGA pro brother Ryan Moore. Since its founding 10 years ago on the idea that something was missing in golf wear, they have seen more and more golfers “enjoying the walk” as their brand and movement has taken off.

249 (18STRONG): Strong Healthy Golf Forever w/ Liesbeth Pauwels

Wed, 04 Sep 2019 02:21:00 -0600

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This week we have Liesbeth “Lizzy” Pauwels, one of the premier golf fitness and yoga instructors in the Netherlands, on to talk about her golf fitness journey and the growing state of golf fitness in Europe as compared to North America.

248 (18STRONG): John Ashworth [LINKSOUL]: Making Golf Cool Again

Tue, 27 Aug 2019 11:03:00 -0600

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This week we have a pioneer in the world of golf, John Ashworth, of LINKSOUL. Our mission here at 18Strong is to not only bring you information on exercises, game improvements, and fitness, but also cool people and cool things going on in the things of golf and we have definitely tapped into that this week in our interview with.

247 (18STRONG): Should You Lower Your Expectations?

Wed, 21 Aug 2019 01:50:00 -0600

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The title of this episode, “Should You Lower Your Expectations,” might sound a little negative at first. But once you understand how changing our expectations can provide a whole new outlook on who we are and what we do, I promise that by the end of this recording, you will appreciate how this alteration can lead to a more successful outcome.

246 (18STRONG): Michael Breed [From the Archive]

Tue, 13 Aug 2019 20:21:00 -0600

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Michael Breed is one of the most notable personalities in golf. He previously hosted the number one golf instruction show on television, The Golf Fix. which aired on the Golf Channel for many years.

245 (18STRONG): Webb Simpson [From the Archive]

Tue, 06 Aug 2019 14:30:00 -0600

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Webb Simpson, is lighting up the golf world right now, on the verge of making the President's Cup team and finishing up one of the most impressive (and lucrative) seasons of his career.

244 (18STRONG): Master The Mental Side of Golf (Part 2)| Revisiting Our Favorite Mental Game Episodes

Tue, 30 Jul 2019 11:51:00 -0600

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As a follow-up to last week's episode , our guests this week include a world renowned sports psychologist, a golf mental game coach, a duo that has worked with hall of fame golfers, and one of the most prominent peak performance coaches in the world.

243 (18STRONG): Master The Mental Side of Golf (Part 1)| Revisiting Our Favorite Mental Game Episodes

Tue, 23 Jul 2019 17:27:00 -0600

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This week (and next week) on the podcast, we are digging into the vault and revisiting a few of our favorite episodes and experts on the Mental Game.

242 (18STRONG): Ben Wong | College Golf is at its Best

Wed, 17 Jul 2019 10:48:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, SMU Golfer and one of the top amateur golfers in the game, Ben Wong.

We had the chance to see a lot of Ben at the NCAA finals this past year (where he played his final match against Oklahoma State's Victor Hovland who recently turned professional) and today we get to sit down with Ben to hear his journey from Hong Kong, to Beijing, and eventually landing in Texas.

241 (18STRONG): Rob Collins | The Future of Sweetens Cove

Wed, 10 Jul 2019 13:58:00 -0600

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Rob Collins is the course designer, architect, and ultimately, the inspiration behind Sweetens Cove. If you haven't heard of Sweetens Cove yet, you’re about to be introduced to the story of an incredible little 9-hole course near Chattanooga Tennessee (South Pittsburgh) that has taken the world of golf by storm. But it wasn't always smooth sailing for what many may simply think was an "overnight success."

240 (18STRONG): Tom Coyne | Seeking Golf’s Greatest Experiences

Thu, 04 Jul 2019 14:39:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, Tom Coyne.

Tom is much more than a golf writer; yes, he’s written multiple best-selling golf books and has many contributions to golf publications, but I consider Tom a Golf Adventurer.

He’s a guy that loves the game so much and is willing to do the extremes when it comes to his journeys in golf and thanks to his willingness to do a deep dive into these crazy adventures, we all learn more about the heart, soul, and history of this game we love.

239 (18STRONG): Effortless Golf with Jayne Storey | Author of “Breathe Golf”

Wed, 19 Jun 2019 19:33:00 -0600

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Jayne Storey is one of the most fascinating coaches I’ve come across in the game of golf. She is a pioneer of an emerging genre, which seeks to unite Eastern spiritual practice with high performance in pressure situations.

238 (18STRONG): Collegiate Golf’s Most Outstanding Players | Brian Stubbs – The Haskin’s Award

Tue, 28 May 2019 21:11:00 -0600

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237 (18STRONG): Stop Hesitating & Start Taking Action | Jentry Barton (Fitness & Mental Game Coach)

Wed, 15 May 2019 20:10:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, fitness and mental game coach, Jentry Barton.

Normally when wewe talk about the "mental game" we are speaking in terms of on-course tactics and strategies. But today we have on Jentry Barton to talk the mental game as it relates to our fitness by getting into the gym and staying focused on what we need to do to make our bodies our most important golf tool.

236 (18STRONG): Your Body is Your Most Important Club | Nathane Jackson

Thu, 09 May 2019 15:31:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, Nathane Jackson as we discuss your body being the most important piece of golf equipment that you own. By taking care of it, optimizing it, doing everything you can to improve the way your body moves, the way your brain functions, and the way you do everything on the course is the best way for you to improve your golf game long-term.

235 (18STRONG): Interval Training for Golf | Dr. Martin Gibala

Thu, 02 May 2019 00:21:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guest, Dr. Martin Gibala, author of The One-Minute Workout: Science Shows a Way to Get Fit That's Smarter, Faster, Shorter.

234 (18STRONG): The Lost Art of Putting | Gary Nicol & Karl Morris

Thu, 25 Apr 2019 16:51:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to have on our special guests, authors of the fantastic book The Lost Art of Putting, Gary Nicol and Karl Morris.

When I first read the book “The Lost Art of Putting,” it was completely different than what I imagined a book on putting would be. As you would imagine, I anticipated the text would entail an excessive amount of technical conversation on putting, styles, techniques, etc. however, it is refreshingly the exact opposite of what I expected.

233 (18STRONG): Fighting the War on Double Bogeys | Jon Sherman – Practical Golf

Fri, 19 Apr 2019 11:12:00 -0600

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Jon Sherman is the founder of Practical-Golf.com, a website that is dedicated to helping you play and make better decisions out on the course. Jon has spent the last 20+ years researching and learning about the game and joins us today to talk not so much on technique, but the mental, strategic side of golf as well as technology and equipment that he utilizes out on the green to help him play his best game each time.

232 (18STRONG): The New Era of Minimal Golf | Sam Goulden

Wed, 10 Apr 2019 18:56:00 -0600

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This week we are talking with Sam Goulden from Sam Goulden Golf, but more recently he started a new company called MNML golf which we are going to dig into and will highlight the new bag and technology he has come up with and the Kickstarter campaign he has going for it. Sam has been all over the nation traveling, teaching golf, playing golf, and connects with so many different people on spreading the MNML golf lifestyle; the simplicity of the game itself and getting people to understand how they can play better through minimal tweaks and embracing the simplicity.

231 (18STRONG): Stronger is Better | John Paul Guidry

Tue, 02 Apr 2019 23:00:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring back on our special guest, JP Guidry, physical therapist and strength coach.

In today’s conversation, we are talking all about strength and strength training: How much do you need as a golfer? Is there a cap we should be worried about? Is the strength training golfers are doing now hindering their game and causing injury, or rather protecting them from injury and to be more resilient?

230 (18STRONG): Winning on the PGA Tour | Adam Long

Tue, 26 Mar 2019 05:00:00 -0600

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Once again, we have our buddy Adam Long, PGA tour Player AND Winner, joining us on this week's show. You might remember that we had Adam on this past September on Episode 207 just after he secured his PGA Tour Card from finishing top 25 in the Web.com tour.

229 (18STRONG): Train Movements, Not Muscles | Mike McDonnell

Tue, 19 Mar 2019 11:15:00 -0600

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Today, we’re talking with Coach Mike McDonnell from CoachMikeMac.com about the training methods that golfers are using, especially Mike’s philosophies regarding training movements and not training body parts or muscles specifically. . .

228 (18STRONG): The Incredible Story of the Triple Track Golf Ball with Ray Barrett

Tue, 12 Mar 2019 11:00:00 -0600

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In this episode, we are not only going to introduce you to one of the most innovative improvements the golf industry has seen in years, but we are going to introduce you to the incredible serial entrepreneur and inventor of the Triple Track™ golf ball, Ray Barrett.

227 (18STRONG): Your Personal PGA Tour Medical Team | Harry Sese & Shane Lawlor

Tue, 05 Mar 2019 16:47:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring back on our special guests, Harry Sese, and Shane Lawlor.

One of the things that we love to do here at 18Strong is giving you a glimpse of what goes on on the tour. Trying to take the tour experience and bring it to you at home in your earbuds.

226 (18STRONG): Driver Swings Faster than the Speed of Sound | Mach 3 Golf Speed Training

Wed, 27 Feb 2019 19:49:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guests, Jeff Young and Ken Loewen from Mach 3 Speed Training.

“Am I ever going to be able to swing the club faster?” I think it’s a natural question that we all ask ourselves from time to time in the pursuit of peak golf fitness and performance, and especially in today’s game of golf distance is king so club-head speed can make or break your rounds. . .

225 (18STRONG): Enriching the Lives of Veterans Through Golf | Captain Brandon Johnson

Wed, 20 Feb 2019 21:00:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Captain Brandon Johnson.

Golf is a passion of ours, and it’s a part of life that we cherish. It’s the competition, the challenge, the joys, the frustrations, but in many cases, it’s the camaraderies we have out on the course meeting new people and hanging out with those we love...

224 (18STRONG): A Strong Winter Brings Stronger Golf | Coach Kevin Duffy

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:46:00 -0600

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Are you making the most out of this off-season? Some of the most common problems golfers experience on the course when the season comes around are lack of distance, lack of endurance, and not being any better and, if anything, being a little rusty from the year before.

223 (18STRONG): Are You Committed to the Process? Lance Gill | Titleist Performance Institute

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 20:41:00 -0600

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Why are you here? Most people can’t answer that question when they go to see a Golf and Fitness specialist like Lance, but it’s important to discover your underlying needs and tailor a regiment that works for you. Lance is on today to talk to us about committing to the learning process and understanding what you are really trying to do and how to get to that end result.

222 (18STRONG): What Golf’s New Rules Mean to You | Curt Rohe | Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association

Tue, 12 Feb 2019 20:48:00 -0600

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While normally we’re talking about the physical and mental pieces that you can emphasize to get the greatest edge on your golf game, this week we are talking with Curt Rohe from the Metropolitan Amateur Golf Association about the new rules that are coming into play in 2019.

221 (18STRONG): 5 Non-Golf Things You Should Do this Winter

Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:11:00 -0600

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Today, I’m going to give you 5 simple things that could change your game next year, but NONE of these involve hitting a golf ball this off-season. We believe that your body is the greatest piece of golf equipment you own, and (perfect timing with the PGA show coming up) this is the time when every golf gadget and piece of technology is running rampant with claims that they will be the “one stop shop shortcut” to helping your golf game.

220 (18STRONG): Inside the Ropes of High-End Golf Training | Dr. Bobby Duvall

Tue, 15 Jan 2019 13:52:00 -0600

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It’s not often that you get to chat with someone who is literally a pioneer in their industry, but that’s exactly what we have this week with Dr. Bobby Duvall.

