Opening up on Golf, Fitness, Success and Failure

[Music] it has taken more than two decades to get to this point Golf and fitness is what I do it's a big part of who I am and over that time I have achieved things that I would never have dreamed I could achieve but I failed far more than that and in that time one of the things that I can do best is to help and Inspire progress in others but I need to do that for myself and if I do I can Inspire even more golfers around the world to make progress to choose Health to choose Fitness and to really experience all that they can be for the past year or two that has led to a real focus on business but I got lost in the day-to-day of trying to be successful of trying to create a platform that works and instead I want to be focusing on who I am and who I am to you and I want that to be somebody who inspires who helps you to believe that you can achieve everything that you want to achieve because I believe that I can do so as well so from now we work harder than ever yes on the business but more so on go Fitness as a whole showing what's possible showing you how to get it done and showing you that believing in yourself is as big if not the biggest factor in how much progress you will make the mission Remains the Same to inspire health and fitness through and for golf and I need to inspire myself within that to achieve what I know I can achieve because over that time although I have achieved an awful lot that surprises myself I know that I haven't even got past 20% of my capabilities I play with fear I play with massive anxiet y I doubt myself in all situations but still I am called to continue and to work harder and in this time I want to show you that no matter the circumstance no matter how big the go if you believe in it if you truly know that you can do it no matter how far away it feels you can work and you can get there I want to win a professional T I failed every single time I've had anxiety I have absolutely blown up on the cost but I know that I have never got even close to bringing the game I know I can bring so whether it's a small one day event with 20 players or whether it's the open I will win a professional event all right welcome to DRVN Studios you probably see this on the content it's a relatively small studio yesterday we're in a gym so that is a cross facility so that's a different business okay but here we tend to do all of about filming you can see the wall right there and this is where a lot of the work goes in all right so today I'm getting back to training it is a new cycle I train in the daily hybrid program and my train has changed an awful lot over time right I want to talk through that today kind of give you more understanding where we are we've DRVN and really give you an insight into what I'm trying to do all right so going to start out with some L my work we've got lateral lunges split stands rotations let's get to work that's definitely one of the things that I really want to show more of in this type of video and moving forwards is how my programming how my own training has changed significantly since we started this out 6 years ago okay so it was Golfwood if you haven't known already we changed the DRVN this year DRVN was always a part of it though and the change really made a lot of sense so golf W golf workout of the day I started out very CrossFit oriented so high intensity Lots hinging lots of weightlifting and it was good but it does weigh down as well so I think that combined with the golf side has seen just an incredible change over time right so the hybrid program is very unique there's lots of cool movements like the land mine like different rotational elements and power elements that you're going to see all right so and also understanding from all of you and golfers around the world what you want to see how you like the train has completely shift shifted how we started out so I'm a PGA professional I'm a strength coach I'm a gym earner and through helping literally thousands of people been able to create a really different way of training at this point all right so it's the most effective way to train for your game and also remember that yes we look at golf Fitness we know that you're a golfer but the most important thing is your health and your Fitness all right so we want our workouts to really deliver incredible levels of Health and Fitness and I really want to be at the front of that all right so I've got a lot to work on I've got a lot of things I want to achieve over this kind of coming offseason and into next year and that's going to be built in the gym and then really worked on the course all right so I'm moving on now it's box squats say we're at the start of a new cycle that's how the programs really work so we're heading towards the offseason we're in the offseason the rest of this year so 12 week period now we look at strength and stability okay so higher volume higher structure less intensity and we look at adaptation all right so it is the best time to change your body because once we have the adaptation we get into the new year then we start to put it into your golf performance all right so we're talking more power more rotation more speed and as we get close to the season the weights go down the intensity goes up and you're just going to be absolutely flying when you hit the cars right that's my plan I'll going tell you more about it so the squats working through a 3X 10 today 7 to way RP it's a way down on the percentage all right so it is the time to rebuild that foundation and we're going to progress that all the way through the off season into that performance that we talked about