[Vickie]

Or blowing out the core. Ok on to bigger and hopefully better things.

The big misconception about core muscles is that it is only about the middle of your body; interpreted as abdominals primarily. The truth is that the core is from the top of your cervicals to the lower end of your mid thigh; and I would argue to the insertion point of your hamstring which is on your shin bones). So . . . what you really want to create is a sound foundation upon which to apply every thing you know about the intricacies of TGM.

First let me tell you that I came to TGM by way of treating golfer's with back problems, elbow problems, loosing their game problems, you get the picture. When I saw and got beat to death trying to read the yellow book I knew that I had found the answer to my biggest problem; why can this great precision sport cause so many problems, because they aren't doing it right.

AAAAHHH! Everybody hates to hear that, especially if you could see me play. Since I teach Alignment Therapy for general body performance I was fighting against the 'bad habits' of the general golf community. You are still safer, better prepared, and more intellegent if you can apply TGM andyour efforts will be better if your whole body is aligned to your original blueprint before you start renovating for the prefect, on-plane drive.

So the answer to your question is that better alignment allows for better precision. Better breathing acquired through sound alignment training allows for better endurance in the application of each stroke of your game. Healthier is better no matter what you are doing.

Train your whole body and your heart and watch your nutrition for the best excellence you can bring to everything you do, not the least of which is this beloved game.

In the mean time:

1. Start a full body routine (glad to help you create one just let me know where you are in your fitness now) .

2. Do abdominal exercises, on a ball, with a pilates tape (much more on these exercises later) like in the military, to the fitness channel, but only 3-4 times a week.

3. Don't forget to do 20-30 minutes of cardio-pulmonary training a minimum of 3 times a week for endurance and heart health.

4. Don't get caught up on a diet but please eat whole, healthy foods at least 5 times a day in small quantities. Yea I know this is crazy for a golf site, sorry. But small, frequent meals keep your energy high and your body burns off everything.

5. Get plenty of water both summer and winter.

All anybody can get today thank goodness I saw Yoda to know people were already responding to the site) is that I will get you some exercises in text before the Falcons Game tomorrow. Go Falcons!!! If you can post what you are already doing I can avoid being redundant.

Looking forward to more . . .Vik