219 (18STRONG): Golf Tips are Worthless | Chuck Quinton | Rotary Swing

Sun, 06 Jan 2019 13:46:00 -0600

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This week, we are talking with one of the original pioneers of the online golf instruction world, Chuck Quinton. Chuck originally started out in 2004 selling small golf instruction DVD’s and has now turned his website, RotarySwing.com, into one of the premier online golf instruction websites in the world.

218 (18STRONG): Hemp Oil for Golfers? Questions Answered with Steve Patterson

Thu, 27 Dec 2018 19:15:00 -0600

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Should you be using Hemp Oil to help your golf game? Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Steve Patterson to answer all of your hemp oil questions (like is hemp oil and CBD oil the same thing?). This is something that has become a front-of-mind topic in the world of sports, performance, and enhancement and our guest today, Steve Patterson, is a teaching PGA Professional and a representative for Functional Remedies, a top hemp oil company in the world.

217 (18STRONG): The RGV Tour: Living in an RV Down by the Golf Course with Patrick Koenig

Tue, 18 Dec 2018 10:57:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Patrick Koenig, Founder of the RGV Tour.

Have you ever wanted to just quit your job and go on an endless golf trip, traveling around the states, playing the best courses, hanging out with golfers from all over the country, golfing with celebrities, and doing it all in a pimped out RV?

If you said yes, you basically just described the RGV Tour and the life of our guest, Patrick Koenig.

216 (18STRONG): Ed Mylett: MAXOUT Your Game. MAXOUT Your Life

Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:59:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Ed Mylett.

This week may be the most excited I’ve ever been to have a conversation and to share it with you, the 18Strong Community. If you have never heard of Ed Mylett, you are in for a treat and a master class on success today.

215 (18STRONG): Let the Journey Begin! | Hayden Buckley (Professional Golfer)

Tue, 04 Dec 2018 18:00:00 -0600

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If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to play in your very first PGA event, with the nerves, the grandstands, the crowds, well, today we’re talking with Hayden Buckley, who recently had a chance to play at his first PGA tour event.

Hayden, a newly turned professional golfer, is just finishing up his degree at the University of Missouri (Mizzou), received asponsors exemption at the Sanderson Farms Invitational. And, not only did he get in the event, but Hayden was able to battle through Thursday and Friday to make the cut in his very first PGA appearance.

214 (18STRONG): Stew Hagestad | Setting Big Goals and Why Playing Pro Isn’t His

Wed, 28 Nov 2018 12:22:00 -0600

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If you’re looking for insights into all of the pieces you need to play better, this episode with Stewart Hagestad, one of the worlds top amateur golfers is a can’t-miss interview.

You may recognize our guest's name from Gold Digest, or the many mentions and appearances on the Golf Channel. While many golfers all over the world envy Stew's game and wonder why on earth he doesn't want to take his talent to the PGA Tour, Stew has big plans both on and of the course and is adamant that he will remain an amateur golfer for life.

213 (18STRONG): Building a Team isn’t Just for the Pros | Bradley Borne

Tue, 20 Nov 2018 02:18:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Bradley Borne.

Picture this: Members only, indoor club in the middle of Manhattan that specializes in golf performance. This place is too good to be true, right? Wrong! Today we are talking to Bradley Borne from Golf & Body NYC.

212 (18STRONG): Robert Yang | Your Guide to Fueling Better Golf

Thu, 15 Nov 2018 03:21:00 -0600

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This week we are talking all about nutrition specifically for you, the golfer, with Robert Yang.

Rob is a certified nutritionist and strength and conditioning specialist who has been in the fitness industry for over 20 years. Rob was on the 18Strong Podcast back on episode 42 and we wanted to bring him back to talk about his new book “Hole-in-One Nutrition.”

211 (18STRONG): Is your training slowing your swing speed? | Chris Finn

Wed, 31 Oct 2018 15:48:00 -0600

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Chris Finn owns and operates Par4Success, an incredible golf, and fitness business with 2 locations in North Carolina. In today's episode, Chris shares with us the results from an ongoing study he has been conducting with his clients over the past few years. Chris has been documenting the assessments and training programs of his clients (from juniors to tour pro's) to determine the effects that they had on specific golf parameters. Whether you are a regular golfer or fitness professional, you're definitely going to take away from valuable info from his research.

210 (18STRONG): [REPLAY] 1 Minute Workout (originally episode 162)

Sat, 20 Oct 2018 16:48:00 -0600

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This week we are replaying an episode from last year that highlighted the benefits of interval training and covered the contents of the best selling book by Dr. Martin Gibala, The One Minute Workout.

As many of you have seen on My Instagram Page, this month I am doing the #1-minutemaxou challenge. I have committed to doing at least 1 minute of a maximal effort exercise each and every day for 30 days (and I have to post proof to instagram!).

209 (18STRONG): 5 Things Really Good Golfers Do

Tue, 02 Oct 2018 17:37:00 -0600

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So today I want to talk about what I’ve learned and the constant trends I’ve seen from our professional guests on the show. I specifically titled this “5 Things Really Good Golfers Do” because I don’t want to talk about the exceptional, elite athlete, or the professional golfer. I’m talking about you and the golfers you play with that just seem to have it figured out: the really good golfer at your club, on your golf trips, etc. What is it that they are doing that you can learn from to drastically and realistically escalate your game.

208 (18STRONG): Chris Thompson | Becoming a PGA Tour Rookie at Age 42

Mon, 24 Sep 2018 19:36:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, and brand new PGA Tour Cardholder, Chris Thompson.

As the 2017-2018 PGA Tour and Web.com season wrap up, there seem to be plenty of exciting recaps and developments to cover. Last week we talked to Adam Long, one of the Web.com “Top 25” Money list earners and golfer moving on to the PGA Tour. I’m excited to say that this week we have another upcoming rookie on the PGA Tour, Chris Thompson.

207 (18STRONG): Adam Long | Securing a Spot on the PGA Tour

Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:38:00 -0600

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This week we’re talking to my buddy, Adam Long, who is recently one of the top 25 money-earners on the Web.com Tour in the year 2017-2018, and is therefor PGA Tour bound in 2018-2019.

I can honestly say this is an episode I’ve been looking forward to doing for the last couple years. I first met Adam when we had him on the show (Episode 60) and since then have been working with him remotely with programs for him to continue to do on the road. I'm so excited to see how far he has come and where he is going.

206 (18STRONG): The Recovery Routine No One is Talking About | Dan Hellman

Wed, 12 Sep 2018 11:21:00 -0600

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Today we’re talking to Dan Hellman about the piece of the Golfer fitness puzzle that no one is really talking about. Even in the circles of fitness and strength training, not many individuals are talking about post-round or post-exercise routines.

Dan, a licensed physical therapist and owner of Hellman Holistic Health in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is one of the most well-respected medical and fitness professionals in golf. Dan is a former senior faculty member of the well-known C.H.E.K. Institute and has studied extensively under pioneering French osteopath Guy Voyer, and is qualified as an instructor of Voyer's SOMA Method.

205 (18STRONG): Uncover Your True Physical Potential | Dr. Mike Kay

Wed, 05 Sep 2018 11:44:00 -0600

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Today we are talking training with Dr. Mike Kay from Premier Fitness Systems in Scottsdale, AZ. Training for you, for golfers, for athletes, and the broad spectrum that it can require in order to meet your goals and needs.

We are constantly learning new and innovative ways to improve performance. Our guest today, Dr. Mike Kay, does exactly this on a regular basis with his clients. Constantly trying to find the most effective and efficient ways to reach his clients' fitness and health goals, whether they are professional athletes (from UFC to PGA players) or the general populace.

204 (18STRONG): Dr. Gio Valiante: How to Play Fearless Golf

Mon, 27 Aug 2018 19:44:00 -0600

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This week, we have one of the biggest names in golf when it comes to the mental game, Dr. Gio Valiante. Dr. Gio is an expert in the area of human performance as it relates to both business and sport. His book, “Fearless Golf: Conquering the Mental Game” is known by many as one of the most influential mental game resources in the game.

Fearless Golf continues to be a best seller more than 10 years after it was published in 2005 and his players have won over 50 PGA Tour Events in the past 15 years.

203 (18STRONG): Dr. Michael Ruscio | Healthy Gut, Healthy Golf

Mon, 20 Aug 2018 20:13:00 -0600

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This week, Dr. Michael Ruscio takes us on a deep dive into the topic of "Gut Health!" I know it might not seem quite as sexy as increasing your driver speed or talking about the latest PGATour event, but I think you'll be surprised at just how much this topic might hit home for you. Little do you know how much your "gut" impacts your performance out on the course and simplify your life in general.

Michael Ruscio, DC is a doctor, clinical researcher and best-selling author whose practical ideas on healing chronic illness have made him an influential voice in functional and alternative medicine. His research has been published in peer-reviewed medical journals and he speaks at integrative medical conferences across the globe.

202 (18STRONG): Recruiting and Building a Team of Tour Players | Mike Dunphy | Srixon / Cleveland Golf

Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:40:00 -0600

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Today we’re talking with Mike Dunphy, Player Development Manager for Srixon / Cleaveland Golf. Mike is in charge of finding, recruiting, and training all the new players that they bring in to the brand of Srixon / Cleveland Golf. From collegiate to WebDotCom, to PGA players using their equipment, Mikes is in charge of it all.

It was very cool to pick Mike's brain and get an inside look at what goes on behind the scenes with player development in a brand like Srixon/Cleveland. We also discussed what the difference maker is when these players choose Srixon over some of the other larger companies like Titleist, Callaway, etc.

201 (18STRONG): Nick Price | Perseverance Paid Off

Mon, 30 Jul 2018 17:01:00 -0600

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Today you are in for a special treat. In one of my favorite interviews of all time, I bring on Nick Price: 3-time major winner, World Golf Hall of Fame Member, 18-time winner on the PGA Tour, and one of the most personable athletes in the game.

We had the chance to talk on a lot of different things, from the progression of his career as a golfer who had the opportunity to not only meet his golf idols but beat them in the majors, to what advice he would give to junior golfers and his thoughts on the modern game.

200 (18STRONG): Master Your Course Like a Champion | Dr. Andy Frost 11-time Club Champion, Bellerive CC

Mon, 23 Jul 2018 17:11:00 -0600

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Dr. Andy Frost was one of my very first clients when I made the switch from a traditional physical therapy setting to the other side of the fence, diving into the world of golf fitness. This is a special interview for me because Andy is one of the main reasons that I have continued to pursue my career in golf and fitness.

Based out of St. Louis, Andy is the current, and 11-time Club Champion at Bellerive Country Club, the site for the 100th PGA Championship in just a couple of weeks. So, who better to bring on than Andy?

199 (18STRONG): Lower Scores Straight Out of Mom’s Kitchen | Matt Zembruski (JutiBar) and Cynthia Sass

Tue, 10 Jul 2018 16:01:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our very special guests, Matt Zembruski (founder of the JutiBar) and sports nutritionist, Cynthia Sass.

Have you ever found yourself rushing to the course for an early morning tee time and forgot to eat breakfast? Or in the middle of a round of golf noticed you were running a little low on energy and knew you needed to eat something? It’s happened to all of us, but in that situation, what are your typical options?

198 (18STRONG): From Quitting to US Open Qualifying with Chris Naegel | Professional Golfer

Mon, 02 Jul 2018 16:27:00 -0600

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This week, we’re going to tell you a bit of a story about Chris Naegel, a golfer from here in St. Louis that went from almost quitting playing professional golf, to 3 weeks later playing in the U.S. Open. You might recognize his name from the top of the leaderboard on the first day of the U.S. Open, but just week’s prior he was on the phone with his wife after a tournament where he missed the cut and decided he was quitting golf for good.

