Interview with Alex Ehlert AKA "The Golf Physiologist"
Becoming a Lifelong Golfer. Hit Bombs and Play Forever
English - March 30, 2020 16:21 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 3 ratingsHealth & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Today I interview the great Alex Ehlert
Alex is currently a PhD student in the Human Performance Laboratory at Old Dominion University, where I research the effects of various fitness and nutritional strategies on sport and occupational performance. Specifically, he studies the genetics of caffeine supplementation, as well as the effects of strength and conditioning and nutrition on golf performance. he is also a volunteer golf coach with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, where he works in conjunction with the Sports Nutrition and Strength & Conditioning staff. Alex was an NCAA division 1 collegiate golfer before going onto his graduate studies, and always intended to do research and work with golfers in some capacity.
On today's episode, we discuss all things Golf performance, including what exercises are best for carryover into golf, how caffeine affects performance, the importance of in round nutrition and hydration and what the research says as well as the limitation when it comes to research and golf
Alex is a super-smart guy and does an excellent job distilling the research down into real-world useable information
You can find Alex on social media where he shares his findings
IG: https://www.instagram.com/golf_physiologist/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlexMEhlert
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