New trends and users’ behaviors are becoming evident. Recognizing these trends, and adapting your facility to them, will better serve your members and guests, says Keke Lyles, Director of Fitness and Recreation, The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.).
How to Improve Quality of Life Through Motion-Capture Technology
Developing an understanding of how to make better movements will decrease risk of injury while increasing longevity of performance at a higher level, says Keke Lyles, Director of Fitness and Recreation at The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.).
How Can Private Clubs Help Golfers Increase Distance through Fitness?
After spending the past 10 years in professional basketball as a strength and conditioning coach and performance director, Keke Lyles says there are two ways golfers can hit the ball farther. The first way is via the player’s technique. A golfer must learn the proper mechanics and skills to hit the golf ball a long…
Making Sense of All the Fitness Numbers
Keke Lyles, Director of Fitness and Recreation at The Bridges at Rancho Santa Fe (Calif.), says it helps to begin with the edge of the puzzle, by using easily captured data metrics that provide a basic snapshot of how a fitness operation is doing. Metrics such as daily participation and the demographics of those participants…
Keys to a Proper Physical Assessment
The goal for a standardized physical assessment is to establish a baseline of fitness and mobility for each member. Whether the goal is to lose 20 pounds or increase golf-swing speed, measuring progress helps to clearly guide members for continuing on a training track or making needed adjustments.
Using Fitness Programming to Shape Culture
Minimal-resistance training is helpful in building strength to improve movement. While yoga and pilates classes can help with flexibility and overall body awareness, they tend to be more than what most golfers are looking for. A variety of fitness options—as well as educating members in basic nutritional knowledge—will increase the value of a membership while…
Matching Fitness Equipment with Performance Goals
The days of selectorized gym equipment machines are behind us, yet we have been slow as an industry to make the investment to upgrade to the proper equipment. An important aspect of member retention and use is making sure the current offerings of the gym meet the users’ demands. The current trend is for more…
Golf Performance Centers Take Clubs to the Next Level
Advancements in equipment are often credited (blamed) for the massive distance increases we’re seeing on the PGA Tour, but Keke Lyles, Director of Fitness and Recreation at The Bridges Rancho Santa Fe, says there’s more to the story. “Country clubs and resorts have the unique ability to provide a massive resource to the everyday golfer as…