right and in terms of my own training my body my golf and my goals as I said in a little intro there I want to win a professional event okay so skill-wise in terms of the shots that I can hit I'm as good as anybody but actually playing the game I can be as bad as anybody right like I did open qualifying this year terrible kind of mistake was that was the only tournament this year no prep no Under Pressure elements and that's exactly what it was like I hit one shot where I actually felt confident of the shot and that was good I hit a green from about 220 with a 79 high cut beautiful every other shot massive anxiety massive fear and that's not an easy way to play golf all right so I really need to build the foundation in terms of believing where I'm going to get to but also being way more focused in my training and in my practice all right so in terms of goals in the gym I want to be injuryf free and I want to get stronger legs to use them better in my go swing that might sound a little surprising given that everyone talks about how much my I jump out of the ground during the swing but I want to be able to load and affect the ground far more efficiently all right so right now there's a lot of force on be able to bottle that up and build consistency right build some checkpoints into the swing we're going to head to the C in a little while and film anywhere so definitely that area and then the injury side just little niggles little imbalances here and there over time that's why I now see trap bar box squats lots of different elements where we take pressure off the spine that is the way that I'm going to be going all right so like you said the transfer of these programs into the swing is huge I want to show that more than ever right because I have I have issues with training as well in the I'm probably the other way from a lot of people I canot train which is sometimes just as negative I'm so obsessed maybe not the right word but I'm so engrained into that pattern of I train every day I do this I do that I want to see what that is actually capable of if done in the right way all right so this is more kind of personal series you're going to see more videos in between today we had the intro we're going to be in the gym we're going to head to the car soon and these videos down the line I'd love to hear your feedback on what you'd like to see and how you want me to put these across there will be workouts there'll be days on the course there'll be scoring elements practice elements speed elements just working on it all guys all right so trying to piece it together get the time right whilst I'm training whilst we're building the app the business and everything else all right but I appreciate you bu being with us on this journey I'm going to finish out these squats so a huge part of what separates us now is the understanding of progressive overload golf specifics and then the functional elements already tis to the next level things like the power jerk which I'm getting into next we're not going full workout today we're just getting in some elements to give you that feel and really just catch up on where I'm at okay so the power jerk with the dumbbell is huge because you generate Force through the whole body you power your legs against the ground transfer through the core and then lock out overhead okay the benefits of that for your golf swing are huge okay so when you get the right structure in your program to build strength in the shoulders through cables barbell dumbbell machines and then add in these explosive elements you're going to go to a whole new level all right so from there we're going to head to the course it's Monday evening been working filming all day long probably get about 90 minutes on the course it's probably my favorite time on the car all right so you quiet swing just hitting shots taking divots and loving every minute all right so I'm going to leave you some intensity right now we're hitting those intervals to finish then you'll see me the C all right jumping on the C it's probably my favorite time on the C to be honest all right so I mean I'm busy I'm up early I'm training I'm working all hours trying to build the business other business but I do get to the cars as often as I can so much of the content that you see is actually these little kind of five hole Loops I get out hour and a half 2 hours hit a bunch of shots and just kind of fall into the process all right and remarkably after training and working as I have smoked one off the first tea right there so hopefully in time competing can become a little bit more of my favorite element but right now getting out on a quiet night like this just hitting shots just trying to flush it take some divots got some nice chip shots and putts this is the way all right so I'm going to play a few holes I'll talk you through some shots see if we can make some numbers just give you a feel for the swing and hopefully this videos kind of coming together and we get B consistency going forward so you can see more about this and training and everything else all right but smoked off the first so probably just a pitching wedge in let's go ahead Dead all right so we piped that one barely over 100 Ys left just going to hit a 3/4 56 drill it in there compress and just put it next to the stick hopefully a little brighter down here as well so you might see what's going on but here the feel really is just all about the strike turning to the Target and just maintaining that rotation little right but if it hangs on get up pretty good okay so as we said about 18 20 ft greens are starting to look a little wintry but we're going to give it a run okay so nice