197 (18STRONG): The Secret Links of an Efficient Golf Swing | Tom Myers | Anatomy Trains

Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:59:00 -0600

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This week we’ve got a bit of a legend on the show: Tom Myers. Manual therapist, body worker, and author of Anatomy Trains, one of the most popular and pioneering books when it comes to making sense of all the connections, patterns and the way that your body actually moves (specifically in regards to the muscles, tendons, and fascia in your body).

I know many of you may be sitting there trying to make heads or tails of the last word: fascia. Fascia is the connective tissue that runs throughout our body that impacts every move you make. It’s become kind of a buzzword lately, and Tom has been teaching and learning about fascia for decades now and we are just starting to see how groundbreaking his early work was and the research he continues to reveal.

196 (18STRONG): What are your Golf Fitness Needs? | Joe Gambino from Par Four Performance

Tue, 19 Jun 2018 20:44:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our very special guest, Joe Gambino from Par Four Performance.

As much as I would like to say there was one training program that would work for everyone in achieving their strength and conditioning goals, everyone has their own specific needs and issues, which is why Joe Gambino, a physical therapist, and strength and conditioning coach, is such a valuable asset to any golfer.

195 (18STRONG): Raw Fitness Truth with Justin Andrews from Mind Pump

Mon, 11 Jun 2018 17:07:00 -0600

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The Mind Pump Podcast has been described as “Howard Stern meets Fitness” a reputation that stems from being raw, shocking, and entertaining, but with an overall mission to shed light on the truth of health, fitness, and a host of other topics. Our guest this week is Justin Andrews, one of the hosts and founders of the this brand that is taking the fitness world by storm.

Mind Pump Media has built a massive tribe of loyal and passionate fans because they are simply helping us all cut through the BS and experience the absolute fastest way to reach your health and fitness goals (which sounds a lot like what we are all about here at 18Strong!) We talk origin story to athletic programming in this exclusive interview.

194 (18STRONG): Golf’s Most Incredible Destination with Steve Friedlander | Big Cedar Golf

Wed, 06 Jun 2018 17:59:00 -0600

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Today we are chatting with Steve Friedlander from Big Cedar Golf, which very well could be the next most sought-after golf destination in the US, if not the world.

Recently I had my 40th birthday and took a golf trip with 3 of my best friends to Big Cedar Golf in Branson, Missouri. And I know what you’re probably thinking, “A golf trip in Missouri? That doesn't sound very exciting!” Well, things are changing quickly in Branson, and after this episode, you just might change your mind about taking a golf trip to the Midwest.

193 (18STRONG): Daisy-May Kenny | Less Pain, Better Footwork, and More Speed

Tue, 29 May 2018 16:01:00 -0600

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If you’re a golfer that has ever experience pain after playing or practicing, especially back pain, my guess would be that you either sought out some form of relief or would love to find it. And if that solution also helped you improved the way you move in the golf swing and helped you swing faster, you probably wouldn’t be too disappointed with that, would you? Well, our guest Daisy-May Kenny from Biomek Golf says all of these things often go hand in hand.

192 (18STRONG): Dr. Josh Satterlee | Creating the Perfect “Hybrid” Facility to Treat Golfers

Mon, 21 May 2018 10:42:00 -0600

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When you think of pioneers in the Golf and Fitness Podcasting world, one of the first names that should come to mind is Josh Satterlee. Not only has Josh been working with golfers for many years as a clinician, he was one of the first guys I know that had a podcast in the golf world. And although The Dr. Josh Show has been long retired, it definitely played a part in inspiring what we do here at 18STRONG.

191 (18STRONG): Golf Untucked: The Social Side of the Game | Evan Kamer from Skratch

Mon, 14 May 2018 00:40:00 -0600

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Here at 18Strong, we are all about breaking down the body mechanics and physical aspects of golf to the perfect the swing, but sometimes it’s important to put down the scorecards, stop measuring the launch angles, and remember to have fun with the game and reflect on the lighter side of golf.

You’ve probably heard me talking about Skratch on the podcast and hopefully have checked out some of the videos and content they have created. They are a social first, digital content business engaging the millennial-minded golf fan with entertaining videos and other content that promotes and highlights the fun side of golf.

190 (18STRONG): Dr. Stuart McGill | The Back Mechanic Talks Golf

Sat, 05 May 2018 14:43:00 -0600

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It's rare that I meet a golfer who doesn’t currently struggle or haven’t struggled in the past with some sort of back pain and discomfort. Athletes, strength coaches, and trainers can all agree that no matter the sport, a healthy back and spine is a crucial component to optimal performance.

Our balance, speed, power, mobility, coordination and every other physical requirement for golf are directly linked to good spine health, which is why this week, our special guest is Dr. Stuart McGill.

189 (18STRONG): Everything You Want to Know About Superspeed Golf | Mike Napoleon & Kyle Shay

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 12:10:00 -0600

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If you’ve been a long time listener of 18Strong, you’ve most likely heard me talk about SuperSpeed Golf and the amazing results both professional and amateur players are seeing in their clubhead speed, distance, and overall mechanics after using the SSG system.

The concept of "overspeed training" is unlike your traditional power or strength training, but it also doesn't fall into the category of golf skills training. Today you'll see why the SuperSpeed Golf system is in a completely different category, which is exactly why it is creating results at both the amateur and elite levels.

188 (18STRONG): Trevor Anderson | You Can Get Better Every Day

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 18:03:00 -0600

When it comes down to it, a fitness coach is a dime a dozen right? What do these different specialties matter and why is it so important for a fitness professional to know your game? Does that specialization to your specific sport really make a difference? Whether you are an athlete looking for a strength […]

187 (18STRONG): David MacKenzie | Training Your Mental Game

Sun, 15 Apr 2018 14:30:00 -0600

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We’ve been talking a lot about the importance of power, strength, and physical endurance in your golf game, but our guest, David MacKenzie knows that those components only make up a piece of the equation. Applying those physical abilities takes control and mental fortitude, which in themselves, need to be a prt of your training regimen.

David MacKenzie is the founder Golf State of Mind, one of the most well-read and highly regarded mental game blogs, and is a highly sought after mental game and performance coach. From amateur to pro, his one-on-one coaching program teaches mental toughness, emotional control, and how to focus on what’s important to maximize their chance of success.

186 (18STRONG): Brad Thompson | Train for a more Powerful Golf Game.

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 20:08:00 -0600

Power. Almost every golfer I have worked with, at one time or another, has asked “how can I hit the ball farther?” or “how can I get more distance?” And in most instances, it leads back to being more powerful. From amateur to professional, power is an integral part of progressing your golf game, which […]

185 (18STRONG): Mark Sweeney | Drain More Putts with Aimpoint Golf

Sat, 31 Mar 2018 16:00:00 -0600

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Have you ever been watching golf and seen pros like Justin Rose, Adam Scott, and Lydia Ko on the green getting ready to putt and you see them do the same kind of ritual (walking between the ball and the cup, rocking back and forth, closing their eyes, putting two fingers in the air) and then they drain the putt!

Today we are talking to Mark Sweeney, the creator of the AimPoint Golf putting system, that over 100 of these touring professionals are using, where he is going to break down exactly what it consists of, how you can use it, and how you can take it into your game. So often when we get to the green, we are trying to get the lay of the land and it can be all over the place but Mark brings his background as a software engineer into the world of golf and helps players be able to strategically read greens.

184 (18STRONG): Dr. Kara Graziano O’Leary | The Psychology of Changing Your Behavior |

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 16:13:00 -0600

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When we go out and start a new fitness program, diet, practice program, we are ultimately trying to change our behaviors. This boils down to the habits we create on a daily basis and what we can stick to, which is why I’m excited to have my personal friend Dr. Kara Graziano O’Leary, Ph.D on today. Dr. O'Leary, is a clinical psychologist with a research background in social psychology and neuropsychology and she joins me today to talk about clinically what is working the best and how we can relate her background to what we are seeing in the fitness world and what you are personally experiencing during your trials and tribulations of trying to obtain your goals. We cover everything from the importance of sleep, how to best stack your goals, creating habits, and the idea of “decision fatigue.”

183 (18STRONG): Janet Alexander | What to know about Workouts for Women.

Sat, 17 Mar 2018 17:07:00 -0600

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When it comes to fitness and training tailored to the female athlete, many health professionals are still in dark. If you (like me) think that fitness for golfers is still in its infancy stages, then today's topic is still just in the womb!

Janet Alexander is the perfect guest to have on to teach us how the female golfer should be training, how their workouts should be dictated by their body, and how planning their workouts appropriately can dramatically improve the effectiveness in areas such as accelerated fat loss, prevent injury, strength, and power development.

182 (18STRONG): Can Cryotherapy Lower Your Scores? | Dr. Melvin Deese and Evan Hugall

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 17:37:00 -0600

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Dr. Melvin Deese and Evan Hugall from Imapct Cryotherapy join us this week to discuss the surge of increased use of a relatively new technology (cryosaunas/cryochambers) that has evolved from an age old practice; crypotherapy.

In recent years, cryotherapy chambers have been studied and used to help treat issues of inflammation and recovery amongst general population clients and athletes alike. As of recently, there have been noted very possible benefits of the modality not just for rehabilitative and preventative use, but also for enhanced performance in the training room, sports fields, and yes, most importantly, the golf course.

181 (18STRONG): Curtis Christopherson | Create the Fitness Business & Life You Want!

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 21:56:00 -0600

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Curtis Christopherson has been an entrepreneur in the fitness industry since his late teens, and in less than 2 decades has built quite the portfolio including ownership in the largest personal training company in Canada (Innovative Fitness), a very successful chain of retail supplement stores (Reflex Supplements), and one of the fastest growing soft tissue/myofascial release product companies (RAD Roller). Curtis has time and again been recognized for his business acumen, and ability to create, pursue and foster both a vision and culture of a very successful company in multiple brnaches of health and fitness.

180 (18STRONG): Mark Williamson | The Golf Yogi

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:13:00 -0600

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Former professional golfer, Mark Williamson, is now better known as The Golf Yogi. After overcoming his initial resistance to his wife’s request to join her in at a yoga class, once he experienced it, he was hooked.

Mark Soon began studying and teaching yoga, but realized that he wanted to do more that simply teach classes. He started working on his own style of golf fitness, combining yoga with golf specific exercises, and “The Golf Yogi,” was born.

179 (18STRONG): Rene Cammarata | Junior Golfers or Junior Athletes?

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:39:00 -0600

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Do junior golfers need to be more athletic? Rene Cammarata, one of the premier coaches working with Junior golfers in Pennsylvania, believes they absolutely do. With more than twenty years of experience as a strength & conditioning coach, power coach, speed and agility coach, junior coach, golf biomechanics, and as a nutrition coach among others, Rene has noticed a concerning trend when it comes to a large number of junior golfers. They simply aren't very athletic.

178 (18STRONG): James Sieckmann | Master the Modern Short Game

Sun, 11 Feb 2018 17:27:00 -0600

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Today I am especially excited to bring on our very special guest, James Sieckmann.

James Sieckmann has been deemed the "Master of the Modern Short Game." He is held in the highest regard among his peers, and golfers at the highest level. , and recognized by GOLF Magazine and Golf Digest as a Top Teacher in America. This accolade extends to his peers through Gold Digest – as he is considered the 16th Best Teacher, but 1st among all short game coaches. Currently, he is the Short Game Coach to 13 fully exempt Tour players including Charley Hoffman, I.K. Kim, Smylie Kaufman, Ben Crane and Tom Pernice.

177 (18STRONG): Kolby Tullier | Are You Functionally Strong?

