Carter SchmitzThe Best Exercises for Increased Hip Mobility in GolfersHip mobility is important. The hips are the bridge between the lower body and trunk. They help move the pelvis, which is directly...
Carter SchmitzTight Hamstrings? Let's loosen em up... Stretching isn't the answer to your tight hamstrings. It may help, but passive tactics like static stretching will only take you so far...
Carter SchmitzGOLF EXERCISE TOOLBOX: Prone Shoulder RotationsSHOULDER. HEALTH. This exercise moves the shoulder joint through a full range of rotation while challenging the posterior shoulder...
Carter SchmitzGolf Fitness for SeniorsHumans are adaptable. Meaning, we adapt to the stressors that our body absorbs. And this includes even the most experienced of athletes....
Carter SchmitzGOLF EXERCISE TOOLBOX: Band Lateral Side BendsThis golf exercise is one that you will find in almost all of our programming at SCRATCH. I like to throw it in almost weekly, maybe...
Carter SchmitzStretching vs. Mobility... Which is BEST for GOLFERS?Static stretching is very different than dynamic mobility. At SCRATCH, we will make use of both within our golf fitness programming. Very...
Carter SchmitzThe Best Fitness Exercises for GolfersHate to break it to you... there is not a singular, or group of exercises that is "best for golfers." However, there are TONS of great...
Carter SchmitzGOLF Spinal Mobility - 3 Minute Flow!Too often we are taught to "brace" and "build tension" in our core. But yet... our spine is built to move. It should flow with our...
Carter Schmitz5 MINUTE HIP MOBILITY FOR GOLFERS... Find some room. Click play. Follow along. 5 minutes to get those hips moving and grooving. . . . Carter Schmitz, CSCS, TPI...
Carter SchmitzMOVE YOUR SPINE FOR BETTER GOLF!The traditionalist view: In order to protect our spine, we should work to build a stronger core (this is not false), via exercises that...
Carter SchmitzThe Three E's of Golf MobilityExplore. Expose. Expand. In order to truly build a usable mobility, one that contributes to our more holistic movement potential, we need...
Carter SchmitzIs Joint-Friendly actually Joint-Unfriendly?This is a super intriguing thought process I spun down last week. Many practitioners in this world talk about “joint-friendly” training...
Carter Schmitz3 Must Have Hip Mobility Drills!We all know how important the hips are in the golf swing. Are yours moving like they should be? Check out this video for three hip...
Carter SchmitzTop 10 Training Tips for Golf Off-Season: Part 2Part 2 Welcome back! Let’s breakdown the last 5 training tips you should take into consideration as we approach the 2021-2022 Golf...
Carter SchmitzTop 10 Training Tips for the Golf Off-Season: Part 1I was driving from Minneapolis to Milwaukee earlier this week and I couldn’t believe it, but there were some leaves already turning...
Carter SchmitzPREVENTING and ELIMINATING Lower Back PainWay too often our world focuses on reactive mechanisms to problems, as opposed to proactive, and there are many reasons for this. It’s...