Lacassem (GolfSpy_Shark) golf gains fitness app and golf fitness journey

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Hey all! Decided to start this thread after signing up for the Golf Gains fitness app today.

Overall I’m a fairly fit person (best I can with jobs and kids of course). In my previous life I was definitely a gym person and when I was in the military worked out all the time. These days I prefer to use fitness apps because I am not great with planning out my workouts as I once was.

in the past two years I’ve gone through two different guided workouts between Insanity (which I still really enjoy) and the Better Me app.

i decided to go down the golf gains app, one because he’s all over my Instagram feed and have done a few of the stretches he has put out which I liked, and two because it’s a 14 day trial and only $14 a month if you pay for the year which is pretty good when it comes to fitness apps. I also want to focus on golf specific workouts since it’s something I really enjoy doing.

Very similar from what it looks like to Fit For Golf so I’m really pumped to get the program going tomorrow. Overall my goal is to lose a little weight (195 now wouldn’t mind being around 180) and just overall mobility for golf.

There are 8 different programs and I’ll be starting with “minimal equipment workout” which is 23 weeks. 

 

Will be posting here over the time and tracking just how I feel overall and how my golf game is improving (or not improving). I am coming off a few months of Better Me which was overall really good with mobility and body weight excercise stuff so I’m hoping I’ll see improvement from this as we get deeper into the golf season.

[JeremyD]

Looking forward to seeing your results. I need to lose a lot more weight and would love to try some golf related exercises.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Started the sessions today.

pretty standard fitness app. Enjoy the setup, pretty easy to navigate. 

overall the workout was really good and exactly what I am looking for. Onky thing it didn’t have was a stretch at the end so I’ll be building that out for myself looks like, which is fine have some staples I really enjoy. 

End of the workout had a pretty nice wrap up based on the weighting I used (you input the weight for kettlebells or other weights you use)

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Another good session. 40 minutes today. I like the overall setup of the workouts in this week 1. Curious if they’ll change.

Excersise to excersise is a little clunky and not every excercise has a video with it which is a little tough at time because I’ll have to read Exaxrky what to do, but not terrible.

The excersises so far have been very leg and core bass which is great.

round tomorrow hopefully not to sore!

[ParMan42]

I'm curious if you have had any chiropractic work done. I'm on the fence about it and have read that it can improve your golf swing as well. I've never had any chiropractic work before but the back and hips are tight. I can only imagine that getting those loosened up would improve the power and accuracy of a swing. Let me know what you've experienced!

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

7 hours ago, ParMan42 said:

I'm curious if you have had any chiropractic work done. I'm on the fence about it and have read that it can improve your golf swing as well. I've never had any chiropractic work before but the back and hips are tight. I can only imagine that getting those loosened up would improve the power and accuracy of a swing. Let me know what you've experienced!

I’ve done chiropractor work before and am off and on. It’s great IMO and helped a lot especially in the hips. I have a few local recommendations. I’m due to go back.

[Earth2joel]

I went to the chiropractor today for the first time in years. I was glad I did. I would say, find an establish chiropractor with a longer length practice. If you are not ready find a stretching routine.  Hamstrings and hip flexor. It doesn't cost anything and within a week you will feel it, if you do it everyday.

[Rick Leiker]

I’m 6’4” with a new hip, a knee that needs to be replace and a bad back. I cannot rotate as much or do the exercises I need too. I have started and using Yoga-Go app. I’m doing the chair yoga, it has 30 different sessions and most are about 1/2. The app has tons of different types of exercises. I have gained a ton of flexibility. It has helped my golf game a lot.

[Earth2joel]

Is it a free app or is this an ad?

[Rick Leiker]

No, I paid for the app, I couldn’t find how much I paid. It doesn’t say when I went to the App Store. It’s not free, and this is not an add.

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

Diving deeper into the app has been good. After workouts there is a mobility section I have been trying to take a few mobility excercises and putting them in after a workout.

bug focus for me has been spine and hip mobility but there is a ton in here  for any area you want to focus on. This is an example of spine and shoulder group.

[Josh Parker]

Are you liking the app as much as you had hoped to?  I saw it said minimal equipment, is that really the case?

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

1 hour ago, Josh Parker said:

Are you liking the app as much as you had hoped to?  I saw it said minimal equipment, is that really the case?

Yea so they have more in depth programs but this is the one that attracted me to the program.

I have kettle bells, resistance bands, a few dumbbells and a bike. It gives you options of different things like a row machine, bike and treadmill so long as you have one and the other equipment I listed is all I’ve needed which is nice.

The app overall is good and is simple. I’ll be interested to jump into the other programs at some point to mix it up.