05/15/2026
James is 29, turning 30 next week, and moving like a golfer who plans to keep getting better.
Today’s Reformer work: The Mermaid.
The Mermaid looks simple, but it is a big-time golf movement. Before we even get to the reach and rotation, the setup itself asks a lot from the body.
It is basically a 90-90 hip position, with one hip in external rotation and the other in internal rotation — and some golfers can’t even comfortably get into that position yet.
That always tells me something.
Golfers need mobile hips, a responsive rib cage, and the ability to rotate without just stealing motion from the low back.
One video is aimed down: flexion + rotation.
One video is aimed up: extension + rotation.
That means we are training the hips, side body, ribs, lats, obliques, and thoracic spine to work together through different angles — just like the golf swing asks us to do.
Because golf is not just “turn more.” It is rotate, breathe, and control better.
Nice work, James!