Protein is the most important nutrient for building muscle. All men, especially in their 20’s, should take in at least 30% of their total calories from high quality protein sources like chicken, fish, and dairy products. It is recommended that you eat 1 gram of protein for every 1lb of target weight. If you want to weigh 200lbs, shoot for 200 grams of protein per day. 

 At the Winchester Institute, the Doctors have extensive nutritional education and experience which gives them the ability to help people of any age and background match their diet to their busy lifestyles.

Plyometric exercises are explosive movements that should be incorporated in many athletes’ workout routines because they are key to increasing power. Power is a function of strength and speed working in union. Theses explosive movements allow strength to be converted to power. Think of plyometrics as training nerves and weight training as training muscles. It has also been stated in a 2008 Danish study published in the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research that “Along with helping you gain speed and power, doing plyometrics also builds new muscle.

 At the Winchester Institute, our staff is versed in many different kinds of Plyometric training to help an athlete of any age improve their power and their game.

A swing fault that is sure to drain power from any golfer’s swing is lateral sway. This excessive lateral movement away from the target during the backswing forces the golfer’s weight outside of the back foot. Swaying makes it almost impossible for a golfer to develop a proper weight shift during transition and the downswing. If the golfer is unable to load around their back leg and drive their weight to the front leg they will lose a great deal of power.

The cause of sway is usually joint dysfunction in the hip causing lack of internal rotation or lack of thoracic spine rotation causing the body to compensate for the lost motion through the pelvis. At The Winchester Institute we address these dysfunctions head on by determining what movement pattern is deficit and helping to restore it to normal. This decreases the golfer’s likelihood of injury and increases their consistency.