Sat, 03 Feb 2018 15:38:00 -0600

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Kolby Tullier’s talent helps him identify the problem by simply watching a little bit of video. Whether he’s evaluating the way a golfer balances during a swing, or the way a football player cuts left while running the ball, Kolby is able to tell why an athlete moves the way he does. Even more importantly he sees how his performance can be improved.

As a personal trainer, Kolby has worked with every type of athlete – from high school athletes and CEOs to those looking to improve their weekend tennis games. His portfolio of athletes he has trained has grown to include NFL players Matt Flynn, Steven Ridley and Terrance Toliver and PGA golfers John Peterson and Andrew Loupe. Kolby joins us today to talk about when working with such powerhouse athletes, what can be done to bump them up to the next level with their game.

176 (18STRONG): 10 Exercises for New Golfers

Sun, 28 Jan 2018 12:59:00 -0600

In this episode, I wanted to break things down very simply for those of you that might be new to the game of golf or simply newer to the idea of getting in the gym to help your golf game. Regardless of whether you are just learning how to swing a club or a kettlebell, mastering these basic exercises will give you more strength, balance, confidence, and awareness of how your body works. All of this will absolutely transfer over to better control, endurance, and strength on the course.

175 (18STRONG): Trent Wearner | Golf is the WORST Practiced Sport

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 15:52:00 -0600

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Trent Wearner is a 3-time Colorado PGA Teacher of the Year and often rated as the #1 Teacher in Colorado by his peers and Golf Digest Magazine. He has been on The Golf Channel and Morning Drive several times as well as regularly on Altitude Sports Television's Golf@Altitude.

He has taught side-by-side several top instructors including Keith Lyford and other Top 100 Teachers. He works with players of all ability levels and spends his time equally between Adults and Juniors, many who are considered the state's top amateurs, juniors, and mini-tour players. With 80+ students playing or having played college golf, he is the most sought-after junior coach in the region and joins us today to talk about proper practice and re-introducing the term “scrimmage” to golfers across the world.

174 (18STRONG): Kirk Adams | Winterize Your Golf Body

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 17:38:00 -0600

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Kirk Adams has more than 15 years of experience working with collegiate, professional, and Olympic athletes in more than 30 men's and women’s sports. He works with a number of professional golfers on the Web.com and eGolf Tours and he joins us today to talk about how to “winterize” your body for a better golf game this year.

173 (18STRONG): Tyler Ferrell | Finding Your Stock Tour Swing

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 16:38:00 -0600

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Tyler Ferrell, named one of Golf Digest Top Golf Fitness Professionals 2018, Best Instructors in Texas 2018, and Best Young Teachers 2017, is a leading expert in the application of 3D motion biomechanics. His background as both an instructor and a trainer give him a unique ability to communicate how the body works in the golf swing. He joins us today to give us a glimpse into his recent book The Stock Tour Swing: Use Science to Uncover Your Version of the Tour Swing.

In his book, Tyler breaks down 3D research and his experiences in coaching that have identified the major differences between the swing of elite golfers compared to the amateur golfer. With this knowledge, Tyler has created a system to help you "decode" your swing.

172 (18STRONG): What Are You Committed To?

Sun, 31 Dec 2017 00:42:00 -0600

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Today, I am taking a beat to reflect on the past year of 18Strong; both where we have been and where we are going come 2018. We had a lot of amazing guests on from PGA Professionals to leaders of the fitness industry to former NFL Players. We launched our Online Training Program and our Apparel Shop. But this episode isn’t just about what we have been doing or what we have in the works for 2018. I also dive into what you can do to better yourself and your golf game in 2018.

171 (18STRONG): Damon Goddard | Don’t Underestimate Simple Training

Fri, 22 Dec 2017 20:45:00 -0600

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I am especially excited to announce the return of one of our 18Strong Alumni and very special guest, Damon Goddard.

Damon is considered one of the leading experts in golf performance conditioning and currently works with a host of PGA, LPGA, collegiate, and elite junior golfers. With over 18 years of experience in the sports performance and fitness industry, Damon specializes in golf performance conditioning and has gained notoriety through speaking at seminars and his writings for sports publications.

170 (18STRONG): Jeff Flagg | Building Your Armor this Off-Season

Fri, 15 Dec 2017 22:07:00 -0600

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2014 Long Drive World Champion, Jeff Flagg (Sports Performance Specialist) is a strength coach and athlete that has competed at the highest level in multiple sports and has an ongoing passion to help others achieve their highest levels of performance on and off the playing field. Jeff has been featured on the Golf Channel and Golf Digest (along with various other podcasts and articles) discussing his keys to hitting the ball longer AND straighter.

169 (18STRONG): Golf Fitness Pros to Avoid

Fri, 08 Dec 2017 01:02:00 -0600

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This past week Golf Digest put out its List of the 50 Best Golf Fitness Pros in America. I thought we could have a little fun while at the same time prevent you from making a mistake when searching for the right professional to help you get your body in golf shape over the winter months.

168 (18STRONG): 7 Ways to Fix Your Body.

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 14:29:00 -0600

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I have yet to meet anyone, especially a golfer that doesn't have some sort of lingering injury, imbalances in strength, lack of mobility, or some other issue going on that is in one way or another limiting their golf game. Thus it is likely that in one way or another, you need to Fix Your Body if you want to escalate your game.

It seems that most of the mistakes we make on the golf course that cost us the most strokes are not so much technique issues, but are simply due to sloppiness and stupid mistakes. In my opinion, if we can cut down the unforced errors that we make because of fatigue, limited mobility, and compensations that our body has to make throughout the rounds, we can drop some serious strokes.

167 (18STRONG): Michael Chu | Can you really reprogram a better golf swing?

Fri, 24 Nov 2017 11:37:00 -0600

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Twenty-nine-year-old CEO Michael Chu is changing how athletes get better faster. As head of K-MOTION, the pioneer of innovative human motion training solutions, Michael is overseeing K-MOTION product development and figuring out how to impact the greater sports community.

For the last fifteen years, K-MOTION has focused its attention on the golf industry, specifically golf instruction. Today, Michael has encouraged his team to bring in new non-golf partnerships that have pushed the company into broad athletic training, where K-MOTION has become the go-to motion-learning product for coaches and athletes. Michael joins us today to talk about K-MOTION, its benefits to athletes and coaches, as well as some insight into “bio-feedback” and the acute perception needed to elevate your golf game to the next level.

166 (18STRONG): Kris Hart | The Next Generation of Competitive Golf

Thu, 16 Nov 2017 20:52:00 -0600

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Kris Hart, Co-founder of “Nextgenfolf”, joins us today to talk both about what his company stands for, and the importance of supporting young talent in the game of golf. Hart played varsity golf at Bryant University his first three years in college, but life got in the way senior year and he wasn’t able to compete on the team.

Three years after graduation, Nextgengolf was founded to help solve some of the fundamental problems with non-varsity collegiate golf. Nextgengolf originated as a Boston-based affordable golf membership program for recreational college students called CollegeGolfPass, which helped make golf more affordable for college students. The company expanded nationwide after merging with The National Collegiate Club Golf Association (NCCGA) in 2013, and in 2014, the Nextgengolf City Tour was developed which provides team-based golfing opportunities for young adults in their 20’s and 30’s near major cities.

165 (18STRONG): Chip Brewer | The New Era of Callaway

Thu, 09 Nov 2017 13:17:00 -0600

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Oliver “Chip” Brewer, President and Chief Executive Officer of Callaway Golf Company, is a proven leader in the golf industry where he has held executive positions since 1998.

Brewer assumed his leadership of Callaway Golf on March 5, 2012, arriving with a firm belief in technology-driven products and a track record of increasing market share and shareholder value.

Chip joins us today to chat about everything going on at Callaway Golf and the overall shifts the brand has experienced in the last 5+ years to re-emphasize their mission of creating "pleasingly different, demonstrably superior" products.

164 (18STRONG): Dr. Harry Sese: Taking responsibility for your performance.

Thu, 02 Nov 2017 10:06:00 -0600

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Better known as “The Golfing Doc”, Dr. Harry Sese, a chiropractic sports physician and performance coach specializing in injury rehabilitation and prevention, biomechanics and performance conditioning, joins us today to talk about how he approaches working with these professionals, how he approaches working with professionals at all ends of the spectrum regarding where they are in their career, as well as their responsibilities when it comes to keeping their health up to par with their game.

163 (18STRONG): Erik Anders Lang: Adventures in Golf

Thu, 26 Oct 2017 11:02:00 -0600

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Erik Anders Lang is a director and filmmaker that accidentally ended up finding the niche of creating content in the golf world, and like so many of us, he has developed a complete passion and enjoyment in the game.

As the director of multiple documentaries/films centering on the human condition and “why we do what we do,” Erik joins us today to talk about his experiences with his SKRATCH production “Adventures in Golf,” (now in it's second season), how his passion for golf has evolved, and a look into his upcoming film “Be the Ball: The Movie”

162 (18STRONG): Possibly the shortest and most efficient workout ever! (an overview of Interval Training)

Thu, 19 Oct 2017 16:00:00 -0600

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Interval Training has become very popular over the last decade or so in the fitness community, and research is showing incredible results when it comes to the efficiency of this type of exercise. But even with new research and more popularity, I still find that most people think of exercise as a long, drawn-out workout that they just "can't" squeeze into their busy schedule.

Well, what if you only had to work out for one minute and it was just as effective as a 50-minute workout?

161 (18STRONG): Adam Kolloff: How is your body impacting your golf swing?

Thu, 12 Oct 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Adam Kolloff is the Director of Instruction for the Jim McLean Golf School Liberty, host of the 2017 President's Cup. As a PGA Professional, Adam has quite the impressive pedigree in the Pro Golf realm and joins us today in the wake of the President's Cup to talk about his experience from the week and specific aspects of the golf game that he works on with his clients and overcoming physical limitations.

160 (18STRONG): Spider Miller: Arnie Stories and the Walker Cup

Thu, 05 Oct 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Spider Miller, winner of the 1996 and 1998 Mid-Amateur championships, joins us today in the wake of the 2017 Presidents Cup to talk about the history of team golf events like the Walker Cup, Ryder Cup and Presidents Cup.

As a highly decorated amateur player and Captain of the 2015 and 2017 Walker Cup, Spider shares with us many of the lessons he has learned from the game of golf and what young players we should be looking out for in the very near future. After many years of friendship, Spider also reminisces and shares stories he has of the golf legend, Arnold Palmer.

159 (18STRONG): Will Robins: Better Golf using the Scoring Method

Thu, 28 Sep 2017 12:55:00 -0600

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Will Robins is an expert when it comes to helping you drop your score. His program The Scoring Method has helped hundreds, if not thousands of golfers drop 10 or more strokes off their game in just weeks!

He has an incredible story from being on pace to play professional golf in the United States, only to suffer a great tragedy and be thrust into the world of coaching and teaching golf. Will Robins' story is one of perseverance and reflection that sheds a new light and respect on both golf and life.

158 (18STRONG): Cate Ritter: Easy nutrition tips to play a Lean 18

Thu, 21 Sep 2017 15:47:00 -0600

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Cate Ritter’s commitment to better health began as a quest for personal improvement but continued as a desire to help others professionally.

Following a successful career as a top junior and collegiate golfer, Cate shifted her focus to nutrition. Her experience working in professional kitchens in the U.S. and abroad, as well as her athletic background and unique perspectives on wellness, have given Cate a variety of tools to help others effectively achieve their goals.

