In this post we discuss why building resilience with resistance training will improve your golf. At a glance Resilience in golf means staying strong, consistent, and injury-free throughout long rounds and seasons. Resistance training builds resilience—it reduces injury risk, improves swing power, and strengthens key muscles. It also boosts mental resilience, helping you stay focused and composed […]
Training
Why you’re not getting stronger in the gym and what to do about it
In this post we discuss why you’re not getting stronger in the gym and share some ideas to help you move past a training plateau. At a glance Your strength gains may have plateaued because your body has adapted to your current routine. Refine your technique—slow things down and fix compensations to stimulate progress. Change […]
Why you’re waking up in pain: It’s probably not how you slept
In this post we discuss why you’re waking up in pain and debunk the myth that’s it’s connected to how you slept. Pain can be deceptive when you’re looking for the potential cause. If you touch a hot stove and recoil away in pain, there can be little doubt that the stove had something to […]
How Katharine beat sciatica to run the London Marathon
In this post we discuss how Katharine beat sciatica to run the London Marathon using targeted resistance training. Katharine came to me 5 months out from running the London marathon. She wanted to start increasing her mileage in preparation, but there was a problem: the nerve pain that had plagued her for years had made […]
Stronger and faster at 50: Dominique’s secret to peak performance
In this post we explore how to get stronger and faster at 50, through an insightful case study of a master’s biathlete. Dominique (pictured above) has featured on this blog before, winning age group medals in international biathlon events. She’s just done something more extraordinary however. In a recent biathlon event in Norway she went […]