“Balls in the Air” Sponsored Content: Kinexit Gives Charlie Rymer a Golf Fitness Assessment

Charlie Rymer:

I’m here with Rick Murphy, Kinexit certified, PGA professional. Rick, you are going to put me through the evaluation process with Kinexit. You’re going to enter that in an iPad. That’s going to tell me where I stand and eventually we’re going to get some exercises through the AI.

Rick Murphy:

Absolutely, yeah.

Charlie Rymer:

But, I’m a little nervous about this evaluation. I’m not moving very well right now, but that’s okay, isn’t it?

Rick Murphy:

Yeah, that’s fine. That’s what we want. Okay? There’s no pass or fail. Before we do these seven tests, there’s no pass or fail. So, don’t even ask me, “How am I doing? Is that good?” Okay?

Charlie Rymer:

Oh, okay. I know how I’m doing. All right.

Rick Murphy:

The first one we’re going to do, we talked about earlier, we’re really going to address your foot and ankle mobility. Okay?

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

Then we’re going to address your flexion and extension in the sagittal plane. And then we’re going to address your flexion and extension, if you will, in your side bending. From these seven tests, we’re going to come up with a group of exercises prescribed exactly, precisely for you.

Charlie Rymer:

Let’s get after it.

Rick Murphy:

Okay.

Charlie Rymer:

What’s number one?

Rick Murphy:

Number one is foot mobility. What I want you to do is to stand with your foot, let’s start at about five inches.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

You can put your hands against the wall and I want you to touch with the knee. Okay? We’re going to get to a point that if the heel lifts, then we’re going to inch back in. There’s a pass or fail in the testing.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay. I’m going to start. We’re going to do both feet. I’m going to start with the right foot.

Rick Murphy:

Let’s start with the right foot and let’s start at about the big toe. Every measurement is going to be off the big toe at about five inches.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

Okay, palm. There you go.

Charlie Rymer:

And I can put my foot here, okay.

Rick Murphy:

Place your left foot there. Now let’s see if you can touch the wall with the knee. Now, you can see that the right heel is coming up.

Charlie Rymer:

No, I can’t go. Yeah, I can’t go any farther.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Let’s go into three inches.

Charlie Rymer:

All right.

Rick Murphy:

Perfect. With the right foot.

Charlie Rymer:

Got it.

Rick Murphy:

Got it at three. You feel comfortable that’s it?

Charlie Rymer:

Yep.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. We’re going to enter three inches. Now, let’s do it with-

Charlie Rymer:

Left foot?

Rick Murphy:

The left foot.

Charlie Rymer:

Start at five?

Rick Murphy:

Yes.

Charlie Rymer:

Oh man. I don’t have near as much here.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Inch in there to three.

Charlie Rymer:

I can really feel that in my ankle. It’s like my ankle’s in concrete.

Rick Murphy:

There’s no pass or fail. Now, let’s move into two. Perfect. Great job. Great job. Okay. That’s-

Charlie Rymer:

I can tell I got some work to do with that.

Rick Murphy:

… foot mobility, both left and right.

Charlie Rymer:

I’ve had foot problems my whole life. Maybe that’s the root of it.

Rick Murphy:

Could be. We’re going to find out what’s going on there. Now, we’re going to do forward reach with internal rotation.

Charlie Rymer:

All right.

Rick Murphy:

Forward reach is going to be where you will stand and you can see on the iPad the actual exercise.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah, it really gives you a nice demo there.

Rick Murphy:

If you’ll hold that. You’re going to put your palms together and you’re going to face the wall. It’s internal rotation, so you’re going to start with the right foot internally rotated and this foot will come up in the arch, and can you reach and touch the top of the base board comfortably and come back?

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

Okay? This is forward reach with internal rotation of the right foot. I’d like to see the right foot about 45 degrees.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay. Where do I start?

Rick Murphy:

Start? Let’s start at-

Charlie Rymer:

10 inches?

Rick Murphy:

No, no, no. Let’s go out to about 16, 45 degree angle.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

Yes. Now, can you touch the top of the baseboard?

Charlie Rymer:

I extend my hands out?

Rick Murphy:

Yes, and reach down. You feel comfortable there?

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Let’s move back out to 20 inches.

Charlie Rymer:

That’s all right if I bend my leg, right?

Rick Murphy:

Yes.

Charlie Rymer:

Big toe, 20 inches.

Rick Murphy:

Yes.

Charlie Rymer:

Yep.

Rick Murphy:

Comfortable? Okay. Let’s move out to 23, or let’s just go two feet, 24.

Charlie Rymer:

Two feet.

Rick Murphy:

Internal rotation, here we go.

Charlie Rymer:

Yep.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. A little… That’s about it? You think that’s good? Or do you have any more?