157 (18STRONG): Justin James: The Longest Drive in the World

Sun, 17 Sep 2017 13:28:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Justin James. Justin is the Long Drive World Champion 2017.In 2015, Justin James hung up his baseball spikes and picked up the driver. After growing up watching his dad, Gerry, compete in long drive, Justin decided to follow in his dad's footsteps. In his rookie season, he finished T-3 at the 2016 World Long Drive Championship.

In 2015, Justin James hung up his baseball spikes and picked up the driver. After growing up watching his dad, Gerry, compete in long drive, Justin decided to follow in his dad's footsteps. In his rookie season, he finished T-3 at the 2016 World Long Drive Championship.

156 (18STRONG): Does your “Functional Training” have a Purpose? with Mike Boyle

Fri, 08 Sep 2017 13:57:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Mike Boyle. Mike is one of the foremost experts in the fields of Strength and Conditioning, Functional Training and general fitness. He currently spends his time lecturing, teaching, training, and writing.

In 1996 Michael co-founded Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning, one of the first for-profit strength and conditioning companies in the world. Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning exists for one reason: to provide performance enhancement training for athletes of all levels. Athletes trained range from junior high school students to All Stars in almost every major professional sport.

155 (18STRONG): Anthony Renna: Lessons from the greatest coaches in the world.

Wed, 30 Aug 2017 17:33:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Anthony Renna. Anthony has been involved in a lot of training and education programs relating to golf and fitness, almost too many to name! His early success as a trainer at Equinox Fitness Clubs fueled the creation of his own business, Five Iron Fitness. It eventually led him to open one of the country’s first facilities dedicated to golf fitness in 2008 in White Plains, NY.

154 (18STRONG): Jon Stabler: The 8 Traits of Champion Golfers

Fri, 25 Aug 2017 18:07:00 -0600

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Jon Stabler. Jon is the co-founder of GolfPsych, which helps golfers using psychology to be happy, healthy and successful in all ways possible. The GolfPsych System is based on over 36 years of Tour research and Tour experience. They have helped almost 400 PGA Tour, Champions Tour, […]

153 (18STRONG): Jerry Haas: From a Family of Golfers to Coaching a Golf Family

Tue, 15 Aug 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Jerry Haas. Jerry is a former Wake Forest All-American and is in his 21st season as head coach of his alma mater.

A former PGA tour member, Haas has rebuilt the Wake Forest program back into a perennial contender for ACC and NCAA championships. His Deacons have finished in the top-10 at the NCAA Championships three times since 2001. Under Haas, Wake Forest has been a fixture in the national rankings, including a No. 1 ranking in 2001.

152 (18STRONG): Frank Duffy: Lower Scores with Better Body Control.

Tue, 08 Aug 2017 10:27:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Frank Duffy. Frank is the Director of Performance at Par Four Performance and the owner of Frank Duffy Fitness. He has assessed and worked with hundreds of individuals from different walks of life. From Major League Baseball pitchers looking to stay healthy throughout their season, to the elderly grandmother just trying to live a pain-free lifestyle, he has been lucky enough to observe and learn from every single client that he’s ever encountered.

151 (18STRONG): Trillium Rose: How to fast track your improvement. . .

Tue, 01 Aug 2017 10:09:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest; Trillium Rose. Trillium Rose is a certified teaching professional and Head Director of Instruction at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, Maryland. An innovator and life-long learner, her knowledge of teacher effectiveness, mechanics and practice training have proven highly successful. She has improved the games of over 1,000 individuals who rely on her cutting-edge expertise, and honest, straight- forward approach.

150 (18STRONG): Matt Unthank: How to build BogeyProof Shoulders.

Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:24:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest; Matt Unthank. Matt is Director of Training and Education at Crossover Symmetry – a medically designed rotator cuff and scapular strengthening system engineered to enhance shoulder health and performance. The programs were developed using the most current research and EMG data to identify the best exercises and techniques to train the scapular stabilizers and rotator cuff.

Crossover Symmetry provides gear to athletes, coaches, and therapists around the world. They are currently used by professional athletes in the MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and over 75% of major NCAA Division I Universities. Crossover Symmetry is also used a principal training tool among the best CrossFit athletes and gyms in the world.

149 (18STRONG): Michael Manavian: Fueling for Performance

Wed, 19 Jul 2017 10:36:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest; Michael Manavian. Commonly known as the Bodybuilding Golf Pro. Michael has dedicated his life to improving performance in many arenas. Through his aspirations of becoming a professional golfer, Michael has spent over a decade researching and implementing how to best develop champion athletes.

His passion quickly branched out from golf to include coaching champions in bodybuilding, physique competitions, CrossFit, cycling, running, basketball, baseball, lacrosse, and hockey. By combining his vast knowledge of weight training protocols with individualized nutrition regimens, he is able to elicit the desired biochemical response to produce champions.

148 (18STRONG): Tony Gentilcore: Why golfers should lift heavy things.

Wed, 12 Jul 2017 11:40:00 -0600

Today I am excited to hang out with Tony Gentilcore, strength coach, and fitness writer extraordinaire! Tony is an expert when it comes to the deadlift and basically anything regarding picking up heavy things (oh and Star Wars). So naturally, I wanted to discuss with him why some people aren’t on board with the deadlift […]

147 (18STRONG): Andrew Rice: “Keep it Simple” with a better understanding of your swing

Sat, 08 Jul 2017 12:23:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Andrew Rice. I was first introduced to Andrew through his content on Revolution Golf, and have really enjoyed his style of teaching and his emphasis on not getting overcomplicated with your golf swing.

As an instructor for over 25 years and an avid user of current teaching technology, Andrew is definitely on the cutting edge of instruction, but I feel he really excels in being able to take all of the data and fancy tools and relate them in an understandable way to the golfer.

146 (18STRONG): The Golfer’s Guide to Hydration

Fri, 30 Jun 2017 13:01:00 -0600

Golf is hard. And there are a lot of components that contribute to making it difficult. Typically, in order to improve, we resort to working on our technique, getting in better shape, fighting off nagging injuries, or other methods that often take a long time and a lot of work. But there is a secret […]

145 (18STRONG): Become a better ball striker with Adam Young

Tue, 20 Jun 2017 14:13:00 -0600

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I'm super excited to bring Adam Young back on the show this week. Adam has taught golf all over the world, has a best-selling book The Practice Manual: The Ultimate Guide for Golfers, and now has created an online training course to help golfers all over the world become better ball strikers in The Strike Plan.

In this interview, Adam helps us understand some of the basic, yet often misunderstood, priorities when it comes to hitting the ball better and more consistently. He also shares some of the strategies that they have been implementing with students to practice much more effectively.

144 (18STRONG): Adam Stevenson: The Mind. The Body. The Golf Swing.

Tue, 13 Jun 2017 10:17:00 -0600

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Adam Stevenson. Adam is a PGA Professional and TPI Certified Fitness and Medical Coach. He has a focus on assessing what a golfer’s body is capable of doing so that together with the golfer’s interest, he can help them find the safest and most effective way […]

143 (18STRONG): Kelly Starrett: Can your body handle your golf swing?

Tue, 06 Jun 2017 10:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Kelly Starrett. Kelly is someone I’ve been wanting to have on the show since day one. He is a coach, physical therapist, author, speaker, and founder of Mobility WOD, which has revolutionized how athletes think about human movement and athletic performance.

Kelly’s clients have included Olympic gold-medalists, Tour de France cyclists, world record-holding Olympic Lifting and Power athletes, Crossfit Games medalists, ballet dancers, military personnel, and competitive age-division athletes. He truly is one of the masters in his field.

142 (18STRONG): How to Get Results by Getting Ruthless with your Training. -Dean Somerset

Tue, 30 May 2017 10:02:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Dean Somerset.Dean is an exercise physiologist and personal trainer in Edmonton, Canada. He works with a wide range of clients, from Paralympic champions to surgical recovery patients, and everyone in between. He has lectured around the world to other trainers, physical therapists, and chiropractors on topics devoted to improving mobility, strength, and function.

Dean takes the approach that training is easiest once you know where to start. He is the creator of Ruthless Mobility and Co-creator of The Complete Shoulder and Hip Blueprint with well-known strength coach Tony Gentilcore.

141 (18STRONG): Take control of your game by taking control of your SELF. -Katherine Roberts

Tue, 23 May 2017 10:32:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Katherine Roberts. Katherine has been on the show before, on episode 58.

For over 15 years, Katherine has been a leader and an innovator in the world of golf fitness. Her unique and highly effective approach blends yoga, science, and proprietary golf-specific conditioning strategies into one powerful methodology – Yoga For Golfers (YFG). YFG harnesses and integrates the power of the body with the power of the mind to increase and enhance performance, enabling golfers at all levels to play better, play stronger, and play longer.

140 (18STRONG): Nutrition: You don’t have to like it. Just Do it. -Tony Soaib

Tue, 16 May 2017 18:38:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Tony Soaib. Tony is one of the smartest people I know, and one of the leading experts on sports nutrition. I personally have learnt most of what I know about strength, conditioning and nutrition from Tony and he remains to this day a constant source of inspiration and information.

Tony has the uncanny ability to be able to read something once and retain the information. He is also a great communicator, and straight shooter. You may not have heard Tony’s name around, only because he is one of the most modest, low-key people around, despite his impressive background and knowledge.

139 (18STRONG): Fitness Shouldn’t Be So Complicated!

Tue, 09 May 2017 15:27:00 -0600

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Recently, I asked myself a few pretty important questions, like . . .

"What is the point of all of this golf fitness stuff?"

"Why does the 18STRONG Podcast even exist?"

"Why do you listen in every week?"

138 (18STRONG): Fulfilling the Golfer’s Need for Speed with SuperSpeed Golf

Tue, 02 May 2017 10:42:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guests, Kyle and Mike from SuperSpeed Golf. We first had them on the show for episode 64 to talk about the benefits of "overspeed training," and to this day that is still the #1 downloaded episode on the 18Strong Podcast!

For those who don’t know, SuperSpeed Golf is a golf training system aimed at improving the speed and efficiency of a player’s swing. The method is scientifically proven and tested and is one of the most widely used training methods for golfers across all skill levels.

137 (18STRONG): Finding a Fitness Plan that Works for You with Andrew Hannon

Tue, 25 Apr 2017 10:22:00 -0600

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Andrew Hannon. Andrew is a personal trainer and fitness professional and golf fitness instructor with Premier Fitness Systems. Andrew is a huge proponent of golf fitness and performance and believes that the general public can benefit from the techniques and concepts of golf fitness training through […]

136 (18STRONG): Teaching the Art of the Short Game with Stan Utley

Tue, 18 Apr 2017 10:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest; Stan Utley. Stan is a professional golfer who has played on the PGA Tour and the Nationwide Tour. He is renowned for having one of the best short games in the game of golf. He holds the PGA Tour record for fewest putts in nine holes, with six at the 2002 Air Canada Championship.

As his touring career was winding down, Utley began to take advantage of his reputation as one of the best chippers and putters in the game. He began a transition into teaching and writing with a focus on his specialty - the short game.

135 (18STRONG): One of Golf’s Oldest Stories on the Big Screen with Jason Connery

Tue, 11 Apr 2017 10:23:00 -0600

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Jason Connery. Jason is the director of the golf film, Tommy’s Honour – a 2016 historical drama film depicting the lives and careers of the pioneering Scottish golfing champions Old Tom Morris and his son Young Tommy Morris. Jason Connery has appeared in over 30 films, television movies and series, since […]

134 (18STRONG): Let’s Do This! with Michael Breed

Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Michael Breed. Michael is one of the biggest personalities in the world of golf today! Between his primetime show on the Golf Channel (The Golf Fix), and his Sirius XM PGA Tour Radio show (A New Breed of Golf), Michael is one of the most influential instructors in the world, helping millions of people with their game.

