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Michael Whitehead
Jun 30, 20233 min read
How To Get Recruited By College Golf Coaches
It’s not as complicated as you think.
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Michael Whitehead
Jun 22, 20231 min read
Round Up: Golf Fitness Exercises We’ve Loved Lately- June 2023
Here are 5 golf fitness exercises that we’ve liked and implemented in programs for our folks. Check ’em out, try ‘em out, and see what...
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Michael Whitehead
Jan 3, 20233 min read
Lift Weights or Swing Speed Sticks?
Should you lift weights or swing speed sticks? Let’s debate.
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Michael Whitehead
Dec 13, 20223 min read
Isaac Newton Woulda Made a Heck of a Golfer
“For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.” -Issac Newton Newton’s third law is basic physics and known, at least in...
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Michael Whitehead
Dec 5, 20222 min read
Golf Happens Fast
A thought on why you should prepare really well through your practice.
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Michael Whitehead
Sep 18, 20222 min read
You Can’t Just Stretch Away Back Pain
There is a pervasive view among golfers that if we were to ”just stretch more”, all of our problems, from a pain (and driving distance)...
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Michael Whitehead
Aug 6, 20214 min read
It’s REALLY hard to be born, and it’s also really hard to make new habits.
My wife and I are in the hospital right now with our second-born son. He’s just about 24 hours old, and in many ways, I can’t help but...
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Michael Whitehead
Jul 30, 20213 min read
Don’t Miss the Forest for the Trees
Most everyone knows the expression “missing the forest for the trees”. It’s predominantly used to explain the difference between forests...
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Michael Whitehead
Jun 15, 20213 min read
What I’ve Learned From Wearing a Whoop Band
I was offered a whoop band a while back and I’ve worn it every day since then. I‘ve been asked about it a bit more than I thought I would...
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Michael Whitehead
Jun 7, 20212 min read
I Don’t Care Who You Marry, But You MUST Marry These Two Ideas
Ok, Ok, I care who you marry a little bit, because I want them to be kind and for you both to help each other grow and all that wonderful...
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Michael Whitehead
Jun 1, 20213 min read
What is Remote Coaching, and Should You Consider It?
People often think of personal training in a physical, hands-on type of way. You want training, so you come to our gym and I tell you...
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Michael Whitehead
May 23, 20213 min read
It Takes a Team
I used to be a lone ranger kind of guy, and ultimately, that is likely why I’m now retired from professional golf. I thought I knew...
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Michael Whitehead
May 6, 20213 min read
And You Thought Geometry Wouldn’t Come In Handy...
We’ve all been there, sitting in the new-world-record-longest geometry class ever, which has just barely edged out the previous week’s...
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Michael Whitehead
Apr 30, 20214 min read
No One Ever Told You The Pecs Are Important?? (Well, Now Someone Has)
You’re a golfer right? Which means someone has inevitably told you that you need to keep your left arm straight, your butt back, your...
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Michael Whitehead
Apr 22, 20213 min read
The Battle Isn’t Motivation
[Please know I am speaking to myself as well] Four score and seven minutes ago, I decided it was time to get fitter. Get faster. Get...
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Michael Whitehead
Apr 7, 20215 min read
The (Apparently) Forgotten Muscle Group
I am the first to tell people that I am no expert on the body. It’s complex, and full of mystery; a mixture of physical and metaphysical...
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Michael Whitehead
Mar 29, 20214 min read
Fitness and Travel (Or at Least What I’m Doing With My Professional Golfers)
I’ve been fortunate to have been a *mildly* successful professional golfer (eight wins in about 8 seasons). This on the heels of a (I’ll...
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Michael Whitehead
Mar 24, 20212 min read
TRX Assisted Pull-ups
Pull-ups are tricky. And by tricky I mean quite difficult. And by quite difficult I mean get butchered as frequently as Quentin Tarantino...
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Michael Whitehead
Mar 18, 20214 min read
Why I Like Negative Exercises (Not about Attitude)
There are a handful of exercises that people think are simple, but aren’t, and that they can do, but probably can‘t. Enter push-ups stage...
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Michael Whitehead
Mar 9, 20213 min read
Why Consistent Stretching Doesn’t Work
This will be a *fairly* limited-in-technical-jargon commentary on why continual stretching doesn’t produce lasting effects. Most people I...
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