Charlie Rymer:

I tell you that’s about it.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. That’s the right foot. Now, let’s do the left foot internally rotated.

Charlie Rymer:

Very good.

Rick Murphy:

That was 24 on the right.

Charlie Rymer:

Do I have to call you sensei?

Rick Murphy:

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Charlie Rymer:

We’re going to start at 16.

Rick Murphy:

Let’s start at 20 because we already know the right side was what it was, 24.

Charlie Rymer:

Woo.

Rick Murphy:

You’re going to see some differences in both the left and right side of the body.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah. I barely got 20.

Rick Murphy:

Okay.

Charlie Rymer:

Let me try 22. I don’t know if I can get that.

Rick Murphy:

Go to 22.

Charlie Rymer:

It’s harder for me to rotate my foot in. That’s about it.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. So, 22 on the left foot? All right. So, submit that and now-

Charlie Rymer:

How am I doing?

Rick Murphy:

You’re doing great. There’s no pass or fail, Charlie. It is what it is, and then we’re going to build off that. Now we’re going to do forward reach, the same exercise assessment you just did with external rotation. You’re going to take your foot now and rotate it external. If you want to start at two feet and then touch the baseboard, that’s fine.

Charlie Rymer:

Hands together, touch the baseboard.

Rick Murphy:

Yes. This is with external rotation. Beautiful. Start wherever you feel comfortable. You did that with ease.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah. That one was pretty easy.

Rick Murphy:

Let’s move out to-

Charlie Rymer:

30 inches.

Rick Murphy:

Yeah, go to 30. A little… Now, let’s move back into-

Charlie Rymer:

28?

Rick Murphy:

… 28. Let’s let’s go there. About it?

Charlie Rymer:

That’s about it.

Rick Murphy:

Beautiful. That’s excellent. We’re going to go 28 there. Now let’s do it with the left foot.

Charlie Rymer:

Goes out this way?

Rick Murphy:

Yes.

Charlie Rymer:

We’ll start at two feet.

Rick Murphy:

All right. Up on the right toe. Good. Beautiful.

Charlie Rymer:

I got a 30.

Rick Murphy:

Let’s go to 30. That’s 31. That’s good. Let’s try that.

Charlie Rymer:

30, I almost got a 30.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Is that enough?

Charlie Rymer:

I can get a little more.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Give me 32 or three.

Charlie Rymer:

I’ll do 32.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. You want to stop with-

Charlie Rymer:

Let’s say 30.

Rick Murphy:

30, okay.

Charlie Rymer:

Ow, that one hurt a little bit.

Rick Murphy:

It’s looking like we see a pattern here already, but now we’re going to go with backward reach with internal rotation.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

All right. What I want you to do is to hold the iPad for me. I said internal rotation, backward reach. You’re going to stand with your back to the wall. Internal rotate. Let’s start with the right foot. Let’s say that would be two feet. You’re going to bring the arms up and keep the arms, if you can, around your ears, not letting it go either way. You’re going to reach back and touch the wall and come back. We’re just going to see-

Charlie Rymer:

See where it goes.

Rick Murphy:

… what mobility we have there.

Charlie Rymer:

So, it’s internal rotation.

Rick Murphy:

Yes. You’re going to, let’s start with the right foot internally rotated and come on out to about 30. 45-degree angle with your right foot. You’re going to start at 24.

Charlie Rymer:

Let’s start at 24. I’m not optimistic about this one.

Rick Murphy:

You’re going to be easy with that. It’s going to be easy.

Charlie Rymer:

Right here?

Rick Murphy:

Yes, sir.

Charlie Rymer:

Can I just touch it?

Rick Murphy:

Put the palms together if you can.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah, that’s…

Rick Murphy:

All right. Now, I want you to internally rotate that foot and let’s do that again at 24.

Charlie Rymer:

Palms touching.

Rick Murphy:

Yes. Boom.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah, that’s easy.

Rick Murphy:

Jump on out to whatever you feel comfortable with.

Charlie Rymer:

Let’s go to 3. Is your team here ready to pick me up if I go down?

Rick Murphy:

Yes. We’re all here for you. Now, come up on the toe of the left foot so you don’t put your weight back there.

Charlie Rymer:

I can’t quite.

Rick Murphy:

Okay.

Charlie Rymer:

Well, I got there.

Rick Murphy:

Let’s go back to 34. Now, bring your left foot up on the toe. Yes. Now, arms straight up. Here we go. Now, can you come back?

Charlie Rymer:

I did, but I pushed off.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Let’s find a place where it’s comfortable.

Charlie Rymer:

Let’s do 30.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. And come back. You’re good with that?

Charlie Rymer:

That’s it. That’s the edge of it, yeah.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. There we go. 30 on the right foot. Now, let’s do the left foot. This is backward reach with internal rotation. You were at 30.

