Stay Within Yourself

Since 1895, the luv has been felt.
The warm fuzzys continue tonight.They shall tee it up and let it fly.

On the cardio workout thing, there is some real benefit to bringing variety. Tempo training, for instance, will still engage muscle and core while delivering great cardio. (My heart rate is as if running.  I'm in constant motion but have not run a step. Easy on the knees. Overall fitness gets a boost.) 

My trainer added some helpful shoulder and isolation work. Some of the fitness science that's out there is incredible.

Speaking of fitness....
Yes indeedee doody.....the Crimson-ah Tidy
and Tigers will put fitness on display tonight.

Trust me LLL, your time is not that valuable. Slow down and enjoy the journey. Life's to much of a rat race already, no need to add to the rush.

The majority of us enjoy the Surge's methodology of information transference. Just a friendly back yard chat atmosphere.

Best to you and your.

T:  It is what it is - funny!  :-)  R2

Got out today, it was fun,  the weather is great, but, they are saying maybe just two more days of this, then maybe some of that white stuff, :o(((  don't want that, but,,,,

Hit some good shots today, so, see what tomorrow brings and maybe Wed, I should clean sometime!!!   oh, we do have a clean house,,,,,take my dog Buddy for a walk twice a day every day!!   I have been walking/working out, 30 years,,,,

Thanks for all of your help!!
hope tomorrow is good golfing,

marilyn

I have liked almost all of your advice, Surge, But one prblem has recently come about on my PC.
Your video goes and stops, goes and stops............... Is the server of my tele2.no supplier that is slow or is my PC or is it the server  you use?????.
I have no problems when i Go on U.-tube for videos there??

I am going out on a limb here predicting the score of the game before it starts 0-0

Are you possibly related to the Schitt family.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...

Be charitable guys. The fella may know of what he speaks. After all, he signed in as ' Was800 so maybe he's at least 801 years old.

Or maybe he's just another troll, but I loved the responses. No-one can say the Surge Nation lacks a sense of humour.

"Oh, I had a 32 inch waist when I weighed 227 and have a 34 inch waist now at 185."
A re-distribution of assets....

Robert

The exercises are golf specific, but they would be valuable in any sport in my opinion  1-13 are stretching exercises. 14-30 are strengthening exercises.

Jumping over to the golf book by Jorgenson, one of the most interesting points to me is that a long backswing that goes to parallel is actually a negative to achieving clubhead speed. It takes a special effort and training to prevent casting from the parallel position which reduces cluhead speed How many of us have fought that battle? (My hand is up)

OK Mr Smith.....
I've got my fingers crossed 
for you for Bama....

It may improve where the club head is achieving its highest speed, and it can improve the angle of attack and launch angle when you get a shaft that you can make kick and it kicks at the right point.

Terry,
That just never ever, ever gets old. Just shared it with a co worker and much laughter followed!

That's why "GOLF" has a handicap system!
Jim.

Somehow I get the feeling that you were already aware of the foregoing....

I think it was Bob Thompson who originally posted that here about 6 months ago.
Btw, he hasn't posted for a while. Wonder if he's still at golf college.
Anyhow I also saved it to my favorites long ago. It will forever be a classic and often is appropriate for some of our drop by extended family here :)
Some times ya just gotta.

Send me a video looking down line.

jgriffin@docgriffingolf.com

I'm rooting for Bama and hope that it is a great game either way and the
officials do not blow the game for either team like they almost did
today for Denver.

Telling like it is Steve!

Great article and video - played today with two guys 20 years my junior, and out played them with my 5 iron just hitting the ball squarely and down the middle. They had not considered that you can hit anything but the driver off the tee and do well. Still playing irons, using course management and lovin it!

I'm not too close to age being a factor, but I can relate as my Dad scored his age at 70 several times and beat me in the process quite often. Now I am starting to understand why. 

T, very funny, couldn't stop laughing.

I beleive the "Phantom" had to retire at 60 and he was best of the best, LOL. 

Doc
Thanks
I will do that I going try and get some good videos this weekend and will send it.

Don
I was very disappointed in the lesson today.  I have heard you talk about loosing muscle and speed before.  In my opinion you are totally wrong, the human genome is structured to maintain strength and speed to a very advanced age.  The problem is, as we get older and not wiser, we listen to all this crap that you loose muscle and strength as we get older.  What we really do is accept and follow this false logic and give up trying to maintain muscle mass and strength.  We get sedentary, lazy, and give in to bad nutritiona habits.  A properly fed and maintained body will maintain if not increase it strength and speed up to death.  We are programmed like alkaline batteries, we  operate at a very high level to the very end and drop off rapidly.  We were not meant to operate at a very high level for some time and then slowly decline and operate at a low level of health until we call it quits.

If you want to find out the truth about how your body was designed to perform go to WWW.bodybyscience.net.  Dr. Doug has a client that is eighty three years old and can bench 300 pounds and push 700 pounds on the leg press machine. Dr. Doug has the research to support all of his insights and has accumulated data over the past 15 years to support his claims.  The best part of all of this is he gets these results in as little as 15 to 30 minutes a week.  Yes, I said week.  But watch out it is not for the faint of heart, it is extremely intense for this short period of time.

So please spare me old and weak crap.  Because that's what it is just crap!  You are what you think you are and you can become as strong and as fast as your potential will alllow if you maintain the proper focus, nutritional habits, exersise routine and allow your body to properly rest.

