Listen and Learn from Your Body

Mid length Goal: 

I won a professional golf tournament by August 31, 2013.

Monthly goal: 

I have developed a morning training schedule by July 31st.

Weekly goals: 

 
I have tested out a new morning schedule by July 3rd.

Time spent on full swing – 4 hours

Time spent on shots inside 100 yards – 2 hours

Time spent on putting – 2 hours

Rounds played this week, where, score, fairways/greens/putts 

- None

Time spent in the gym – 1.5 hours + stretching

Workouts I did –

Thursday – Core

Friday –

Saturday – 
Core

Sunday –

Monday – Full-body strength

Tuesday –

Wednesday –

Thoughts on the week – 

I focused more on core this week for my workouts. It feels good to work on developing more strength and stability from the core outwards. However, probably due to not training this area enough, a lot of strain has been put on my hip flexors, which in turn has caused some posture problems and discomfort in my knees and hips. This passed after a few days once the muscles recovered.

Practice suffered for a couple of days until I figured this out. Otherwise practice is going well all around. I will just continue to refine skills in all areas.

What you can learn from my experience

Whenever you change your workout plan, it is a good idea to reassess your body after a week or two. How do you feel? Are you still in good posture? Any aches or pains? Listen to your body. Don’t just give up on a new plan. What muscles ache? Which muscles feel tight? What needs to be stretched more? Watch your form in a mirror while exercising and see if you can spot any moves which might cause problems. Seek advice from a personal trainer. Try to figure out what is causing the problems and adjust your workouts.

I learned that I probably need to stretch a little better and do some leg and glute exercises to counter any excess strain put on my hip flexors.

Goals for next week –

I complete my morning training regime 2 times per week by July 18, 2013.

See my original Project Awesome post for details about Project Awesome and links to each week’s posts.