[Vickie]

Great responses on all of your posts physioguy. I especially like that you recognize that the body is enormously correctable.

In response to your TGC report I can tell you that it couldn't possibly be more abstract. Working almost exclusively with golfers over the last ten years has gleaned that there is no such thing as a specific generality. I would certainly not say that medial glutes are a man's greatest problem without recognizing that there were other muscle disfunctions that set up the quicker disassociation of the medial glute. In terms of women, I think the biggest problems have more to do with the evolution of the sport than anything.

The truth is that every 'body' has it's own genetic origin, daily life challenges, and lifestyle misalignments. And still, caught early enough, there is no reason that alignment can't be restored and maintained.

I believe that the body is designed to stand, sit, golf, run, and take almost any abuse you can dish out provided it is then given the time and the appropriate movements to recover and correct the impact of the activity.

As golf fitness becomes more mainstream you see and hear of much less injury and treatment in the pro circuit. But do recognize the amount of treatment and training support the pro's afford themselves. Have you ever been on a pro tour bus? It is purely set up to restore the player for the next game.

Instead of focusing on such general expectations of difficulty I think everyone would be better served to look at balancing their fitness efforts with respect to the time they are willing to committ. Many posts have already said this. There is just not a magic bullet that fits everyone. Some people are naturally more flexible and they don't have to spend as much time stretching but usually even in this case one portion of the body needs more attention than another. Sometimes this is predicated by the activity of the day, whether it is sitting in a car all day or being on the golf course or playing with kids. Every day and every workout will have some similarities and some redundancies but no two activities will call for the same recovery; that applies to strength training, aerobics and diet too.

Vik