What is golf fitness?

Golf fitness is about being fit to play the game at an individual’s highest level and doing so without causing injury. It’s also about understanding how a body’s limitations can influence the golf swing and address those limitations through the proper channels, whether through swing instruction, physical rehabilitation, or strength and conditioning exercise. 

 

How do you get this knowledge to help players get fit to play their best golf?

Through TPI Certification.

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Who needs these courses?

Professionals seeking to take their skills and marketability to another level will benefit greatly from TPI Certification.

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Golf Teaching Professionals- TPI Golf Certification gives the teaching pro a deep understanding of how the body’s strengths and weaknesses affect the golf swing. TPI Certified Golf Experts can quickly identify any physical restrictions limiting a player’s swing and simple techniques to improve these limitations. Golf Certification dives deep into 3D Biomechanics, the physics of projectiles, motor control, swing instruction, player coaching, and the short game.

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Medical Professionals - TPI Medical Certification gives medical professionals golf-specific injury assessment and rehabilitation techniques to get players back in the game. TPI has spent almost two decades studying one thing – the Body-Swing Connection™. There are injuries associated with the golf swing that few understand better than TPI. Medical Certification looks at how these injuries develop, how to access and treat injuries, and how specific physical limitations can be addressed to improve performance.

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Fitness Professionals - TPI Fitness Certification gives trainers the knowledge and tools to design effective conditioning programs for players of all ages and abilities. Golf presents unique challenges to the body. Golf is a sport that combines an intermittent high-intensity and high skill activity with a history largely void of understanding the benefits of fitness. Fitness Certification helps break the myths of what is important for golfers and what it takes to be fit for golf.

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Junior Coaches - TPI Junior Certification gives coaches who strive to develop tomorrow’s champions the ability to implement a world-class Long Term Athletic Development program for golf. TPI has developed one of the first Long Term Athletic Development programs for golf in the United States that is fun for kids, developmentally appropriate, and designed to develop the skills and passion for the game of golf.

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What Is Corrective Exercise?

Corrective Exercise is a technique that leverages an understanding of anatomy, kinesiology, and biomechanics to address and fix movement compensations and imbalances to improve the overall quality of movement during workouts and in everyday life.

Corrective Exercise is used to help assess and determine the root cause of imbalances and faulty movement patterns that lead to issues with posture, balance, and total body coordination.

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Why Is Corrective Exercise Important?

Movement is a reality of everyday life regardless of if you work in an office building or are a professional athlete. Corrective Exercise is imperative in identifying and addressing imbalances that cause posture, stability, and mobility issues. Having a rich understanding of Corrective Exercise allows fitness professionals to identify problems and potential limitations in a client's movements.

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What Does a Corrective Exercise Specialist Do?

A Corrective Exercise Specialist is an expert in human movement assessment. They accurately analyze a client's movement patterns, identify overactive and underactive muscle groups and compensations. Once the assessment process is over, they create programs that optimize clients' ability to move, perform exercises correctly, and reduce tissue tension caused by the body's load via training. Corrective Exercise is a terrific compliment, if not necessary, to anyone who works in the fitness or health field.

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Do I need special equipment like a Reformer to do Pilates?

Although many Pilates classes in studios are held with equipment and machines, it is not necessary to use them to do Pilates exercises. In fact, Pilates was originally developed on the mat, and the machines came later to complement and aid the mat work.

 

Can Pilates help me lose weight?

Pilates is not typically cardiovascular, which is the type of exercise needed to lose weight. However, after learning much of the repertoire and becoming more advanced, Pilates classes move faster and therefore have an aerobic component that will aid in weight loss. Pilates effectively ton and shape the musculature, which will complement very well cardiovascular/aerobic exercises and a healthy balanced diet to lose weight.

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I have back problems/an injury. Is Pilates safe for me to do?

Yes, not only is Pilates safe for most people to do, it is often recommended or used by physiotherapists and other physical therapists for treatment and rehabilitation.

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 Do I have to be flexible to do Pilates?

Flexibility is important for healthy movement, but it will come with regular practice. In the meantime, there are always modifications you can use to do all of the exercises and help you reach your goals. Through regular Pilates practice, you can learn and develop correct movement patterns for everyday activities, reducing your risk of injury. 

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Why is keeping a "neutral spine" important?

Neutral Spine is the natural position the spine is designed to be in for optimal spinal health, posture, and movement of the rest of the body. Using it as the basic position in Pilates from which most exercises start and/or hold during the exercises, we are strengthening the correct muscles that will keep this ideal posture. This, in turn, will prevent imbalances in the body, which can be the cause of pain or injury.

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Can I do Pilates while I’m pregnant?

Yes. Pilates is one of the best forms of exercise to continue when you are pregnant. There are, of course, guidelines for all forms of exercise when you are pregnant, and Pilates is no exception to that. For that reason, make sure you see a qualified Pilates teacher who can give you the correct modifications during class or attend prenatal Pilates classes. Pilates is focused on using your pelvic floor correctly. It is extremely effective and important for maintaining support in the entire pelvic structure and lower back and bladder control during pregnancy when lots of weight and pressure are put on the pelvic floor.

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How many days per week do I need to work out?

Depending on your health and fitness goals, you'll need to commit to a minimum of 3 days of exercise each week to see results.

Healthy adults all need to be performing a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate-intensity cardio, 75 minutes of vigorous-intensity, or a combination of moderate and vigorous-intensity exercise per week. Resistance training and flexibility training should be practiced at least twice per week. Your trainer will assess and schedule your workouts accordingly.

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What should I eat before a workout?

Ideally, you should have some form of fuel in your system before you work out. Eating an easily digested carbohydrate an hour or so before you hit the gym ensures that you'll have enough energy in the tank to get through your program. If you prefer to exercise first thing in the morning, eating before your workout may not be an option. Many people find that they can tolerate cardio on an empty stomach but need fuel to undergo a strength training session. Experiment with the types of food and your pre-workout meal's timing to discover what works best for you.

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What should I eat after a workout?

Eating after a workout is important. Common post-workout nutrition 'mistakes' include eating too much and choosing less than healthy options.

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How frequently should I see a trainer?

The ideal frequency of personal training sessions varies from person to person. You'll probably need to see a trainer once or twice each week. Again, your trainer will assess accordingly.

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How quickly will I see the results of my training?

You will FEEL the results of your training sooner than you will SEE the results. Changes in body composition often take longer to notice the more consistent you are with your workouts. The closer you adhere to your nutrition plan, the sooner the results will become noticeable.

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Which should I do first; cardio or weights?

Depends on the client. While there's some evidence suggesting that if you're doing both in a single session, "weights before cardio" leads to faster fat loss, for most people, the outcome will be the same regardless of which they do first. Make your strength workout metabolic.  Keeping your heart rate elevated while lifting weights is not only more efficient, it may result in a higher calorie burn for the rest of the day.

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