Charlie Rymer:

I’m going to start at 24 with this one.

Rick Murphy:

We’ll start at 24. Up on the right toe. Boom. Easy. Jump on out there to 30. Nice. That was good. You feel good there?

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah, I’m a little better on the other side. Let me try 32.

Rick Murphy:

Okay.

Charlie Rymer:

That’s about it.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. 32 on the left.

Charlie Rymer:

Yep.

Rick Murphy:

Submit. Now, we’re going to do the backward reach with external rotation this time. Let’s do the right foot first. Right foot will be externally rotated. You might want to come across on that side.

Charlie Rymer:

Let’s start at 28.

Rick Murphy:

Starting at 28, backward reach with external rotation. Easy. Up on the toe.

Charlie Rymer:

That’s as far as I’m going to go with it.

Rick Murphy:

That’s 36.

Charlie Rymer:

Or three feet.

Rick Murphy:

Three feet.

Charlie Rymer:

Or you could call it 36.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. With the right foot.

Charlie Rymer:

This is external rotation.

Rick Murphy:

External rotation with your left foot now.

Charlie Rymer:

All right. We’ll start at two feet.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. No weight on that right foot. There you go.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah. That’s easy.

Rick Murphy:

Easy. Jump on out.

Charlie Rymer:

We’ll try 34.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. 36?

Charlie Rymer:

That’s it.

Rick Murphy:

And, can you come back? We’re going to go 36 on both sides. Awesome. Now, we’re going to do right side bend. You’re going to stand and face the door.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

We’re going to do the right foot first. You’re going to place your big toe on, let’s say 24 inches.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

Left foot up, arms up again, palms together. Can you side bend and touch the wall?

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

What I’m looking for, I want you to think about when you’re doing this, that there’s a wall behind you and there’s a wall in front of you and you’re not twisting. Okay?

Charlie Rymer:

I’m keeping it on plane.

Rick Murphy:

You’re keeping it on plain, just like your golf swing.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay, just a straight…

Rick Murphy:

Yes, sir.

Charlie Rymer:

Okay.

Rick Murphy:

Here we are.

Charlie Rymer:

I’m at two feet.

Rick Murphy:

Feel comfortable?

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah. I’m not going to have too much more of that.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. 24 with the right foot, or do you want bite off a little more?

Charlie Rymer:

Well, let me try 27.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Give it a go. Straight up.

Charlie Rymer:

Oh, yeah. I can do a little more.

Rick Murphy:

Okay.

Charlie Rymer:

That’s about it.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. So that’s 30?

Charlie Rymer:

30.

Rick Murphy:

With the right foot. Now, let’s do it with the left foot. Jumped out to 28?

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah.

Rick Murphy:

Perfect. Extend those arms. Yeah.

Charlie Rymer:

I’m going to try 31.

Rick Murphy:

Okay.

Charlie Rymer:

I got a little more that way.

Rick Murphy:

You want to go with 31?

Charlie Rymer:

No, I’m going to try 34.

Rick Murphy:

Okay. Great.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah, 34 is probably about it.

Rick Murphy:

That’s on the left foot.

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah.

Rick Murphy:

Right side bend. Now, we’re going to go to left side bend. Just turn around and come on this side of the tape. Here we go, left side bend.

Charlie Rymer:

I was at 24.

Rick Murphy:

You’re doing the left foot first. That’s fine. You’re out to 30. You feel comfortable there?

Charlie Rymer:

Yeah.

Rick Murphy:

That’s the left foot.

Charlie Rymer:

That was about it.

Rick Murphy:

Let’s go 30. Now, the right foot. Okay. I’m looking to see that he stays between the two walls, one in front, one back. No twisting. Awesome. Let’s go with 30.

Charlie Rymer:

All right.

Rick Murphy:

That looked reasonably comfortable. All right.

Charlie Rymer:

Are we finished yet?

Rick Murphy:

Now we’re done.

Charlie Rymer:

We finished.

Rick Murphy:

That’s how simple it was. It’s seven tests. Okay. You’ll see that… Here we go, the results. We can look at the results and then we can look at the workout. It’s going to prescribe based on your assessment. Here are the results. There’s no pass or fail. Charlie.

Charlie Rymer:

It’s taking a while to calculate.

Rick Murphy:

Here, you got bronze. There’s bronze, silver, and gold. You’ll see how you rank among your age group. Okay? Of everyone that’s in Kinexit, and then where you are at this moment. Bronze. Okay?

Charlie Rymer:

All right. So, we’ve done the evaluation. You know where I stand. I feel like I’ve got a lot of work to do. We’re about to get some exercises out of here. In our next video, we’re going to dig into a few of those key exercises. In the meantime, if you want to know anything about Kinexit, how to sign up, how much it costs, just go over there to charlierymer.com. That’s where you’ll find all the info.