Golf Fitness Fundamentals

Stability, Mobility & Muscular Endurance Dillon Johnson As with all sports, golf places specific demands on the body. The golf swing requires targeted areas to be mobile, others to be stable, and solid movement mechanics and coordination. If any of these fitness requirements are not up to par, your body still finds a way to swing … Read more

Workout with Emily Talley

Build strength and endurance with these three workouts! Colorado AvidGolfer Dumbbells with FitBall A big stability ball engages your entire core—lower core, abs and obliques—while you press skyward with the dumbbells. Medicine Ball Throw Do not throw with your arms. This is not an upper-body exercise, but a lower-body one to build rotational power. Your … Read more

Playing the 15th Club: Health & Fitness

Colorado AvidGolfer When today’s best golfers go looking for 10 more yards off the tee, they don’t go looking for a new driver. They go to the gym. You won’t find golf’s most indispensible club among the 14 in your bag; you’ll find it in the mirror. It’s what you eat, how you train, how … Read more

2015 GMC Denalis: Sierra1500 and Yukon XL

Isaac Bouchard As a division, GMC is one of General Motor’s shining stars, with terrific sales numbers, enviable buyer demographics and excellent profits. The Denali trim level has become a huge success too, accounting for a quarter of the vehicles on which it is offered. GMC wants to up that to one-third, and based on … Read more

2015 Porsche Carrera 4S Targa

Isaac Bouchard In the half-century since Porsche unveiled the first 911 Targa, the world has changed almost beyond recognition. Yet this open-top sports car has retained the vast majority of the qualities that have made it such a singular experience to drive. A Targa was the first open-top 911 and was named after the epically … Read more

2015 Jaguar XJ AWD

Isaac Bouchard I think it’s the first time in many years that I haven’t climbed into a new Jaguar and immediately reached for the Dynamic mode button that stiffens its britches and sharpens up the throttle. Of course, that could have something to do with the foot of slimy, slippery snow that had just blanketed … Read more

2015.5 Volvo S60 T6 Drive-E

Isaac Bouchard We are finally seeing the fruit of all the work Volvo has been doing behind the scenes, with an all-new, modular platform dubbed SPA, debuting under the 2016 XC90 SUV and a new engine family, called Drive-E, coming in some other models, including this svelte S60 sedan. On the outside, this midsizer’s looks … Read more

2015 Lexus IS350 F Sport AWD

Isaac Bouchard Half of Lexus IS sales are in F Sport trim, and the buyers of these vehicles are five to 12 years younger than that of the brand’s average, according to Jeff Bracken, GM of this Toyota division. That’s very encouraging to stockholders of course, but also indicative of where they have begun to … Read more

2015 Nissan Frontier Pro-4X

Isaac Bouchard The recent débuts of the new General Motors Canyon and Colorado, and Toyota’s update of the Tacoma refocused attention on the midsize pickup market. The Nissan Frontier, a stalwart in the segment, remains basically unchanged for 2015. Is that a problem? Not when you first see a Frontier all dolled up in Pro-4X … Read more

You Can’t Beat the Classics: 2015 Mustang GT

Isaac Bouchard America’s longest-running pony car is updated, with an all-new chassis, body and interior. In GT form it looks good: the voluptuous fenders are filled with a prodigious amount of tire, and while the internationalized nose—designed to meet overseas pedestrian protection laws—neuters a bit of Mustang menace, overall this modernized classic works visually. The … Read more