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Increased Focus through Hydration and Short Game Academy

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Sports, Golf

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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GS#347 July 21, 2012 Exercise physiologist Bob Forman talks about the importance of exercise and hydration to playing better golf. Our Short Game Academy kicks off with John asking Terry Koehler about shots from inside 60 yards. Paul wants advice on hitting from different types of sand.Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing a new upcoming episode and receive a choice from these 3 great gifts, including:        • A private link to Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”.        • *A pack of 8 Flightpath Golf Tees. A Tee Above All. Learn more at https://flightpathgolf.com.        • *A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can now choose from a  large variety of styles of gloves in 34 sizes! *US residents only. Request to introduce an episode to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com.  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 brought to you by Mint Mobile. For a limited time all Mint Mobile wireless plans are $15 a month when you purchase a 3-month plan. To get this new customer offer and your new 3-month unlimited wireless plan for just $15 bucks a month, go to MINTMOBILE.com/GOLFSMARTER.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake Former GolfSmarter host, Fred Greene has been nominated for the 2025 Audiocaster of the Year by the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame Vote now at BARHOF.org. Voting is open through July 1. Please welcome our new host of Golf Smarter, Josh Karp! Fred has retired and will be working on his game with more intention than ever. You can stay up-to-date with Josh on all the GolfSmarter social accounts or by reaching out at karpj2323@mac.com. To stay connected with Fred reach out at golfsmarterpodcast@gmail.com.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Golf Smarter number 347 published on August 21, 2012.

0:07.1

Welcome to Golf Smarter Mulligans.

0:10.0

Your second chance to gain insight and advice from the best instructors featured on the

0:15.9

Golf Smarter podcast.

0:18.3

Great golf instruction never gets old. Our interview library features hundreds of hours

0:24.7

of game improvement conversations like this that are no longer available in any podcast app.

0:30.7

When you're out there in the heat, the body's trying to dissipate the heat, and that's why you

0:35.6

sweat. When the humidity is up, and when you combine the heat and the humidity, it forms the heat and that's why you sweat. When the humidity is up and when you combine the heat and the humidity,

0:40.3

it forms the heat index. And I mean, you can have kind of serious days, even when the temperatures are in the upper 80s,

0:47.3

if the humidity is very high. That can raise the heat index to levels that can be somewhat dangerous.

0:53.3

And what happens is the higher the heat index goes,

0:56.0

the tougher it is for that sweat to evaporate. And when the sweat evaporates, that's when the body kind of cools itself.

1:04.0

So because that can't happen efficiently, the internal body temperature starts to go up. And that's when you get into stuff, like I say, the heat cramps.

1:13.3

And at some point, you may even stop sweating because the mechanism's shutting down.

1:17.8

And you don't want to even get to that point.

1:20.2

And that's why it's important to make sure that you start drinking early

1:23.1

and drink often throughout the round.

1:37.0

Increased focus through hydration and our short game academy.

1:39.4

This is Golf Smarter.

1:45.4

Sharing tips and insights from golfers and golf professionals to help lower your score.

1:48.1

It's worked for your host, Fred Green.

1:53.3

Hey, before we get into our interview with Bob Foreman on how to increase your focus through better hydration,

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