I hear many people say that they’re worried about the performance levels as a result of recovering from an injury, and facing the ominous tick-tock of our aging.
Sometime along the way, I had to prioritize training smart over training hard. Some would say that it’s a critical distinction. It’s a maturation process which we either face, or likely life gives us the opportunity to face it in the form of recovering from a traumatic event.
One of the most difficult decisions I ever faced was changing my perspective that training had to be hard in order to be quality. Don’t get me wrong, I train myself and others very hard. But the manner, the frequency and the duration are not as inefficient as when I was younger.
The wonderful thing about aging is that it demands that we learn balance, patience, persistence, humility, and respect. We can still push the envelope, but under the auspices of training smart. Sounds like a negative? It’s not. Intelligent, efficient training is the gateway to mastery.
We can’t afford the all-out, willy-nilly exertions of our more youthful counterparts. With age comes the increasing need for deliberation, precision, timing, rhythm, sensitivity, and accuracy. Fortunately, balance, patience, persistence, humility, and respect unlock these virtues… if we let go of the belief system that more work is better. The truth is less work to accomplish the same goal is preferable.
You’re already effective, so you can stop working towards that end, and focus on becoming increasingly more efficient – or as you’ll hear around here – “Efficiently Effective”: the ability to do the right thing in the right way at the right time.
Very Respectfully,
Thank you for this post!!
As a 61 year old golfer, who wants to excel at my sport and life, what tacfit program would you recommend?
Brian, thank you for contacting us, we would be happy to answer any questions you may have. There are many TACFIT programs that would be suitable and many times the best path will depend on current training/exercise plan, but there are some universal TACFIT components that are beneficial to all of us, in particular these are the Joint-Mobility and Restorative programs, which for someone who golfs would be ideal to keep joints lubricated with synovial fluid, strengthen fascia, move joints through full ranges of motion and so much more.
Intu-Flow 101 is the perfect Joint-Mobility program to start with. It features a 40 minute full, head to body flow, that once you know the drills you can practice as needed. But we recommend 8 to 14 minutes upon waking and 5 to 7 minutes before any physical load, etc.
Beyond that, something like FlowFit 101, its a ground engagement, Flow-based program. It can be followed at your own intensity, so it can serve as a standalone workout, or more often as a recovery component to someones training.
The only other thing we would maybe suggest is to consider Clubbell Training. While the swings may not be exactly similar to golf( we do have a side swing), the 7 key components used in Clubbell Training would translate to benefits in golf (grip confirmation, leg drive, hip recruitment, etc). We have our complimentary 7 key components download to give you a better idea: https://tacfit.com/product/7-key-components-of-structure/
We hope this helps. If you have additional questions, please email us info@tacfit.com , our team will get them all answered for you!