Stop focusing on pushing everyone to the yellow tees, instead focus on providing infromation that will keep them hitting from the blues or black tees.

I suffer the same problem along with lack of flexibility. I started adding some stretch exercises along with my regular machine work outs a couple weeks ago to try to remedy that this winter. I started with Lat stretches, didn't even know what Lats were. I couldn't grasp a driver on both ends and put it in the air and bring it down behind my head before, and now I can just barely. So I'm seeing improvement already. Hopefully by spring time I will have much improved flexibility. The Titleist Performance Institute web site has a number of exercises that are golf flexibility related.

That's a great recomendation Roy.

I also enjoy the conversational format and you can always fast forward the videos if it is really an issue. 

I now get e-mails touting:"The Perfect Connection Golf Swing". After watching the first two, It sounds like a rip off of your teaching!!!....Pretty much the same!

O Come on Surge - I've gone along with the whole package so far but with your recent blog - we part ways! Why not concentrate on 'Flexibility'. I agree that we loose strength which a little bit of exercise with the modern machines in the local gym or fitness centre can overcome to a degree but flexibility can achieve much more and increase our range of motion. Let's get back on track please and keep it upright but keep it flexible.

EGH

Thanks Robert. Hope you're well. Let me know when you'll be able to play some golf.

I've been at about 183-186 for 25 years now. I was up to 205 when my kids were babies and chips and beer after getting off at 11pm as a waiter was the norm. The gym 5 days a week and avoiding late night snacks has kept me slim. While still muscular and strong, My legs have lost the most muscle mass over the last 10 years or so. Been doing cardio all those years so runners legs. However lately I have added specific leg excersises at least one day a week "leg day" to maintain and even add mass and strength to my legs.
I think we are the same age (wonder how close? May '57) so perhaps 185 is ideal for a 5'11'' 54 year old man lol!!
Anyhow, I have had serious stretching as part of my workout for at least the last 10 years and can't imagine not forcing myself to stretch to keep limber and avoid lower back and leg stiffness. To me the whole excersise and stretching routine is a must and I feel like an old man if I miss even one week. Seems it's one of Gods tricks that it takes months to get in shape but only a couple of weeks to fall out.
Having stayed active and in sports most my life has made getting it back a bit more natural. Most of my workouts are at 7am before work at nine. Getting ready to head to the gym now. I shower and head straight to work from there. I come into work ready to rock while most of my 20 and 30 something co workers are still dragging their asses and sipping coffee. Used to hit gym after work but it's tough to get motivated after my 10 hour shifts (I work 4/10's). Plus as I say, I feel great when I get to work alraedy! In the summer months I alternate with nine holes of golf BEFORE work every other work day with the gym routine. Cindy and I will workout in the afternoons together on our days off at least one if not two of those afternoons.
BTW. I don't do a casual social workout. I move quickly from one machine or rack to the next, ie., if I'm doing chest that day I'll have like 4/5 things lined up and without a break between go fro one thing to the next until I've completed each 5 times. (a form of circuit training).

J,
Thanks for the two book recommendations. I will goggle and take a look at both. Always open to good reads and more helpful knowledge. If it has to do with golf specific excersises I may incorporate some into my routine.

Rodger,
Funny, I was just thinning you must be a mesomorph before reaching that point in your text. I am closer to ecto with a lttle meal. My brother is like you and gets bigger arms just walking by a gym!

O LLL, when was the last time you sat down & had a good cry mate. Its a good way to release bilt up tention & come back to earth.
 In order to put Surge down you need to know more about golf than him & some how I cant see that happening if you wont shut up & listen

I've always followed a regimen similar to what you are advocating and it certainly works to a point. A lot can be accomplished with the right exercise,nutrition and mental attitude.  A lot of people with bad backs, or other physical problems might be able to cure themselves without surgery, if they took ownership of their problem.

There are, however, some  ailments that do not get better with time and no amount of ownership can cure. This is where coping and reducing expectations might be wise.  It comes to a point when injuries to the body accumulate  and discretion is the better part of valor .  Injuries are slower to heal, immune systems weaken , age and environmental related ailments appear,  balance decreases and parts of the body just plain wear out.

I guess I am one of your " faint at heart" or maybe just a realist.
Having had my share of physical injuries has made me cautious about doing anything in a "flat out mode" like you are describing.  It gets harder and harder to come back from those injuries caused by stupidly pushing the limit.

I agree that a lot of people who neglect their health end up with the bodies that they deserve, but expecting no deterioration in performance with time is unrealistic for any but the genetically blessed.

Hoping to catch most of the final day of the Hawaiian tourny before the title game Monday evening. Go Bama  boys!!

Steve et al,

The video source for the player on the site IS YouTube so there is no difference on our end. Tor, you could try the alternate player link under Surge's byline to see if that helps with the playback.

It's a tad naughty in language, meant to be humorous, and just seems to fit so appropriately in this situation.

If any find it offensive, you have my apology.

Reminds me of a other God's fun ideas for aging........,
We men never really lose our hair. It just migrates.
Women pluck and shave through the dating and active marriage years. Then around 65 when it no longer matters it starts falling out. Ironic. Joy! :)

He was probably home for the holidays. Hopefully we'll here from him when he gets back to the lower 48 and defrosts.