Bob Gosch

Discover Golf Performance Center
8500 Roll Road
Clarence Center, NY 14032
www.discovergolfbuffalo.com

Bob Gosch is the owner of the Discover Golf Performance Center. He is both a personal trainer and a professional golf instructor with a wealth of experience as a fitness specialist.  In addition to his vast knowledge of exercise training and fitness facility management, Gosch is a Class A Member in the PGA of America and is a Titleist Staff Member. He spends his summers teaching golf at the Battistoni Golf Center and at Brookfield Country Club both in Clarence, New York. He has qualified regionally for the ReMax long drive contest and the New York State Open Golf Championship. His personal best score for 18 holes is 66 at the Crag Burn Golf Club in East Aurora, New York.  Bob Gosch will provide weekly game and fitness tips to the BuffaloGolfer.Com reading viewership.

Tip # 16-6:2:2008
Take time to think about the sequence and selection of exercises for your upcoming workout.  Define your purpose for exercising and review the benefits you will realize.  This process is as important for an effective workout as the exercise itself.  The idea behind a thorough warm-up and planning period is to prepare yourself, both in mind and body.


Tip # 16-5:26:2008
Aerobic exercise performed on cardiovascular equipment or in group exercise classes needs to be prescribed by a qualified instructor with a background in assessing cardiac risk factors.  Anytime an elevated heart rate is anticipated during exercise, a thorough screening should be performed by both a trainer and physician before participation.

Tip # 16-5:19:2008
Individuals who choose sound eating behaviors and sensible food choices will have more endurance and the ability to focus on life's challenges and the demands of serious golf.

Tip # 15-5:12:2008
Patience, perseverance and hard work are the keys to long lasting results.  If you can wait patiently and bear down with intelligent effort, success will arrive when you least expect it.

Tip # 14-5:5:2008
For those of us living in climates that limit outdoor practice and playing times, indoor exercise participation can provide
a unique training environment for golf and its principle set-up positions and movements.

Tip #13-4:28:2008

Once in a while, try to perform your exercises a little differently.  Change your set-up slightly or your joint angles.  Recognize the result and evaluate for efficiency and benefit.

Tip #12-4:20:2008

Creating relationships between complementary exercise movements allows us to experience the unique affects of synergy.  We can work individual muscles more efficiently by first isolating them.  We then continue working the pre-fatigued muscles to higher levels of exhaustion using compound joint movements.

Tip #11-4:13:2008

While performing a specific exercise, always make small and subtle changes in your positioning until you have achieved the most comfortable movement path.

Tip #10-4:6:2008

When working with most resistance equipment one must at first move slowly, deliberately and with intent to exhibit proper technique.  Take time to accumulate tension in the working muscles while keeping the face and neck muscles relaxed.  Your grip pressure should be light, yet always supportive.

Tip #9-3:30:2008

Abdominal and trunk exercises are intended to target the core muscles of the body.  These key muscle groups play a paramount role on surrounding and protecting the spine.  Additionally, many of these same muscles can initiate the forceful rotation of the body during the downswing while maintaining stability in the spine and hips.

Tip #8-3:23:2008

Our bodies are an interdependent system of parts which function together as we move.  While exercising a specific muscle group during a set, take time to feel what other parts of your body are doing.  Feel what role these auxiliary parts play in balance, support, and posture.

Tip #7-3:16:2008

The language we use to best describe the concept of synergistic training is important.  I like to think of this principle of purposely combining complementary exercises as a 'blending' or connecting of muscle movements in logical sequence.  Individual muscle groups generally share the workload in most activities we perform outside the gym.  This is why I like to train the muscles synergistically inside the gym.

Tip #6-3:9:2008

When first undertaking a commitment to exercise regularly, define yourself as an athlete.  Regardless of your current abilities, defining yourself as an athlete will automatically change your approach and focus.  You will begin to act and think in new ways, directing your physical fitness level toward its greatest potential.
 

Tip #5-3:2:2008

In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities; in the expert's mind there are few.
 

Tip #4-2:24:2008

Elite athletes seem relaxed and appear to move effortlessly, regardless of the complexity or strenuous nature of their tasks.  Effective movement arises from supple and balanced physiques, coupled with strong anatomical support, body awareness and absolute confidence in one's skill.  These qualities provide the athlete an almost unconscious ability to move gracefully under maximum exertion and pressure.

Tip #3-2:17:2008

As we train and practice to become better players, we concurrently eliminate many of the same mental and physical weaknesses that have made us less effective and productive in our daily lives.

We grow to be stronger individuals or 'life athletes', capable of greater personal accomplishments both on and off the golf course.

Tip #2 -- 2:10:2008
We prepare to play proficiently by honing a better set of skills, tailoring our equipment and developing a healthier lifestyle, a clearer mind and a more athletic and functional body.

Tip #1 -- 2:3:2008: 
Reaching our highest potential in golf requires us to strive for self-mastery.  In turn, the game presents a wonderful contest for us while the golf course becomes the playing field on which we test and measure our mental and physical abilities.
 

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