This is a short demonstration clip of using the IronSolid, the golfer is working on hitting down and through the ball at the correct angle of attack, you can see he barely clips the device before hitting the golf ball. Using the IronSolid in practice sessions will fine tune your iron play.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Wednesday, March 7, 2012
The Golf Fitness Chaos
With one simple tool, a 16kg (~35lbs) russian kettlebell you can turn your body into a better golf machine. No more mind numbing cardio, flex tubes, isolation exercises, golf specific training methods that take up your time and produce no results. In less than 15 minutes a day practicing a few simple movements utilizing the unique loading effect of this iron ball with a handle on it (russian kettlebell), you can increase your driving distance, hit more powerful iron shots, improve your focus and accuracy, build a heart of elastic steel, improve your balance and body awareness, plug all power leaks in your swing, eliminate shoulder and back pain and become a better golfing machine.
I'm not going to promises you lower golf scores, that will depend upon your golf skills, what I am going to promise you is pain free golf and the confidence in knowing that you are at your physical best when playing or practicing golf. My program starts small and simple and builds into a comprehensive golf fitness regimen that you can do for the rest of your life.
I will not bombard you with a ton of exercises, you will learn only one new "habit" every two weeks, and I am going to ask you to comply 100%. I will be with you the entire time, mentoring you along to becoming the best you can be physically so you to can enjoy the great game of golf for the rest of your life and play your best pain free.
I live and breathe golf fitness, that is my passion, my story is sad but true. I played golf with pain for way too long and through a stroke of luck I discovered a golf fitness regimen that I could "practice" everyday that had such a carry over effect to my golf performance it was almost scary. This happened by accident as my initial discovery had absolutely no intention to help my golf performance.
In less than 4 weeks of practicing a few simple kettlebell movements I was golfing "pain free" for the first time in over 15 years! Without changing golf equipment I increased the distance of all my shots by 8-10 yards. My internal focus increased tremendously, this alone led to lower scores for me. My endurance and golf stamina went to top levels, after a round of golf I felt energized. I started walking 9 holes again. All of this happened in a very short time for me. There is no secret, no magic pill or magic golf fitness exercise, what it took was using a simple tool and simple movements that were not golf related. In developing one fitness habit every two weeks and being consistent my golf performance skyrocketed.
If you are ready to commit 100% to doing something so simple, 3-4 times a week, that will take you less than 15 minutes in order to improve your golf performance then you should email me at al@ironsolid.com and we can get started.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
The Stack and Tilt Golf Swing and the IronSolid
Since there is 3 inches of snow on the ground and the tempature is hovering around 20 degrees, being locked up in the house since I am completely tired of cold weather at my age, the only thoughts running through my head are what do I do in this situation to improve my golf game. More research, more validation. I started researching the Stack and Tilt golf swing method. Wow! there is something very interesting in the funadmental that they measure for an effective golf swing.
From the book Stack and Tilt by Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett:
This information led to a complete re-evaluation of the golf swing during which Mike and Andy threw out every convention and, essentially, started from scratch. They watched video and examined images of good and bad players. They discarded conventional "fundamentals" like the grip or "alignment" in favor of new fundamentals like "striking the ground after the golf ball," something the average player doesn't do with any consistency at all but which the best players do incredibly well.
Could it be that in designing the IronSolid training device (which has a US Design Patent) that what I was doing was developing a device that promoted the Stack and Tilt golf swing without even knowing it? After all the research and videos I have watched this week, my answer is YES! OK, here is what is really amazing, the Stack and Tilt authors, PGA teaching professionals Andy Plumer and Mike Bennett, reference Ben Hogan many times and show an amazing series of photos that back up their golf swing observations and teaching philosophy.
Striking the ground after the ball on a consistent basis is what all the top professionals do incredibly well, this is exactly what the IronSolid promotes.
Make note in the above shot video the consistent divot pattern in front of the golf ball as this player works on his iron game using the IronSolid.
The IronSolid training device will have you making solid consistent contact in a few practice sessions. Hit it Solid! www.ironsolid.com
From the book Stack and Tilt by Andy Plummer and Mike Bennett:
This information led to a complete re-evaluation of the golf swing during which Mike and Andy threw out every convention and, essentially, started from scratch. They watched video and examined images of good and bad players. They discarded conventional "fundamentals" like the grip or "alignment" in favor of new fundamentals like "striking the ground after the golf ball," something the average player doesn't do with any consistency at all but which the best players do incredibly well.
