Here he is typing the blog entry…only took a few hours:) I leave it to him now…

By Pierre, 

We have had a great week here at Hanson’s place at Lake Nona. It has been a really busy schedule with 2 workout session a day, one cardio and one in the gym. Besides that the guys have been practicing golf intensily! This means long days with high focus on performance on the the highest level! Alex just said that it has been the best week ever!

I realize that it may look to you as if the guys are going all out in the gym pretty much all the time. And they do, no doubt about it! I must clarify though that we have a clear plan of the goals that we want to achieve. The goals are the results of a functional screening connected to swingbiomecanics and individual conditions.

There are several main issues to adress. The first one is to stay injury free in order to be able to practice as much golf as needed to improve that specific skill. The second one is to create perfect balance between mobility and stability. In order to achieve this we choose exercises to improve range of motion, core strength and power in that order.

The exercises you see in the blog are added when there are no physical limitations that may restrict the optimal swingpattern. 

The ”complex exercise” seen in the video below is made up of five different exercises. The great thing about it is that it activates all main muscles involved in maintaining and improving an athletic posture in the set up. It is also one of the most effective strenghtening exercises when it comes to cardiovascular work. To pay attention to great form and execution it is important not to go to heavy initially and than gradually working your way up. The basic goal is to be able to do 6 reps of each exercise on half your bodyweight. That means a total of 30 repetitions in one set. We do either a full complex series of a total of 30 repetitions or a half one with 15 repetitions where we can use more weight and more speed. See exercise in video below where Alex does 15 repetitions on 60 kilograms (around 130 pounds). 

Tomorrow morning at 7 we have our last session of the week. Then I’m flying back home to Stockholm and Lilla Essingen before its time to go to Marocco in a week’s time! 

Pierre