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Fitness Myths That Will Surprise Every Golfer! featuring Chris Finn of Par4Success

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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GS#1016 September 9, 2025 This week on the Golf Smarter Podcast, Chris Finn returns to delve into the myths surrounding golf fitness. Chris is a Titliest Performance Institute Certified Medical Professional, a Certified Preceision Nutrition Coach and Golf Digest Top 50 Golf Fitness Professional. We explore a recent study on the impact of footwear on golf performance, emphasizing the significance of spikes and proper shoe fit in enhancing club head speed and overall performance. Chris also discusses the evolution of golf shoe design, emphasizing the balance between performance and comfort. He explains how the biomechanics of the foot influence shoe design and performance. The discussion shifts to the importance of the body in golf performance, highlighting how mobility and strength training can optimize a golfer's capabilities. Chris provides insights into how golfers can maintain their performance as they age and offers resources for improving golf fitness and performance. Learn more at par4success.com  and check out Chris' podcast "Golf Fitness Bomb Squad". 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!Check out "Invested in the Game", a new original podcast from Charles Schwab. This podcast is their way of sharing the incredible stories behind the game. Listen now at schwab.com/TheGame or wherever you get your podcasts.This episode is sponsored by Indeed. Please visit indeed.com/GOLFSMARTER and get a $75 SPONSORED JOB CREDIT. Terms and conditions apply.This episode is sponsored by HIMS. Start your free online visit today HIMS.com/golfsmarter and received personalized ED treatment options. This episode is also brought to you by Policygenius. Secure your family’s future with Policygenius. Head to policygenius.com to compare free life insurance quotes from top companies and see how much you could save.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, this is Brian down in Houston, Texas, and I play at Melrose Golf Course.

0:08.0

This is Golf Smarter.

0:09.0

Hi, this is Craig Morrow from Flower Mound, Texas.

0:13.0

I play at Tour 18, Dallas.

0:16.0

It's a simulation of 18 great American golf holes, including Sawgrass 17, the Island Green, and

0:23.0

Amen Corner, 11, 12, and 13.

0:26.2

This is Golf Smarter, Episode 10, 16.

0:30.0

Wow, 1016.

0:32.5

Good job, Fred.

0:33.6

Just doing those mobility exercises gets rid of a lot of pain for them. They immediately will start to like, oh, I'm turning more. I'm not sore after I play the round of golf, particularly like guys who were good players when they were younger. They understand the movement they're supposed to do mentally, but physically they can't do it. You give that guy mobility and his hip back and his buddies are like, oh my God, what'd you do? Not to mention his ball's going farther than theirs now. That's literally just level one. Then you move up level two is how do we get you stronger, whether it's squat-type movements or hinge-type movements, which are like a kettlebell deadlifts or banded lifts. How do we get your hips stronger? Bridges would be the simplest example of that. How do we strengthen basically like the backside of your legs, your butt and your hamstrings? Those are your two lower body, and then you're also working, getting stronger in your upper body, whether it's with dumbbells or barbell or cables, whatever it may be. Those are the big ones that we really want to see you get stronger with. And then you get to power. Power is how quickly can I get it from the bottom to the top. So if you can move 50 pounds, but it takes you a minute, that is less powerful than if you can move 50 pounds the same distance in one second. That's where the explosiveness comes from. And so those are kind of the big three categories. So during that 15 minutes a day, because you're assessing, you know exactly it is what you get rid of all the extra noise and you're solely focusing on what is the low-hanging fruit for you at that moment.

1:51.9

Fitness myths that will surprise every level of golfer with Chris Finn of par for success.

1:58.5

This is Golf Smarter.

2:01.1

Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score

2:06.5

and raise your golf IQ.

2:09.1

Here's your host, Fred Green.

2:11.5

Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Chris.

2:14.1

It's a pleasure to be here, Fred.

2:16.0

I'm excited.

2:17.6

You know, you've been on a bunch of times, and we've done this for years now.

2:21.8

But now you're a podcaster.

2:24.4

You know, I was inspired.

2:26.0

There has been inspiration.

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