JOE-LACAZE: OVERVIEW OF FITNESS
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Joe discusses a general overview of fitness that is suitable for most. He says people should first get an assessment. Joe also talks about how the golf industry has done a fantastic job measuring what happens outside the body. But he believes, based on his experience, they could have done a better job with how the body moves, how the body is constructed, and the most efficient ways to move around the hips and the shoulders.
Joe's advice is to understand the balance of how your body moves, which leads back to basic posture. Joe notices that in most workout programs, people work on muscles that are already strong, tight, and dominating. These are sometimes called "mirror muscles," and we neglect the muscles we can't see.
Every joint in your body has six movements. Good posture is injury reduction, a better brake system, golf sequence, blood flow, and nutrition to our body's tissues.
Mike surmises that the best golf-specific training program wouldn't necessarily be golf-specific but function-specific. Joe agrees but adds that you must begin with a balanced body. If the body works as it is supposed to, it will do anything you want.
Mike talks about the imbalance of muscles for many people and how that pulls them out of position. They may get stronger in the short term, but in the long run, they may be more dysfunctional.
Joe says it is difficult to learn when people are locked in that position, and learning a new skill is almost impossible. The key is to get them in a new position for better learning.