{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F23b579ef-139e-4bf7-809d-fe734c3520ee","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"224 (18STRONG): A Strong Winter Brings Stronger Golf | Coach Kevin Duffy","description":"\nToday I am especially excited to bring on our special guest, Coach Kevin Duffy.\nAre you making the most out of this off-season? Some of the most common problems golfers experience on the course when the season comes around are lack of distance, lack of endurance, and not being any better and, if anything, being a little rusty from the year before.\nPhysically, you have to try and balance keeping up with your workouts while making sure you\u2019re not too sore on the links or vice versa. In this episode we dive into \u201cThe Strength Window\u201d in the off-season to get you prepared for the workouts when the season comes up and if you listened to https://18strong.com/5-non-golf-things/ (\u201cEpisode 221: 5 Non-Golf Things You Should Do This Winter\u201d), than this episode with Rotational-Specific Strength and Conditioning Coach Kevin Duffy will be the perfect follow up.\nKevin Duffy\u2019s Background\n\n* Kevin Duffy is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) based out of Sudbury, MA.\n* Known as \u2018Coach Duff\u2019, Kevin has a vast amount of experience with training athletes of all levels and he is specifically experienced in Golf and Rotational specific work.\n* Coach Duff specializes in working with rotational athletes especially golf. Kevin has gone on to continue his education through Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) levels 1 and 2 in golf fitness. Duff excels at raising the level of performance with groups of athletes in a team setting as well as with individual programs and small group programs.\n* His outlook: “Do the simple things savagely well, to produce uncommon results\u201d\n\nHighlights from this Episode\n\n* His background as Coach Kevin Duffy in the public and private sectors, and how he branched into the golf world through TPI and his rotational work.\n* His TPI presentation at the PGA show where he talked about how not enough golfers are training early enough in the off-season, and the importance of his 4 exercises and the \u201cThe Strength Window\u201d that can be implemented into everybody\u2019s program:\n\n* Deadlift: The deadlift and the hip-hinge are what help puts you over the ball. Once you get over the ball, you want to feel strong over it, which the deadlift helps with while promoting good posture.\n* Farm Walk: Maintaining a movement and posture while reigning in the spine rotation.\n* Pull-up: Another posture builder, the pull-up sets can help not only with strength conditioning for the new season, but with shoulder strength, stability and confidence.\n* Step-Up: Simple endurance workouts, which can condition you for the upcoming season and carry over into the seasonal power and speed exercises.\n\n\n* How he programs these 4 exercises with his clients in the off-season and how it\u2019s about variation and simplicity over trying to over-complicate. It\u2019s always better to do something simple consistently rather than overcomplicate and get lost in the process.\n* He breaks down his famous \u201cdoor-kick\u201d call sign on each of his videos.\n\nParting Questions:\nCaddy Shack or Happy Gilmore? Happy Gilmore\nWhat would be your walk-up song to first teebox? Rage Against the Machines \u201cBorn of a Broken Man\u201d and \u201cBulls on Parade\u201d\n18 Holes anywhere in the world with anyone, past or present: Where would it be and whom would you play? Jullian Edelman and Tom Brady at Augusta\nWho has been instrumental in becoming the Coach you are today?\nJason Glass and his \u201cgut check\u201d moments that have helped in my growth and keeping me in line with knowing how to grow.\nAny last piece of advice for the 18Strong Community? Get after it and enjoy the chase!\nLearn more about Kevin and his work at Fieldhouse:\nhttps://www.coachkevinduffy.com/?fbclid=IwAR0kdcOsff0XIFqixX6N_3Xmo7cgjAbNuGo7lSs23xfH9y6FMdZOj0ueuO8 (Website)\n