As you get older, a “secret sauce”? The main winner thinks that’s

Padraig Harrington said he knew what he would do if he stopped playing golf.

and the clothes he would wear.

And what he wants to eat. Even taste.

“I’m actually sitting watching the shopping channel, string vest, in my dance, chocolate ice cream stains on the vest. I’ll buy things, never open it. These boxes will come , but it will never open.”

Of course, this is not about you cannot Watch the shopping channel while eating chocolate ice cream, especially after a long and successful career, the 30-year pro and three-time main winner has achieved success, especially with your age, as well as Haring Dun occupied 53 circles around the sun. Very easy. Or not as difficult as maintaining what used to be.

But Harrington thinks he can help the latter. In recent appearances Cookie jar golf ball Podcasts – You can listen to it all here – He was asked to provide a “secret sauce” to maintain your body and continue to improve, and he is a qualified speaker. He kept his distance. He continued to play in the PGA Tour.

What is his general thought? Continue to fight. Stay active. weightlifting.

Then Harrington got the specific.

You should try to swing – there is no solid effort right now.

“I’m 50 years old – they’re doing business, but they’re already focusing on retirement and they’re going to play more golf,” Harrington said in the podcast. “Well, if you hit a 120 yard in the air, You won’t enjoy golf at the age of 75. And you will lose between 50 and 75. You will lose speed and it doesn’t matter what you do.

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“So all you have to do at 50 is push it away so that you have a reasonable amount when you retire when you have time to enjoy it. So I recommend everyone within the physical range. , they have to improve the psychological aspects of being harder to play. Yes, go to the gym; yes, what to do with your technology – you can see it on Paddy’s golf skills; there are a lot of things like that. But in the end, Probably once a week, you have to lose the suppression and whip. So if you can whip the club speed at 110 mph on the ball – now I mean whip it. Get a monitor…. It will give you feedback. You can Slam it at 110, and you may be able to smooth it out at 100.”

Really? One, one zero?

Really, Harrington said. Just swing. Don’t look at where the ball goes.

“But you say you dream to seek 110 – Dream 110, contact the ball and hit the ball directly.” “I want you to swing at 110 without restraint. I’m talking about you want to fall down with an axe Tree. I’m talking about the most ferocious, vicious. Going to top speed and then 100 mph will feel slow for you. Your problem is, you think I have to do a golf swing at 110. I don’t care how you Go to 110. I don’t care how you achieve it.

“If you can reach 110, I swear to you that your golf swing will feel slow and smooth at 100. So your goal is always to break the ceiling. I’m not telling everyone to cut it off on the golf course. But, you know, 20 balls per week are not too much to ask for, if you can raise the ceiling by 5, 10 mph, you might find that in 20 years you might lose extra ceilings, but you might Still in your current position. And you will-I can tell you that if you could swing at 100 miles per hour at 65, you will be king.”

Editor’s Note: Listen to the full Cookie Jar podcast with Harrington Please click here.

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