Being that this is Masters week, I asked Michael to share some of his memories from his days as an Assitant Pro at Augusta National and his time working at the Masters Tournament. Along with his stories, Michael shares some incredible advice on how he got to where he is and how others listening to the show can do the same with a few simple principles that he has employed over his lifetime in golf.

133 (18STRONG): Satisfying Your Golf Craving in Minutes with Andy Johnson

Tue, 28 Mar 2017 12:53:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Andy Johnson. Andy is the founder and editor of online golf blog, the Fried Egg.

After playing competitively on the amateur circuit for years, he found himself working a 9-5 job. His time for golf and keeping up to date with golf news started disappearing quickly.

Andy started the fried egg in December 2015 with the goal of creating an easier way for golf fans to stay up to date with the golf world. The newsletter, sent every Monday, Wednesday and Friday is designed to give you all of the yolk and none of the shell leaving you feeling like a PGA Tour insider in just a couple of minutes.

132 (18STRONG): To Be or Not to be “Golfish” with Scott Shepard

Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:15:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Scott Shepard. Scott is the founder of Driven Golf Performance and Plane Performance Fitness-Wellness. Both companies are dedicated to Health and Performance Improvement through Customized Fitness and Rehabilitation Programs.

There is a very big discussion going on in the world of golf and fitness these days about whether golfers should be lifting and training the way that guys like Rory and Jason Day are. But amongst those in the "golf fitness" world, there is also a debate on whether that training should or shouldn't be "golfish" in nature. (Golfish = Looking like a golf movement).

131 (18STRONG): The Golfer’s Guide to Soft Tissue Mobility with Kevin Hendry

Tue, 14 Mar 2017 14:07:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Kevin Hendry. Kevin is a partner and director of education at RAD Roller – a set of massage tools that provide controlled, acute point release, move waste materials out of your soft tissue and encourage proper spinal alignment.

You will not find anyone more abreast of the research regarding topics such as mobility, myofascial release, pain and performance and this translates into RAD Roller’s innovative methods. When Kevin isn’t spending time changing the way self-myofascial release is performed in gyms, locker rooms, and rehab settings, he works as a strength coach and manual osteopath in Vancouver, Canada.

130 (18STRONG): Simple Fundamentals for Success with Chris Finn

Tue, 07 Mar 2017 11:14:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Chris Finn. Chris is a licensed physical therapist and the founder of Par4Success, a premeir golf performance facility in Raliegh North Carolina. Chris' passion for helping his athletes, clients, and just people, in general, is the driving force behind everything he does. After struggling through a major medical event not too long ago, while building his new go He is regarded as the premier Golf Fitness, Performance & Medical Expert in North Carolina.

After struggling through a major medical event not too long ago, while building his new golf performance company, Chris has a new found outlook on his mission to not only help the golfer, but also other entrepreneurs like him self in the golf fitness world. He is regarded as the premier Golf Fitness, Performance & Medical Expert in North Carolina.

129 (18STRONG): Inside the Ropes with Webb Simpson

Tue, 28 Feb 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, PGATour golfer and Major Champion, Webb Simpson. Webb is most known for his 2012 US Open win at the Olympic Club (as well as his post-round interview that was infiltrated by the "Birdman!").

Webb has had an incredible career to date with 4 wins, 6 finishes for 2nd place and 47 "top 10" finishes as of this interview with his most recent being the loss in a playoff at the 2017 Waste Management Open to returning winner, Hideki Matsuyama.

128 (18STRONG): The incredible Power of Focus with Henry Boulton

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Henry Boulton. Henry is one of the creators and designers of FocusBand - a wearable brain training headband that measures your brain activity.

Usually, the starting point for training has been technique. You start with technique, work on fitness and then finish with mind training. Henry takes the point of view, though, that you should be training the mind first. Get your mind right, and everything will get better together.

In this interview, we talk about how Henry developed the FocusBand with his father Graham, and how it is helping golfers play better golf.

127 (18STRONG): Creating Ownership of Your Golf Life Performance with Jordan Jeske

Tue, 14 Feb 2017 11:08:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest. My good friend, Jordan Jeske.

Jordan is a performance coach specializing in Golf Fitness through the Titleist Performance Institute, bringing the best in golf health and fitness to Edmonton and around the world.

Young or old, Jordan believes in getting his athletes moving better so they can feel and perform better on and off the course. He is passionate about getting his athletes to be the best version of themselves.

126 (18STRONG): How to Achieve Anything with a Lot of Hustle with Anthony Trucks

Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Anthony “Truck Stop” Trucks. Anthony is a former NFL player, gym owner, father, and motivational speaker. He grew up facing adversity at every turn, being in foster care, suffering abuse, losing his adoptive mother to MS, failing in school, and the list goes on.

Anthony decided that he wasn’t going to be hindered by his upbringing, and took things into his own hands through grit and hard work. He has since played in the NFL, owned a successful gym, become a father of three, and is an international speaker on motivation.

125 (18STRONG): Successes, Struggles, and Lessons Learned on Tour with Scott Stallings

Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Today we have an extra special treat for you. Our guest today is none other than Scott Stallings, three-time PGA tour winner.

Scott first started playing golf when he was young, and at the age of 12 he gave up all other sports to focus on golf. He was inspired by Tiger Woods to ultimately take up the sport professionally.

After missing his PGA Tour card by a single stroke at Q-School in 2009, Scott persisted through Q-School in 2010 and earned his PGA card by finishing T-11. He eventually went on to win the Greenbrier Classic – his first PGA Tour victory. Since then he has won two more PGA events, The True South Classic 2012, and the Farmers Insurance Open in 2014.

124 (18STRONG): Perform Under Pressure Like a Navy Seal Sniper with Eric Davis

Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:56:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Eric Davis. Eric Davis served our country as a US Navy SEAL and decorated veteran of the War on Global Terror. He’s been recognized as one of the premier sniper instructors in the US military and served as a Master Training Specialist at the SEAL Sniper school. In fact, Eric trained both Marcus Luttrel and Chris Kyle, who you might know from the books and movies Lone Survivor and American Sniper.

Eric is an expert in technical and physical surveillance and was part of an elite group hand-selected to perform intelligence collection in some of the scariest places in the world.

123 (18STRONG): How You Can Transform Your Golf Body with Olly Foster

Tue, 17 Jan 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Olly Foster.

Olly is the developer of the Action Reaction Training (ART) program. After seeing so many ungoverned training and nutritional plans that simply offered no support or guidance, he decided he had to take things into his own hands.

Olly’s fitness journey began at the age of fourteen, after coming last in a school cross country race. Disappointed with his performance, he signed up to the local gym where his love of fitness began.

122 (18STRONG): How to Overcome Any Obstacle by Defining Your Personal Manifesto with Dr. Bhrett McCabe

Tue, 10 Jan 2017 11:00:00 -0600

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I am super excited to bring this week's guest back on the show. Dr. Bhrett McCabe is one of the top sports psychologists in the game of golf and has become a great friend of 18STRONG.

With his incredible clinical training, personal journey as an elite pitcher and his experience working with professional athletes, Bhrett is a master at helping his clients overcome fears, doubts, and push themselves to levels they didn't know they had.

121 (18STRONG): Jason Glass Hijacks the Podcast. The Reverse Interview!

Tue, 03 Jan 2017 11:29:00 -0600

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Happy New Year, everyone!

Today we have a different kind of guest on the show – me.

Jason Glass (from episode 2), comes onto the 18STRONG podcast to steal the show and ask me a few questions about what we’re doing with the community here. We get into a range of topics, including why we started the show, who it’s aimed at, what’s in store for 2017 and much more!

120 (18STRONG): Helping Ryan Moore return stronger than ever! with Brian Chandler

Tue, 27 Dec 2016 11:02:00 -0600

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Happy Holidays, everyone!

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Brian Chandler. Brian is a trainer at one of the most recognized golf fitness clinics in the US, Anthem Fitness. Anthem Fitness utilizes methods that help clients develop better velocity and control, which aim to ramp up your overall performance.

119 (18STRONG): How to Win even when you Lose! with Sam Weinman

Tue, 20 Dec 2016 11:00:00 -0600

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Sam Weinman. Sam is the digital editor for golf digest, and is the author of the new book WIN AT LOSING: How Our Biggest Setbacks Can Lead To Our Greatest Gains. Sam’s insights into the mental and emotional side of how we deal with losses shows us that […]

118 (18STRONG): Are you playing with a Fighter’s Mindset? with Charlie Brenneman aka “The Spaniard”

Tue, 13 Dec 2016 11:00:00 -0600

Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Charlie Brenneman, aka “The Spaniard.” If you’re a mixed martial arts or UFC fan, you may recognize Charlie from his time in the octagon, but these days you’re more likely to find Charlie at a book signing of his best-selling book Driven: My Unlikely Story from Classroom […]

117 (18STRONG): Playing Better Golf by Hitting from the Opposite Side with Padraig Dooley

Tue, 06 Dec 2016 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Padraig Dooley. Padraig is the owner of Drive Golf Performance, based out of Ireland. He is a former Irish international amateur golfer who went on to play in several professional tours, and is now passing on his experience to golfers as a PGA professional.

His work is focused on the mission of getting golfers to play better golf. He does this in a number of ways, through things like fitness and mobility, having fun while practicing, swinging from your non-preferred side, and many others.

116 (18STRONG): Redefining Performance through Movement with Brian Bradley

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 11:00:00 -0600

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Today I am very excited to announce our guest, Brian Bradley. Brian has been working with Pete Egoscue, developing the Egoscue Method for 25+ years. Posture and pain are his mission, and he finds bringing this work to the world very rewarding. To see someone go from disability and depression due to chronic pain, and transform into the person they were meant to be is, in Brian’s view, awesome.

Recently I spent some time with Brian at the World Golf Fitness Summit 2016 in New Orleans, LA. It was there that I had the chance to experience first hand some of the work that Brian does with clients and patients. His methods for teaching people to overcome their pain and maximize their performance are, to say the least, unconventional. One look at the piece of equipment that he had us working on would've made you think we were getting ready to embark on an obstacle course more than get in a "workout."

115 (18STRONG): The exciting truth about Testosterone (especially in the morning)! with Ali Gilbert

Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:16:00 -0600

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Today I am very pleased to announce our guest; Ali Gilbert. Ali serves as Partner of the Greenwich DX Sports Labs and is their Director of Performance. With her unique, multi-faceted approach to performance training, she is able to combine all relevant physical and technical details into one thorough, scientific approach towards performance-based strength and conditioning.

As a former collegiate soccer standout, Ali has been committed to achieving excellence in the field of performance training for over a decade. She has become highly sought after for unconventional approach to golf fitness that includes the "Triangle of Performance"- assessing the physical. nutritional and hormonal aspect of performance training. This unique approach with her background in hormone optimization redefines what her definition for golf performance truly is.

114 (18STRONG): Are you still Icing? with Gary Reinl the “Anti-Iceman”

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 11:00:00 -0600

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I am very excited to announce our guest today, Gary Reinl. Gary is affectionately known as the "Anti-Iceman" based on his years of combing through the research of cryotherapy to ultimately figure out that this "tried and true" modality just may be an "illusionary" treatment after all!

Gary has spent nearly forty years in the sports-medicine field, with diverse experiences ranging from training professional athletes, developing rehabilitation programs for injured workers, to pioneering the field of strength-building for women during the pregnancy year..Additionally, his ground-breaking senior strength-building protocol has now been implemented in more than 1,000 senior living facilities.