Could it be that in designing the IronSolid training device (which has a US Design Patent) that what I was doing was developing a device that promoted the Stack and Tilt golf swing without even knowing it? After all the research and videos I have watched this week, my answer is YES! OK, here is what is really amazing, the Stack and Tilt authors, PGA teaching professionals Andy Plumer and Mike Bennett, reference Ben Hogan many times and show an amazing series of photos that back up their golf swing observations and teaching philosophy.
Striking the ground after the ball on a consistent basis is what all the top professionals do incredibly well, this is exactly what the IronSolid promotes.
Make note in the above shot video the consistent divot pattern in front of the golf ball as this player works on his iron game using the IronSolid.
The IronSolid training device will have you making solid consistent contact in a few practice sessions. Hit it Solid! www.ironsolid.com
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Easy Golf Strength
One of the easiest ways to start building your golf strength is to do loaded carries. I like using a kettlebell as the tools of the trade in my strength program. This simple but effective "hand held gym" will allow you to build incredible strength in a very short time. A good weight to start with is 16kg (35lbs).
RKC Kettlebell from www.dragondoor.com
Suit Case Carry is the first carry that you will perform. Hold the KB in your right hand you will carry this like you would a suit case. Walk smoothly and slowly about 25 yards, stay upright, stand tall, brace you core, you should feel a tightening across your entire midsection, crush grip the KB, this will build grip and forearm strength. Once you go the desired distance, switch hands and walk back using the same technique.
Next you will do a Rack Carry, you will hold the KB in the rack position in your right arm, and walk 25 yards, again staying tight through the mid section and tall as you walk smoothly. Go the desired distance and switch to a left arm rack position and return.
Finally you will do an Overhead Carry, clean and press the KB overhead with your right arm. You will now walk the 25 yards with the KB locked out overhead in your right arm. Walk tall and smoothly, this will tax your entire core and your shoulder stabilizers, keep your shoulder "packed" in the socket and your elbow locked out. Go the desired distance and switch to your left arm and repeat.
These three simple carries will do wonders for your golf strength. They will build tremendous core strength and strengthen all of the small stabilizer muscles through out your hip girdle and lower back. The suitcase, rack and overhead carry will strengthen your shoulder stabilizers and your upper back muscles. These area's are very important in the golf swing.
If you do nothing else for your golf strength but Kettlebell carries you will improve your golf strength tremendously. To increase the intensity, either carry for longer distance, or increase the weight.
I prefer increasing the distance initially this builds strength plus endurance. Keep up these carries through out the golf season and you will be glad that you incorporated them into your golf fitness routine.
Another great variation is to do the carries in a figure eight pattern, this will work you mobility, coordination and stabilization tremendously.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Golf Strength
Strength, what does that have to do with golf? This isn't a weight lifting contest. The type of strength needed to perform a very coordinated ballistic movement such as a golf swing is overall body strength. There can be no power leaks.
What is a power leak in a golfer, a good example is a sore or weak shoulder, another example is a weak lower back. Golfers have to be strong from the ground up, the connection points for a golfer are his feet and his hands. Feet are connected to the ground and your hands are connected to the golf club. The strength needed in the legs to make sure you have a very stable base to work from and the strength needed in your grip to make sure you can transmit the power into the golf ball with the golf club are very important.
The engine of the golf swing motion needs to be strong, the engine is from the top of your knees to your armpits. This is the functional core of the body.
Building a strong core is very easy to do with a few simple exercises using the Russian Kettlebell and some bodyweight movements. The standard 2 arm kettlebell swing will build tremendous power and ballistic speed. The standard RKC plank will also strengthen the entire torso and overall body. Kettlebell carries are a tremendous exercise for golfers, the unilateral carry builds and strengthens all the small muscles that tie together the lower back and the abdomen.
For the more advanced golfer learning how to do a Turkish Get Up with a Kettlebell is the "king" of all movements. If there is one movement every golfer should strive for it is the TGU. Much more on this later but for now, getting strong(er) should be every golfers goal.
What is a power leak in a golfer, a good example is a sore or weak shoulder, another example is a weak lower back. Golfers have to be strong from the ground up, the connection points for a golfer are his feet and his hands. Feet are connected to the ground and your hands are connected to the golf club. The strength needed in the legs to make sure you have a very stable base to work from and the strength needed in your grip to make sure you can transmit the power into the golf ball with the golf club are very important.
The engine of the golf swing motion needs to be strong, the engine is from the top of your knees to your armpits. This is the functional core of the body.
