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The exercise band is plenty flexible underneath.

 

But the leather belt restricts it completely.

 

The same thing happens to your muscles.

 

They’re plenty flexible, but the tight fascia surrounding them won’t let them reach their full potential.

 

You could stretch until you're blue in the face.

 

But it’s still not happening.

 

Your flexibility would still be trapped.

 

This means your shoulder turn shrinks year after year.

 

Your swing gets shorter.

 

Your drives get shorter.

 

And golf becomes about as fun as doing your taxes!

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SECRET #2- “Traditional Stretching” is more of a demonstration of flexibility, not how it's built

 

When you perform an exercise that stretches one or multiple muscles as far as they will go and then hold for time, this is merely a demonstration of your current max range of motion (ROM).

 

Most golfers make the mistake of thinking performing these will make a dramatic impact on improving their flexibility.

 

I get where this seems like a good idea…

 

Shoot, I used to think the same thing if I’m being completely honest.

 

But it’s kinda like someone who can bench press 400 lbs for 1 rep for example.

 

That is a demonstration of their max strength, but certainly not how they built it.

 

Some may think that lifting as heavy as possible for 1 rep every workout is what builds up that kind of strength.

 

But that is far from the truth. 

 

If it were, then everyone who ever ventured into a gym and tried to lift heavy would be as strong as Superman.

 

The same is true for flexibility.

 

Progress is made in other ways, and believe it or not…

 

It’s quite a bit simpler and easier than straining maximally every session.

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SECRET #3- “Traditional Stretching” slows you down for up to 24 hours

 

If you’ve ever stretched a lot before trying to go out and bomb some drives then you’ve probably noticed this phenomenon.

 

“Traditional Stretching” actually impairs the explosive speed of your muscles for at least 60 minutes after stretching.

 

The National Institute of Health (NIH) actually ran a study back in 2014 that found this type of stretching can “impair explosive performance for at least 24 hours”...

 

It’s safe to say that we don’t want to swing any slower than we have to so be sure to stay away from these before your next round!

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SECRET #4- Muscle Fascia tightens even more when performing faster movements

 

This is another thing you’ve probably noticed.

 

You do a bunch of stretching, actually feel a lot looser, then proceed to hit some golf balls…

 

As you work up to full swings with your driver you notice that your muscles STILL want to tense up on you.

 

This is where a lot of golf instructors will tell you that you need to “slow down” or “relax” to get better results.

 

This is a band aid “fix” at best.

 

Because it’s actually your muscle fascia that is tightening up around your muscles.

 

And the funny thing is that the faster you move, the more it will try to tighten unless you have done something to break it up.

 

Swinging slower or relaxed does not fix anything...

 

Because fascia tension is actually a subconscious reflex.

 

But if you simply break up the tight, stubborn muscle fascia then it won't restrict your muscles full range of motion or tense up on harder swings.

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So with that said, here’s what you must do in order to break up the fascia.

 

SECRET #5- You must do flexibility exercises that directly loosen up your muscle fascia from multiple angles

 

You must do exercises that work directly on loosening up your tight muscle fascia tissue...

 

“Traditional Stretching” just pulls on your muscle fascia length-wise…

 

However, as we’ve already covered, this does next to nothing to break it up.

 

To actually break it up, you have to use two other methods.

 

The first is called Fascia Expansion Training, which breaks it up from the inside out.

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This can be done simply with a 5lb dumbbell or lighter exercise band.

 

An interesting thing to note is that Fascia Expansion only takes 5 or less minutes to perform, but actually continues to stretch and break up tight fascia for hours afterwards with no further effort from you.

 

Pretty wild!

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The second is called Fascia Compression Training, which actually breaks up stubborn fascia from the outside in.

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This can also be done simply with a variety of things at home.

 

Both of these types of training can easily be performed at home, the gym or at the golf course.

 

And they are so effective that even just a few minutes of doing these movements will result in greater flexibility gains than you would get from months worth of “Traditional Stretching” alone!

 

And don't worry, you don't need any kind of super "fancy" stretching equipment…​