In Season Programming

Golfers always want to know what should they do about in-season programming, when, among other things, they are playing a lot.

This is tough to answer because it really depends on what else you are doing.  One thing is for sure, you have to listen to your body.

The reason why I am even writing this is because Craig, the Head Pro that I am working with has been super busy lately with tournaments that he is playing in as well as the ones he is running at the club.  He has not had a true day off for a month and he won't get one until Sept. 8!

I have already talked about Tournament Day Workouts but I still have to be careful even if he is not playing on a workout day. Why?

Because the biggest fear any strength coach has with an athlete is over-training.  It doesn't have to come just from workouts, it comes from stress in general and I have to take into account everything he is doing.

For example, Craig's schedule looked like this the last few days:

Fri-Sun- normal 10 hours Head Pro weekend craziness, lots of lessons, pro shop issues to deal with etc.
Mon-
8:00 scheduled tee time at the National Club Pro Championship Qualifying- Round 1
9:15- actual tee time due to fog
1:00- Rush over the Tappan Zee bridge to get to the club for a 1:30 and a 3:00 clinic
3:30 Get the tournament started. Work until 7:00
7:30- Home

Tues
Get to the club for 7:30 for a Ladies Member Guest
8:30- get the tournament started
1:30 tee time (good thing he played well yesterday and now has a late tee time)
7:00 Home satisfied because he qualified for the next year's National Club Pro Championship

Weds-
Workout with me at 6:15

So you can see that although he wasn't playing in a tournament Wednesday, I still had to watch what I did in the gym because of everything leading up to that workout.

On a day like this, I try to:

- Add extra foam roll (click here for a video demo)and Stick self massage work (click here for a video demo)
- Add more dynamic stretching
- Take a little more rest between sets and add a dynamic stretch to that time
- Stay away from Energy System work (cardio)
- End a little early and static stretch areas that might be tighter
- Make sure he gets some post-workout nutrition right after the workout
- Stay away from any exercise he normally doesn't like to do

Remember, you have to listen to your body and make sure that you include recovery days into your schedule.  You can't go hard all of the time.

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Comments

[Bill]

Very interesting. You know you would think that golfers get great exercise just from hitting the course everyday, but this just goes to show you that nobody can do without a proper workout routine.