The Power of Slow: Qi Gong for Golfers with Master Instructor, Lee Holden | #897

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Josh Karp

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🗓️ 30 May 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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897: We’ve talked a lot about how golfers can increase their flexibility and mobility through various forms of exercises and movement with Yoga, stretching, and exercise. The goal is to increase your swing speed, hit the ball farther, and gain more confidence. This is our introduction to Qi Gong, meaning “life energy cultivation”, is a holistic system of coordinated movement, breathing, and meditation used for the well-being of mind, body, and spirit. Our guest is Lee Holden author, master of this ancient art, and CEO/founder of Holden QiGong. Learn more at https://www.holdenqigong.com/This episode is brought to you by SwingU.com and the SwingU app. Go to swingu.com/upgrade and use promo code ‘golfsmarter’ to save 30% on your first year’s subscription to either the SwingU Plus or SwingU Pro.. This week on Golf Smarter Mulligans is part five of a six part series with Dr. Glen Albaugh, author of “Wining The Battle Within”. Glen passed away in Feb 2023 at the age of 91, and we want to honor his memory by replaying each episode he was featured on Golf Smarter. This episode, from September 2016, is called “The Truth About Playing Better Golf Using Your Imagination”. Learn more in the show notes or our blog post at GolfSmarter.com for these episodes. Golf Smarter has been named by golfspan.com as one of the 10 Best Golf Podcasts for 2023, including being named the BEST GOLF PODCAST FOR YOUR MENTAL GAME. Check it out at https://www.golfspan.com/best-golf-podcasts. Become a Golf Smarter Ambassador by introducing our next episode! For your effort you’ll receive a choice of prizes including: • A box of ODIN balls of your choice with the Golf Smarter logo. ODIN Golf is the only golf brand that sponsors and pays everyday golfers! See our custom page at odin-golf.com/pages/golfsmarter. • A Glove + Glove Compartment from RedRoosterGolf.com where you can choose from a large variety of styles of gloves in 26 sizes! • A private link to Tony Manzoni’s video “The Lost Fundamental”. Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and we’ll send you simple instructions and a brief script to record for the intro of the show. In addition to sharing your home course, you now have the opportunity to offer your favorite Golf Smarter lesson, episode, insight or teacher.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	Chigong is the power of slow.
0:04.0	You slow down so that when you go fast, you're going fast cohesively and everything's connected.
0:10.0	So you'll see in Chigong practice we actually consciously move the body slowly with breath as a way to cultivate energy
0:17.0	and as a way to train the body to move in unison. And then the martial artist say, when you go fast, you move quickly with relaxation.
0:24.6	You can actually go faster because you train going slow.
0:28.6	So it's a beautiful thing. And they did this study in Stanford University with
0:31.6	crash test dummy outfits with all these different martial artists.
0:35.6	And what they found in the study was that the
0:38.2	Tai Chi master was able to punch the fastest. Here's the guy who was just training on all these
0:43.8	super slow movements but when they tested his speed he was the fastest because he could go slow.
0:49.4	He was able to relax so much that that fast movement came with a lot of power and quickness because
0:55.2	of the relaxation.
0:57.2	Hi, this is Ken Murdison from Augusta, Georgia, and I play at Westlake Country Club here
1:02.9	in Augusta, Georgia.
1:04.4	This is Golf Smarter Number 897.
1:08.2	The Power of Slow.
1:11.1	Chi-Gong for Golfers,ers with master instructor Lee Holden.
1:15.2	This is Golf Smarter.
1:17.6	Sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.
1:25.7	Here's your host, Fred Green.
1:28.2	Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Lee.
1:31.4	Thanks so much for having me.
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