Better Fitness Means Better Golf For Your Game! with GolfFit App RichardBerle

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 5 August 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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GS#1011 Summary: This week we talk to Richard Berle, founder of GolfFit.com and the Golf Fit app, a platform designed to enhance golfers' fitness and performance. He shares his personal journey, including overcoming injuries and the realization of the importance of fitness in golf. The conversation delves into the challenges of the fitness industry, the need for personalized workout plans, and the role of community in maintaining fitness routines. In this conversation, Richard discusses the importance of golf-specific training, emphasizing the need for golfers to adapt their workouts based on their body's feedback. He highlights the significance of core strength in preventing injuries and the necessity of finding knowledgeable trainers who understand golf fitness. Berle introduces the concept of 'winning the moment' to help individuals overcome resistance to working out and stresses the importance of pre-round workouts to prepare for a successful day on the course. Download the GolfFit app, for iOS or Android, and try it for free for 7 days. If you like it and sign up for the monthly plan, use "GolfSmarter" to get your first month at HALF PRICE. If you choose their annual plan using "GolfSmarter" you'll get 20% off!Please check out this article about Fred's golf and podcast journey called "A Lifetime On The Air" that was published in the NCGA Magazine (Northern California Golf Association) recently! Get more when your visit the refreshed golfsmarter.com! Introduce an Upcoming Episode: Receive free gifts for recording a show opening by clicking on "Record Your Show Open Here!" tab on the right side of golfsmarter.com. Watch Daily Video Highlights from Our Interviews: Follow @golfsmarter on Instagram, X, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube daily to see our highlights and helpful insights from our interviews on the podcast. Post a Review: you'll receive three free gifts when you post an honest review about Golf Smarter the podcast. Fill Out a Listener Survey: It only takes a few minutes to fill out our survey, which helps us to better serve your interests in the podcast. You'll receive a free link to Tony Manzoni's video and Justin Tang’s summary of Tony’s Lost Fundamental on pdf! This episode is brought to you by BreakfastBalls.Golf. Visit BreakfastBalls.Golf for the best quality and pricing on premium used golf balls. Find your favorite brand at half the price of new balls! Use GOLFSMARTER at checkout for 20% off your order!This episode is brought to you by the Tour Striker Golf Academy. Visit tourstriker.com/TSGA and use the code GOLFSMARTER to get your first month of the Tour Striker GolfAcademy Online free, plus instant access to two bonus courses—'The Recipe for Better Golf' and 'Bombs: How to Consistently Smash the Driver”: a $194 value for free.This episode is brought to you by 5Hour Energy. 5-hour ENERGY Transfusion flavor is available online or in stores. Head to 5hourENERGY.com and order yours today!Check out "Invested in the Game", a new original podcast from Charles Schwab. This podcast is their way of sharing the incredible... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Denny Costello from Naples, Florida.
0:06.0	I play at Teresa Bay.
0:07.0	Welcome to Golf Smarter.
0:09.0	Hi, I'm Jeff Smith from Paducah, Kentucky.
0:12.0	I play at Rollic Hills Golf Course.
0:14.0	This is Golf Smarter number 111.
0:17.0	I meet a lot of golfers that are really fit, but they're not golf fit. They're strong.
0:21.6	They can lift a lot of weight, they can run really far, but when you actually ask them
0:26.6	to do a shoulder turn, they're highly restricted.
0:29.6	To experience what real golf fitness can do to how you feel when you get to a golf course
0:36.6	is really what will keep you doing this program
0:40.8	for as long as you choose to.
0:42.5	And so I would say just try a five-minute mobility workout.
0:46.3	Try something that feels very doable.
0:48.8	Don't overexert yourself.
0:50.3	You don't have to.
0:51.3	If you do a five-minute workout for two weeks,
0:53.7	you will feel completely
0:55.0	different if you're coming at it from not having worked out at all. The bar is set so much lower
1:00.3	for success than people are accustomed to believe it. As we have these Instagram programs,
1:05.0	like 60 days, you're going to look like this, and that's just setting people up for failure.
1:09.8	That's not the way a professional athlete
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