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Have you ever heard the phrase “you can’t outwork a poor diet”? Well, it’s true! Your body needs healthy fuel in order to perform at its best. Eating healthier foods and staying properly hydrated can help increase your energy, mood, and golf performance. Check out 3 of my golf nutrition tips below!

1. Proper Hydration

In order to perform at your best you need to be properly hydrated. How do you figure out how much water you should be drinking during a day? Calculate half of your bodyweight in ounces and that is how much water you should be drinking each day. The Titleist Performance Institute suggests to drink 25% of your daily water intake when you wake up in the morning,  50% of your daily intake while you are playing your golf round and the last 25% of your daily intake post-golf round and throughout the rest of the day. This only accounts for water; so soda, coffee, and other drinks do not count towards your daily hydration intake.

2. Breakfast IS The Most Important Meal Of The Day

Whether you have an early tee time or a later tee time, you need to make sure you eat breakfast! Eating a nutritious breakfast can actually set the tone for controlling your blood sugar for the day. When you wake up you are in a “fasted” state and your blood sugar is low. So it is important to eat protein, healthy fats, and carbs (in that order). Proteins break down slowly and do not spike blood sugar levels, which make them a great nutrition source for breakfast. 

3. Eat Whole Foods

Whole foods are foods that have been changed as little as possible. Examples: animal protein, fruits and veggies, nuts, beans and legumes, and grains. Eating whole foods will give you almost all the nutrients your body needs. So for more energy & more nutrients before, during, and after your golf rounds, choose snacks/meals that are made of whole foods. Example: Instead of getting crackers or cookies to snack on during a round, choose jerky or a piece of fruit or even a handful of nuts. 

As a golfer, it is important to have good nutrition, hopefully after reading this blog you have some tools to change your nutrition to improve your swing in the process! Golf fitness training will be available at American Classic GC starting March 1st. For more golf fitness education and training, email me at brittmmorrison@gmail.com to set up a fitness assessment!

-Britt Morrison, TPI Level 2 Fitness Trainer

You put in the hours at the range… You play a few times a week… You take lessons…. You are doing everything right! Yet, your golf swing is still not the best it can be. Well, what’s left? New to the American Classic Golf Club this spring… Golf Fitness! What is golf fitness? Golf fitness is training your body to enhance your golf swing. Beginning in March, I will be accepting 1-on-1 clients for golf fitness training.

I have been studying flexibility and mobility for a while now, and the one thing that almost everyone has in common is that they want to improve their mobility, but do not know where to begin. A great start is stretching every day. Stretching everyday for at least 15 minutes (holding each stretch for 30 seconds or more) has been proven to enhance your flexibility over time. With that being said, I have now worked in the golf industry for 7+ years and I can tell you from experience that a lot of golfers do not stretch properly, if at all. And that’s where I come in!

I can help you create a golf warm up routine, cool down routine, and help you improve mobility. Here’s how:  The golf fitness assessment is a tool I have gained from my TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) certification. This tool allows me to test your body and see what areas need improvement in order to enhance your golf swing. After your golf fitness assessment, we can schedule 1-on-1 training sessions to focus on those areas that need improvement. I create custom programs for each client based on their golf fitness assessment; no two programs are the same! It is important to recognize that everyone has a different golf swing and everyone’s body is different! 

Golf fitness is the perfect accessory to your golf lessons. Working on your swing and technique go hand in hand with working on your mobility. Maybe your technique is lacking because you just can’t get far enough back in your backswing, or maybe you are having issues with getting your lower body involved in your golf swing, and those are areas I can help! Together we can improve your golf swing by strengthening and stretching the muscles most often used in golf. 

-Britt Morrison, Level 2 TPI Fitness Trainer

Want to learn more? Email me at brittmmorrison@gmail.com

We are pleased to announce that starting Monday, June 15th, Britt will be beginning teaching in-person yoga classes at the golf course!

Classes will be every Monday night at 6:30pm & Thursday mornings at 7:30am

Yoga for golfers is a 30 minutes – 1 hour class that we will be stretching & strengthening the muscles used most commonly in your golf swing. Classes are beginning on June 15th… NO PREREGISTRATION REQUIRED! All levels are welcome.

*You do not need to be a golfer to come to class, it is open to anyone & everyone!

Cost: $10/class

What to bring: Yoga mat, beach towel, & water

ALL CLASSES WILL BE SOCIALLY DISTANCED & OUTSIDE
We will be either on the back patio or on one of the golf holes!

*classes are weather permitting so keep an eye out at least 1 hour prior to class times for cancellations*

Teacher background:

Meet Britt: Our clubhouse manager & resident yogi. You can catch Britt in the pro shop on many days but when she’s not working, you can find her teaching a class or working out! Britt is a fitness professional with a Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Activity and Fitness Management from Slippery Rock University, she holds a Group Fitness Instructor certification from the American Council on Exercise, a PiYo instructor certification and has completed 200 Hours of Yoga Teacher training. Britt teaches fitness classes weekly online through her private Facebook group called Britt Marie Fitness at home workout group. Britt’s goals are to get people moving and help improve client’s flexibility & mobility in order to live their best life possible!

If you have any questions or concerns, please email Britt at brittmmorrison@gmail.com.

Hope to see you in class! – Britt

 

Want to try a 3-Day FREE trial of Britt’s online workout group? Click Here

 

Follow Britt on Instagram HERE : Britt Marie Fitness Instagram

Do you want to get into better shape? Setting some new fitness goals for yourself? We have just the challenge for you…

Join the Fall Forward Step Challenge! This Challenge will help you start walking more, get into better shape, build healthy habits, and give you a great support system to hold you accountable!

What You Get: Pedometer, Journal, & Access To A Private Facebook Group

Cost: $20.00

When: This challenge will run from September 30th – November 18th (7 weeks)

Sign up before September 24th, to get your pedometers in time! You do not need to be a golfer to join this challenge, this challenge is for anyone looking to start building healthy habits!

Have some questions? Shoot us an email at info@americanclassicgolf.com

Purchase registration: here