evening out here right now there's not a lot in that pot probably just a little bit of Pierce right on that left Edge see if we can make a birdie on this first video just on the high side nice evening though right now got power three and a power five coming up we're going to talk through the shots let's go okay Power 3 second hole it's playing about 142 right now Flags in the middle of the green it's soft there's no wind this is just a green light go for it okay so 46° just a smooth 3/4 little bit of a knockdown hold the face and hit it in there right and just flare out right sorry I did see that Runner was thinking about that but little kick probably hit the green not good so just took a little too much off that wedge left to right but now we got put downhill again greens are pretty slow right now so not a lot of turn just try and get it a run add some speed to it and see if we can just drain one drop some put specs after this as well because this might not go in a little aggressive on these furry greens so without doubt one of the biggest shots of this year has been switching to that fed off the tier right all the way through the B but definitely with the driver I used to be super stacked Club on the inside and hit a big rasping drawer when it was good it was good but we were way down on percentage all right so I've probably double my Fairways hit percentage with the fade and it's pretty simple I aim way left make sure that the face and the shoulders are on my target feet are a little bit open and then I turn as hard as possible Right the bad one is when I lift the arms more than turn the body and then the club really can't create the right impact and I can hit it kind of left or slice it a little bit more but if I am left right now it's on that tree line on the highest point if I swing hard I've got my club set I've got my body set to just fed it off that tree line hit it out the middle really nice flight and actually hit some Fairways all right so let's see what we can do right here the one I don't like is the one that just stays left so right now high point of that tree I line up to there know that I'm aiming left and then hit it hard pretty good just Co up a little bit more than we needed to but that start line makes such a huge difference right as long as we get it going on that left side opens up the cross takes one side out right it's made a huge difference power fit for any of you who are still on at this point I know it's been a little bit of a kind of allaround video trying to get used to the more personal side like I said so hopefully these videos will improve as we go forward but looping back around to what we said at the start like I know that I can go and do something one of my motivations is to help others believe that they can do something as well because that's made a huge impact on me in terms of the stories that you read the people that you see and interact with and that honestly has held me along with my fifth it's held me into this game to the business and to everything because it's been incredibly hard to carry on honestly trying to build a business feeling as much I have done on the course and the absolute devastation that kind of leads sometimes because it does feel like it means so much more to you than maybe it could maybe it should but it does all right so yeah going to be out here doing the work I've been doing the work for a long time but now I just intend to show it and I hope that some of you come on the journey with me it' be awesome that so many of have already but we're going to do something all right I'm not out here just because I'm out here we're going to do something okay so let me finish out this P five we're going to do something all right so this definitely T of more than expected but it's been a little bit steady so far a couple of PS so let's not see if we can do something here all right got bit of a gap go a good lie going to hit three iron just absolutely rasp it through those two bunkies out in the distance try to hit those te true trees in front see where it goes after that oh my word cut a [Applause] little then see it down I was absolutely flushed thought I was cutting at the front left of the green but didn't see it down let's go find it so I actually got it all the way up to pen High which is pretty awesome from where we were if it had cut we'd have been talking Eagle time but we're in the bunker pretty simple shot except these bunkers suck so you're never quite sure understand and it's been raining should be pretty heavy so in that case not going to get a lot of spin just need to carry The Fringe a little bit of height and just roll it out right stand the bunker shot if it comes out good go H that was nice almost too good but let's make a bird before we finish okay so really nothing to it about 8 ft not a lot of turn pretty much just banging in the back all right so I like to look exactly on the target set the face back to the target stay tall stay loose once the hands are in it's one final breath drilled it actually all right that's nice to see so again if you have made it all the way through to this point hugely appreciate you make sure you the first two comment let us know what you want to see next what you really want me to go deeper in and just see about what we do okay and generally I appreciate every single one of you who's allowed us to build this business to impact people the way that we have them and we're only just getting started all right guys so hit like hit subscribe make sure you got the DRVN app if you do not already this is episode one you're ready for episode two and 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