C.H.E.K Golf Performance Specialist
Corrective • High-performance • Exercise • Kinesiology
Let’s be honest, it’s hard not only to perform, but also to enjoy the game when you’re in pain. The fact is, golfers will do anything to hit the ball longer and lower their handicap! Golfers regularly spend substantial amounts of money on a set of clubs, hoping for an extra few yards on their drive. The golf industry generates billions of dollars in sales every year!
However, despite the technological improvements in golf equipment, the average handicap for both males and females has remained unchanged over the past 16 years. Fifty-five years ago, golfers were winning tournaments such as the US Masters Championships with a score of 279, a score that would win many major tournaments around the world today! So much for golf technology.
What golfers are now discovering is that the clubs don’t play the game; the golfer does! The only way to achieve a lower handicap is to improve the function of the golfer: the person who actually swings the club!
The Corrective High-performance Exercise Kinesiology (C.H.E.K) system of golf conditioning develops optimal biomechanical and neuromechanical relationships in a golfer’s body. This allows for effective transfer of learning, improved swing consistency, and the ability to play your best golf possible.
The C.H.E.K Golf Performance concept is based upon the principles of functional exercise:
Our system will develop you the golfing athlete’s physical conditioning by following the best practice progression through the four bio-abilities of Flexibility, Stability, Strength, and then Power.
If a golfer (you) wants to maintain longevity in the game and general functional ability, it is essential to achieve the best possible physical condition. This is in addition to having superb ball flight control skills and swing mechanics.
Most golfers, however, have physical limitations in the areas of Flexibility, Stability, Strength, and then Power.
This leads to a lack of strength development and, therefore, power limitations in their ability to execute a biomechanically efficient golf swing.
Power leaks in the kinetic chain and the inability to transfer forces from the ground up through the entire kinetic chain to the club, via a core that should be strong but is often inefficient, lead to compensation patterns, swing faults, and eventually injury.
Golfers achieve approximately 90% of their peak muscle activity when driving a golf ball. This is the same lifting intensity as picking up a weight that can only be lifted four times before fatigue. Yet golfers fail to consider that they strike the ball an average of 30 to 40 times a game with comparable intensity!
