Hi All
5-Bullet Friday will be your weekly dose of fun and random information on our Blog. I hope you enjoy and follow!
* What I'm reading or rereading:
Like last week, I am still chipping away at "I Feel Like Going On: Life, Game, and Glory" by Ray Lewis. It is fascinating!
From Amazon.com- "Ray Lewis, legendary Baltimore Ravens linebacker and one of the greatest defensive players of his generation, holds nothing back on the state of football as well as his troubled childhood, his rise to athletic greatness, the storm that threatened to ruin his NFL career, and the devastating injury that nearly cost him a final moment of glory."
*What caught my attention this week:
“Each year the US population spends more money on diets than the amount needed to feed all the hungry people in the rest of the world.”
― Yuval Noah Harari, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
* Fit Tip of the Week:
The instinct to gorge on high calorie food is wired into our DNA. We can create habits to fight this!
* Random Weekly Quote:
“The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.”
― Timothy Ferriss, The 4-Hour Body.
* Golf Fitness Myth: "I have to mimic the golf swing in the gym to get "golf fit".
Many keen golfers, recognizing the need to strengthen the body to improve their golf game, hit the gym with their golf swing in mind. Generally the go to piece of equipment is the cable machine to perform some kind of weighted golf swing. “Golfish” exercises can be detrimental to your swing, despite the best intentions. You will have competing motor demands. Basically, in your attempt to replicate the swing, your brain files that information in the golf swing folder. After performing numerous altered swing patterns in the gym, these habits will cross over into your swing, impacting your mechanics. With the additional weight attached, you may sacrifice technique and stability in an attempt to mold that sought after swing position, in the process making unnecessary compensations. The best way to enhance the body to optimize performance is to develop sufficient stability, mobility and strength in a holistic manner, focusing on improving human movement quality such as squatting, lunging, hip hinging, pulling and pushing. When you become proficient in these movements, that movement literacy will carry over into you being able to meet the physical demands of the swing.