Building a strong core is very easy to do with a few simple exercises using the Russian Kettlebell and some bodyweight movements. The standard 2 arm kettlebell swing will build tremendous power and ballistic speed. The standard RKC plank will also strengthen the entire torso and overall body. Kettlebell carries are a tremendous exercise for golfers, the unilateral carry builds and strengthens all the small muscles that tie together the lower back and the abdomen.
For the more advanced golfer learning how to do a Turkish Get Up with a Kettlebell is the "king" of all movements. If there is one movement every golfer should strive for it is the TGU. Much more on this later but for now, getting strong(er) should be every golfers goal.
Building a Better Golf Weapon
Hitting a golf ball is a ballistic event, you are striking the golf ball with a tool and you launch it into the air with a desired distance and direction in mind. The ball is the projectile, the golf club is the firing pin and you are the weapon. Since the projectile is uniform in size and come in different compressions, and the firing pin is different for each shot the only thing that is consistent is the condition of the weapon. You are only so mobile, stable, balanced and strong. You can improve your choices in projectiles (golf balls) and firing pins (clubs) but unless you build a better weapon you will eventually be limited in your capability to hit a golf ball.
So let's look at the four components of the weapon, mobility, stability, balance and strength and how we can improve on them. Start there, you are the most adjustable piece of equipment you will ever own.
So let's look at the four components of the weapon, mobility, stability, balance and strength and how we can improve on them. Start there, you are the most adjustable piece of equipment you will ever own.
Monday, December 26, 2011
A True Sporting Joy
Few sports activities are more satisfying and feel better than a solidly struck golf iron shot. Your golf ball is sitting in the middle of the fairway after just smoking a drive from the tee on a long par 4. You go through your pre-shot routine, pick the appropriate golf iron out of the bag, address the golf ball, and execute a fully released, middle of the club face iron shot. The golf ball fly’s straight and true, hit’s the green, hops and comes to a very abrupt stop 3 feet from the flag stick. You swear you never felt the golf ball hit the club face, you check your divot and it looks beautiful, you hit the golf ball first then the ground and the divot is shallow and on the target side of the golf ball pointing straight to your intended target.
What is the secret to accomplishing this great feeling sport activity? Until now you went to your golf club’s PGA teaching professional and started to work on your golf swing, took numerous playing lessons and beat golf balls on the practice range until you were sore. Ben Hogan said the secret is in the dirt. Like most recreational golfers you wondered in amazement how PGA tour professionals could hit towering soft landing iron shots with relative ease. Standing on the practice range at a local PGA tour event you are baffled how they hit iron shots with ease and accuracy. Each shot looks the exactly the same, you ask in wonderment, “how do they do that, they are not doing anything and the ball just seems to go forever?”
Well a recreational golfer started the search for the truth and used research, science, high speed video and simple common sense to invent a golf training device to help the average recreational golfer achieve golfing nirvana, the solidly struck golf iron shot. The IronSolid golf training device was invented and patented. Simplistic in design and functional in use, after a short time on the practice range you to can start the journey to become a better iron player. The IronSolid is available at for $29.95. BUY THE IRONSOLID HERE The inventor and company president is donating a portion of the proceeds from each sale to the Wounded Warrior Foundation.
Al Rymniak is on a mission, he emphatically states, “it really upset’s me that people do not enjoy golf as one of the easiest recreational games because they become frustrated and believe that hitting a quality golf shot is hard”. “The other part of the equation is people believe they must achieve the perfect golf swing in order to play well. “So who’s swing do you model?” he asks. Lee Trevino, Gary Player, Tom Watson, Jack Nicklaus, Tiger Woods, Arnold Palmer, Jim Furyk? Really what this comes down to is a ball, a tool (the golf club), and your hand eye coordination. In analyzing the impact zone, 12 inches before the golf ball and 6 inches after the golf ball, Rymniak found that the majority of great iron players and PGA tour players do very similar things when hitting a quality iron shot. They hit the ball with a descending blow around 20-24 degrees from horizontal, the club face is rotating open to closed through the impact zone at 2.5 degrees per inch and is only square at the moment of contact, and they de-loft the club around 8 degrees by having their hands ahead of the golf ball at impact.
The IronSolid helps the recreational player achieve these results and is one of the most innovative approaches on the market today. To learn more about the theory and method visit www.ironsolid.com, you might just amaze yourself and once you hit a perfectly struck iron shot you will be hooked, Hit It Solid!
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