113 (18STRONG): Functional Range: If you don’t use it, you lose it! with Pam Owens

Tue, 08 Nov 2016 11:00:00 -0600

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This week we have a very special guest on the show, Pam Owens. Pam has more than twenty-four years of fitness experience with a specialization in golf-specific fitness training since 2007. She is passionate about powering up others to find their best in health and fitness. She employs simple, historically-successful, and scientifically based programs. Her nutrition and fitness coaching is results-based and constantly evolves to incorporate the best tools and methods available to help you reach your destination.

112 (18STRONG): Blood Testing: Measure, Don’t Guess with Dr. Steven Murphy

Tue, 01 Nov 2016 10:54:00 -0600

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I am very excited to announce our guest today, Dr. Steven Murphy. Dr. Murphy is the Medical Director of the Greenwich DX Sports Labs as well as Managing Partner and President of the Diagnostic & Medical Specialists of Greenwich. He is an avid researcher in human genetics and is well versed in anti-aging medicine, obesity, metabolism, and hormone optimization.

At Greenwich DX Sports Labs, Dr. Murphy's partners include 2 of our previous featured guests, Ali Gilbert and Michael Manavian. This dynamic has created a unique line of communication between all aspects of fitness, biomechanics, golf instruction and medical treatment, that is rarely seen at any level. It is precisely this combination that creates the success they have seen in optimizing results for their clients/athletes.

111 (18STRONG): Inspiring change through passion, innovation, and movement with Brandon Harris & Greg McLean of PFS

Tue, 25 Oct 2016 10:00:00 -0600

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Today I am pleased to announce our guests, Brandon Harris and Greg McLean from Premier Fitness Systems (PFS). Brandon and Greg have over 20 years of combined experience helping people achieve their health and fitness goals. PFS was built on the dream of creating a place to empower people to achieve a healthier way of life.

They believe in putting energy into every workout, having passion for people, and delivering results. Brandon and Greg are committed to being the best in the fitness industry by ensuring clients they are in a process of continual learning.

110 (18STRONG): Danger lies in the Extreme with Liam Hennessy

Wed, 19 Oct 2016 13:25:00 -0600

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This week I am very excited to announce our guest, Liam Hennessy. Liam is one of the legends in the world of strength, conditioning, and golf fitness. He works as a sports performance scientist and consultant, and has worked with some of the greatest athletes in the world, from many sports, including Padraig Harrington.

In this episode, Liam shares some of his incredible stories on his journey, including his early days pole vaulting for Ireland to some of the adventures he's had while working with Padraig. It is these experiences and "experiments" that have helped him discover and develop his work with his clients. Always searching for new ways to learn and find out what works best, Liam is a constant student and teacher. And while some of these stories venture in the "extremes," Liam cautions that often, we jump in too quickly and want results so fast that we forget about the fact that performance is a process that can't be rushed.

109 (18STRONG): Peeling the Layers of Painless Golf with Jessika Shelton

Tue, 11 Oct 2016 11:15:00 -0600

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This week I am joined by yoga instructor, personal trainer, lifestyle coach and golfer, Jessika Shelton. Jess helps golfers focus on eliminating their pain and increasing their health to create an amazing life while they build their golf game.

Jess was an active athlete in school playing softball, swim, track, cheer, and water polo. Looking for a change in scenery, she became certified in Yoga in 2011. Jess’ love of teaching lead her to more certifications in Pilates, Personal Training, and now being TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) Certified.

108 (18STRONG): Living more powerfully through the game of golf with Jeff Ritter

Tue, 04 Oct 2016 10:00:00 -0600

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This week I am very excited to announce our guest; Jeff Ritter. Jeff is the CEO/Founder of MAKE THE TURN Performance. An accomplished coach, author and motivational speaker, Jeff is known for his unique approach to teaching the game. He credits his passion for inspiration, body health and mental flexibility for the reputation that has set him apart as a purveyor of not only playing well, but living well.

A consistent presence in the world of golf media, Jeff is a regular featured guest on Golf Channel appearing on programs such as Morning Drive. In 2016 he was host of PGA National Instruction day on Golf Channel, the most watched golf instruction event in history.

107 (18STRONG): Why Every Shot Counts when it comes to Strokes Gained with Mark Broadie

Tue, 27 Sep 2016 09:00:00 -0600

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Today I am joined by author, educator, speaker, and golfer; Dr. Mark Broadie. Commonly known as the ‘Doctor of Golf’ Mark is at the forefront of a revolutionary new approach to the game. A professor at Columbia Business School, Mark helped the PGA Tour develop its cutting-edge strokes gained stat, and more recently worked with the PGA Tour on their implementation of strokes gained off the tee, strokes gained approach and strokes gained around the green. Broadie uses analytics from the financial world to uncover the secrets of the game of golf, with a focus on crunching mountains of data to show both professional and amateur golfers how to make better decisions on the course.

106 (18STRONG): MOBILITY: How much FLEXIBILITY do you actually OWN? with Dr. Andreo Spina

Tue, 20 Sep 2016 11:16:00 -0600

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This week I am joined by one of the most highly sought after educators, speakers, and clinical specialists in the world of Movement, rehab and training; Dr. Andreo Spina. As the Founder/Creator of Functional Anatomy Seminars, Dr. Spina speaks all over the world to other medical and fitness practitioners, dispelling the myths of flexibility and challenging the way we think about our bodies and movement.

105 (18STRONG): Rising to the Top of Golf’s Governing Body with Tom O’Toole Jr.

Mon, 12 Sep 2016 10:20:00 -0600

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This week I had the chance to sit down with Tom O'Toole Jr., fellow St. Louisan and the former president of the Unites Stages Golf Association (USGA).

As the head of an organization like the USGA, there are a lot of responsibilities and a lot of decisions that have to be made. In many cases, the decision will likely find some in favor, and some not. As Tom shares with us, it's just part of the territory for any governing institution, and the USGA is no exception.

104 (18STRONG): Writing the Story of the Modern Golfer with Ron Kaspriske

Tue, 06 Sep 2016 02:48:00 -0600

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This week I'm joined by one of the pioneers in the world of golf fitness. Ron Kaspriske. No, Ron doesn't personally train PGA Tour players, analyze or fix their swings, or help them with their mental game. But when it comes making golfers aware of their health, their fitness, and how it relates to their golf game, there may not be a guy that has reached more people.

Ron is the Senior Fitness Editor for Golf Digest and has been with the magazine since 2000. He has been covering fitness in golf almost since the beginning, in the year 2000, right around the time when people were starting to notice that a guy named Tiger Woods was a doing more than just hitting balls on the range.

103 (18STRONG): How to train properly for more power and endurance with Mike Subach

Mon, 29 Aug 2016 10:00:00 -0600

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This week, our guest is once again, Mike Subach. Just last week I received an email from a golf coach in Ohio with a great question (you can see a portion of the email below). He had listened to a previous episode of the podcast on training for endurance on the golf course with special guest Jeremy Crowe.

I realize this can be a very difficult topic to navigate. So I called up one of the guys that I know is at the top of the food chain when it comes to conditioning, especially for golf, Mike Subach. You may have heard Mike on a recent episode or seen him in several videos for us here at 18STRONG.

102 (18STRONG): Fix Your Body, Fix Your Swing with Joey D

Mon, 22 Aug 2016 10:00:00 -0600

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I'm not sure there is a more recognizable face in the world of golf fitness than Joey D (his full last name is Diovisalvi, but we all know him as Coach "Joey D"). You've probably seen him on the golf channel, in Golf Digest, and depending on how long you've been a golf fan, you might even recognize him from his days on the bag (caddying, that is) with Vijay Singh, when we was on a winning train in the early 2000's.

101 (18STRONG): Deflame your diet, body, and mind with Dr. David Seaman

Mon, 15 Aug 2016 11:00:00 -0600

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Dr. David Seaman from Deflame.com joins us this week to talk about what you're putting in your body and how it effects you. David is an expert in in nutrition and his work specifically focuses on inflammation in the body.

From the time he was earning his degrees in Chiropractic and Bio/Nutrition, David has been fascinated with the impact that diet has on pain, inflammation and disease in the body. Through his practice and research he has discover simple strategies revolving around eating "deflaming" foods to stop acute and chronic inflammatory responses in the body.

100 (18STRONG): Fitness and Golf From my Perspective: Greg Rose

Mon, 08 Aug 2016 10:22:00 -0600

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Greg Rose, founder of TPI joins me today for our 100th episode! There has been a lot of talk over the past couple of years about whether the benefits of strength training outweigh the risk for golfers at the highest level. When you look at images of guys like Rory lifting 200+ pounds in his workouts and the physical issues Tiger Woods has had over the last 5 years, it's understandable that from the outsiders view, it's worth questioning.

99 (18STRONG): The Six Key Positions to Playing Your Best Golf with Nick Clearwater

Mon, 01 Aug 2016 11:07:00 -0600

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Nick Clearwater, the Senior Director of Teaching Quality at GolfTEC, and one of the coolest guys I know in the golf world, returns to the show this week to discuss something BIG that could absolutely change your game!

With GolfTEC being the worlds largest collector of data on the golf swing over the past 20 years, they have taken some of that data and come up with direct correlations to show you 6 things that the best golfers in the world do compared to the high handicapper. In this episode, Nick is going to break down each of these movements, so you can start changing your game today!

98 (18STRONG): The 5 Pillars of Success with Frank Nash

Mon, 25 Jul 2016 11:26:00 -0600

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Frank Nash runs one of the most successful training facilities around. His 5,000 square foot facility in Worcester, MA, Frank Nash Training Systems, is especially known, not just for the successes that the clients achieve, but for the sense of community and family that has bee created there!

If you don't know Frank, you should check out his website, ByFrankNash.com, and you'll soon figure out Frank is not your average fitness guy! He's an artist, a speaker, a teacher, and much more! And today, Frank shares with us what his team calls the 5 Pillars of Success.

97 (18STRONG): Working with Legends at the Top of the Rock with Eric Smith

Fri, 22 Jul 2016 14:39:00 -0600

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Today, Eric Smith, Head PGA Professional at the Top of the Rock property in Branson, MO joins us to share his stories, experiences and insights into his time working at what is becoming one of the hottest golf destinations in the country. Bass Pro Shop founder Johnny Morris has created one of the most unique golf and resort locations in the world.

With a Championship 18 and 9-hole course (and another 18 and 12 hole course on the way), designed by legends including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, Gary Player, and Ben Crenshaw, Top of the Rock and Bass Pro Legends of Golf Champions Tour event have become

96 (18STRONG): Changing golf with a BLAST of technology featuring Mike Bentley

Mon, 11 Jul 2016 13:47:00 -0600

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Mike Bentley is one of the leading biomechanists in the world and has been innovating technology for golf for many years. Mike's contributions have been helped create some of the best tools in golf (like the K-Vest) to analyze what the body is doing during the golf swing. Most recently his talents have been focused on creating one of the most advanced sensors to track exactly what your club is doing and being able to link that data directly to each swing via motion capture. This creation is now known as BLAST Motion.

95 (18STRONG): Overcoming Stress & Injury to maximize performance with Mike Subach

Mon, 04 Jul 2016 15:23:00 -0600

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In today's episode, Mike Subach joins us to share his experience in the world of performance. Mike specifically sheds some light on how much stress can impact our ability to heal, rest, move, and especially perform!

Aside from working with many individuals and athletes on their performance and correcting their limitations, Mike also recently went through an injury/surgery of his own which gave him first hand experience on the challenges of regaining proper movement, control and strength.

