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Your Workout Routine And Diet May Not Be Helping Your Golf Game featuring Jeff Pelizzaro of 18Strong

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3577 Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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825: Jeff Pelizzaro is a fitness instructor, golfer, and host of the 18Strong podcast. In our quest to find out how to become a better golfer through more information than just swing mechanics, we talk to Jeff about how some workout routines, like swimming, yoga, running, TRX, and others may not be the best way to help your golf game. WIN a box Golf Smarter golf balls and be part of the podcast! When you record our episode intro from your phone, you’ll be eligible to win a box of golf balls with the Golf Smarter logo! Write to GolfSmarterPodcast@gmail.com and tell us that you want to play. We’ll assign you an episode number and a script to record for the intro of the show. Every ten listeners who participate will be entered into a drawing for a box of balls with the Golf Smarter logo!Golf Smarter is your podcast forecaddie! We are an entertainment service that is focused on enhancing every round for you. Just like caddies, we accept tips for services rendered. Please click on the DONATE button at GolfSmarter.com to show your support so that we can continue to provide weekly, helpful, and entertaining content. Your donation can be as much, or as little as you’d like. It can be a one time offering or your can even do it recurring. Thank you very much.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

So, Somebody came to me and said, what should I do fitness-wise as a golfer?

0:28.6

I want to improve my golf game.

0:29.6

Running is not going to be anywhere near the top of my list, just because it's so different

0:34.6

than what we're trying to do.

0:35.6

Running is pretty much simply an endurance sport.

0:39.1

So even though golf is a long sport, golf is very much a power sport. It's kind of a strange

0:44.0

hybrid because we're trying to create as much power when we're actively playing golf and then we

0:50.1

walk in between. So that's why to me, a better use of your time is to go and do some form

0:55.9

of strength and resistance training that, again, ties in the ability to improve your mobility

1:01.6

and the ability for you to move really well. But running is not highly correlated to

1:07.3

improvement in golf. There's going to be benefits, but it's not the first thing that I would have somebody to do.

1:13.3

Hi, this is June Gaston from Colorado Springs, Colorado, and I play at Chair Key Ridge Golf Course,

1:21.2

golf smarter number 825.

1:24.9

Your workout routine and diet may not be helping your golf game with Jeff Pellisero of 18 Strong.

1:32.3

This is Golf Smarter.

1:35.3

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

1:42.3

Here's your host, Fred Green.

1:45.4

Welcome to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Jeff.

1:48.0

Fred, thanks for having me, man.

1:50.1

Hey, I'm excited to talk to you because, first of all, I like talking to other podcasters.

1:55.1

But second of all, I'm really a...

1:58.3

I like the fitness idea for golfers.

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