94 (18STRONG): You’re a Golfer, but are you an Athlete? with Kaitlyn Sharpless

Mon, 27 Jun 2016 11:24:00 -0600

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Kaitlyn Sharpless is quickly becoming one of the "IT" female trainers in the world of golf. It seems like she is everywhere! And that includes right here on 18STRONG. Not only is she our featured guest for this episode, but she is also one of our featured coaches here, and has provided a ton of great videos and content, which can be seen by going here.

93 (18STRONG): How to have a great vacation without sabotaging your Health

Mon, 20 Jun 2016 19:21:00 -0600

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Summer time is here, which often means golf trips, family vacations and time spent at the pool, lake, etc. This can also mean slipping a little on the workouts, diet and training regimen.

Just this past week, I took a trip with my family to Table Rock Lake, where we had an incredible time. I played some golf, we fished, we boated, swam and took in lots of scenery. And I have to say, it took some will power to not just say "forget it" when it came to the diet, workouts, and booze. And in all honesty, in some ways I would say I succeeded, and in some, not so much ;-)

92 (18STRONG): The DRIVE behind successful Golf Fitness Business and Life with Don Saladino

Fri, 10 Jun 2016 09:00:00 -0600

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Don Saladino joins us again in this episode to share some of his experiences and lessons learned in the golf fitness business and also around the topics of creating routines, habits, and structure that allow for more success, happiness, and balance.

Running one of the most successful golf fitness businesses is no easy task and there are a lot of components required above and beyond just the training part. Don has some exciting news to share for any up and coming golf fitness professionals and also shares some of his secrets to living a more productive and fulfilled lifestyle while building a successful company and family life.

91 (18STRONG): Create better moving athletes with Austin Einhorn

Fri, 03 Jun 2016 11:07:00 -0600

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Austin Einhorn from Apiros Performance joins us in this episode to share his experience working with high level athletes but utilizing some very unique and in many ways transformative methods to enhance their movement, body awareness, and overall athletic potential.

Austin came from a background of traditional strength training education, but soon realized that there were some missing pieces when he started learning some other more rehabilitative and therapeutic techniques. It was then that he discovered some of the principles of Dynamic Neuromuscular Stabilization (DNS) and some other techniques that really opened his eyes to a whole new way of working with athletes. He has since been honing his craft and is now working with some of the top athletic programs and professional athletes in many different sports.

90 (18STRONG): A Purpose Driven Practice with Trillium Rose

Fri, 27 May 2016 10:26:00 -0600

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Trillium Rose, Head of Instruction at Woodmont Country Club in Rockville, MD and motor learning specialist joins us in this episode to share her experience in the world of golf, and especially in helping golfers improve through the use of practicing better and smarter.

As a golf instructor, Trillium soon realized that most golf instructors taught the "WHAT" to do, but the real issue is not the "WHAT," but the "HOW." And after years of working with students, she decided to challenge herself by going back to school, The Teachers College at Columbia University, to dig into the reasoning and true science behind how we learn.

89 (18STRONG): How to balance training and rehab Dr. Kyler Brown

Fri, 20 May 2016 11:52:00 -0600

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Dr. Kyler Brown from Austin Sports Therapy joins is an expert in working with athletes and other individuals to overcome injuries, or other issues that may be impairing their performance, whether than be on the course, on the field, or simply in everyday life.

Kyler's background as a former collegiate athlete and his training as a chiropractor have helped him develop a very integrated approach to healing and treatment. Rather than simply look at a diagnosis of one particular body part, Kyler explains why it's so important to treat the individual as a whole instead of separate pieces.

88 (18STRONG): Creating your Bogey Proof Lifestyle

Fri, 13 May 2016 11:45:00 -0600

What does every golfer on the planet want? To prevent bogies!! Yes, of course we all want to birdie every hole, but let’s face it, most golfers are not single digit players and if they could play better than “Bogey Golf” they would be ecstatic. There is a lot that plays into making your game […]

87 (18STRONG): Your Sleep Smarter Game Plan with Shawn Stevenson

Fri, 06 May 2016 10:49:00 -0600

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Shawn Stevenson is the man when it comes to sleep. Literally, Shawn wrote the book on sleep. I have to say that in recent months, I have been hearing more about the importance of recovery and sleep in some mainstream conversations, which is awesome. But this guy has been talking about this for years. Not not just talking, but studying, digging into research, and presenting it in a way that millions of people are loving!

With his revised best selling book Sleep Smarter: 21 Essential Strategies to Sleep Your Way to a Better Body, Better Health and Bigger Success, and his #1 Health and Fitness podcast, The Model Health Show, Shawn is bringing an awareness of the importance of sleep to the masses. And in today's episode, he expands on why you, as a golfer should take notice.

86 (18STRONG): A whole new approach to club fitting Hoyt McGarity of True Spec Golf

Fri, 29 Apr 2016 11:02:00 -0600

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Hoyt McGarity is one of the founders of True Spec Golf, a "brand agnostic" club fitting company that is changing the way golfers can find the perfect clubs for their swing. In most club fitting situations, a golfer is limited when looking for a custom fit due to only having a single brand to choose from or a somewhat limited selection due limitations in what brands of shafts and clubheads work together.

Hoyt and True Sec Golf have not only solved that solution, they now own that solution, which is a universal adapter known as Club Conex. They have seen incredible growth in the company in just the last year, going from one location to having plans for 14 in total. And that doesn't include their mobile solution.

85 (18STRONG): Building great golfers and succesful golf businesses with Jason Lindsay

Fri, 22 Apr 2016 11:00:00 -0600

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Jason Lindsay from TOPTEAM Fitness is an expert in athletic performance, especially when it comes to golf performance. Working with Division 1 golfers, like the ones at UNC Charlotte as well as professional golfers, and other athletes, Jason and his team have a plan for every athlete and individual that walk through their doors.

Not only do they help them with their specific sport or workouts, but they address nutrition, medical/corrective needs, and create a winning blueprint for them to follow and take ownership of.

84 (18STRONG): Having Fun and Smashing Golf Balls with George Gankas aka “GGSwingTips”

Fri, 15 Apr 2016 12:00:00 -0600

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George Gankas, best known in the social media world as "GGSwingTips" is a golf instructor like no other. In fact, a buddy of mine, "Fish" from FishFit Golf referred to him as the "Happy Gilmore" of golf instruction. But I don't want you to get the wrong impression. This doesn't imply that George is a newbie on the scene disrupting the sacred game of golf; Quite the opposite, in fact. George is a definite student of the game, but he brings tons of personality to his instruction, which is why I see the "Happy Gilmore" connection as a huge compliment.

83 (18STRONG): The Green Jacket Edition with Zach Johnson

Thu, 07 Apr 2016 11:27:00 -0600

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Zach Johnson has a Green Jacket. Zach Johnson has the Claret Jug. And this week, he gets to introduce the two!

In 2007 Zach Johnson shocked the golf world with his masterful short game to win the coveted Green Jacket. In this special Masters episode, Zach walks us through some of the stories from not only his winning weekend at Augusta National, but also from the very first time he played in the Masters, which did not quite go as well!

We also have the opportunity to chat about quite a few other things like Sea Island, Georgia, the St. Louis Cardinals, and of course his amazing win at the Open Championship at St. Andrews, the birthplace of golf!

82 (18STRONG): Movement is Therapy with Cornel Driessen

Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:00:00 -0600

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Cornel Driessen has worked with the worlds greatest golfers. Literally, the #1 ranked golfers in the world. His list includes Jason Day, Rory McIlroy, Henrik Stenson, Charl Schwartzel, Ian Poulter and others. Not a bad crew, huh?

As a physical therapist and a strength coach, Cornel feels that there really isn't a distinct line that dictates whether a client is in need of "therapy" or "athletic performance" because in actuality, "movement is therapy." All of his efforts with his clients/players is basically boils down to making sure they are moving well and preventing injury. While each player has his own specific needs regarding injury prevention and optimizing performance, the foundation is laid in the balance of their movement.

81 (18STRONG): Finding Mastery in your Game with Dr. Michael Gervais

Fri, 25 Mar 2016 12:00:00 -0600

Dr. Michael Gervais joins us in this episode to discuss finding mastery in everything that we do, including our golf game. Dr. Gervais is one of the world’s leading experts in psychology when it comes to working with high performance individuals, especially athletes. Included in his resume is working with Coach Pete Carroll and the […]

80 (18STRONG): Building your swing from the GROUND up! with John Thorp – BodiTrak Sports

Fri, 18 Mar 2016 12:45:00 -0600

John Thorp, from BodiTrak Sports joins us in this episode to discuss a topic in golf and other sports that has been talked about, but not often studied, which is the relationship that an athlete has with the ground. Ground mechanics are often noted as a huge part of the golf swing, but until now, […]

79 (18STRONG): Getting Strong and Playing Strong with Demi Runas

Fri, 11 Mar 2016 12:34:00 -0600

Demi Runas, LPGA golfer and one of Golf.com’s “Most Beautiful Women in Golf” joins us in this episode to share her experiences as a professional golfer and the changes that she has made in the gym that have made such an impact on the course. As a young, up and coming professional golfer, Demi Runas has […]

78 (18STRONG): Why quieting the mind is making some noise with Sam Goulden

Fri, 04 Mar 2016 17:13:00 -0600

Sam Goulden joins us in this episode to share his experiences as a coach and a player in this incredible game of golf. Sam has become one of the most sought after coaches in the game that is working with the Focus Band and delving more into the world of managing the mind and focus on the […]

77 (18STRONG): How a top amateur organizes golf around life with Skip Berkmeyer

Fri, 26 Feb 2016 12:03:00 -0600

Skip Berkmeyer joins us in this episode to share his experiences as a top amateur and mid-amateur golfer, both locally and nationally. Having won the Missouri Amateur title multiple times, played in 30 USGA events and won on the national level, Skip offers us some insights in to his philosophies around playing your best golf and how […]

76 (18STRONG): Our Trip to the 2016 PGA Show

Fri, 19 Feb 2016 12:28:00 -0600

Our trip to the 2016 PGA Show was a huge success. It was the first trip that Ryan, Tim, and I have taken together as 18STRONG, and and I have to say, we had a great time, met some great people, and were amazed at not only the size of the show, but the excitement […]

75 (18STRONG): The Calorie Myth with Jonathan Bailor

Fri, 12 Feb 2016 11:31:00 -0600

Jonathan Bailor, author of the NY Times and USA Today Bestselling book, “The Calorie Myth,” joins us in this episode to share his experience in the world of health and nutrition and to dispel the long believed, but rarely successful “Eat Less, Exercise More” philosophy on weight loss and health. Subscribe to the 18STRONG Podcast […]

74 (18STRONG): Brain Hacking: How to download the perfect swing with Sean Hutchison

Fri, 05 Feb 2016 11:30:00 -0600

Sean Hutchison joins us in this episode to share his experiences in coaching world champion swimmers, brain science, mirror neurons, and why he is now speaking to the who’s who about creating better golfers. Sean is the founder of IKKOS, a technology company that is changing the way we learn movement patterns. He shares with us […]

73 (18STRONG): The story behind the Orange Whip (and how to use it). . . with Jim Hackenberg

Fri, 22 Jan 2016 12:00:00 -0600

Jim Hackenberg, the creator of the Orange Whip Trainer join’s us in this episode to give us the story behind his invention which has been named the #1 Golf Product in the world. If you haven’t seen or heard about the Orange Whip Trainer, frankly, you must have been living under a rock. These things are […]

72 (18STRONG): Ten Nutrition Guidelines to live by on and off the course.

Sat, 16 Jan 2016 14:19:00 -0600

Diet and nutrition info is running rampant online. It’s hard to know where to begin when you are looking to clean up the diet and get on the right track. So in this episode, I am going to break down the exact guidelines that we use with our clients and athletes. I’m gonna warn you […]