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Golf Workouts Can Quickly Add Yards To Your Drives
from: Mike Pedersen Im sure by now youve heard most of the professional players; both men and women actively participate in golf workouts. Its no secret. But why then do most amateur golfers ignore this? Is it because it seems like work? Or, does the thought of actually breaking a sweat get you tired already?
Either waythe proof is in the bag. The number one player in the world, Vijay Singh, does his golf workouts all the way through Sunday of each tournament. Does it look like its hurting his game? I dont think so. Back in 1997, a young, very athletic golfer came on the professional scene and blew everyone away. I think you know who Im talking about.
Tiger took golf to another level. A real eye-opener for the veteran players who were hitting the 19th hole after every roundand the last thought on their mind was exercise. What a wake-up call to be totally dominated by a player who was only 20 years old at the time.
How about the year Annika Sorenstam shot a 59 and totally dominated the LPGA? Do you know what she attributes it to? Golf workouts! She hired a trainer and got serious about her fitness. And look what happened? She hasnt looked back since. She just recently came out with an instruction book and devoted a chapter to golf workouts.
To my recollection, thats the first womens instruction book to include golf workouts. Working out to playing better golf isnt just for the guys;
Annika has proved that. Now more LPGA players are working out to try and catch her, just like the guys did with Tiger.
How about the senior tour? Now players are realizing they can still make good money, even after theyve turned 50 and cant really compete with the young guys anymore. With the money at stake, they too are all working out. This group of players both amateur and pro is the biggest demographic that needs it the most.
With age comes a decline in both flexibility and strength. When the body declines, the swing goes right along with it. The result is a big loss in yardage, more mishits, and ballooning scores. The end resultfrustration! I cant tell you how many times Ive played with and received phone calls from older golfers who are just about ready to quit the game.
They are SO frustrated at this rapid decline, that golfs not fun anymore. But there is hope. The answer? Get your body moving just a little better. How? By participating in golf workouts that focus on golf-specific strength AND flexibility. Its amazing to see golfers in this age bracket dramatically improve their driving distance, accuracy and scores.
You dont have to accept that with age, your body declines. No way! Youve got to fight it all the way! Im dead serious. The ones who do, are the ones who are enjoying the game again and taking all the money in their foursome.
What is a golf workout anyways? Is there such a thing? You bet there is. The golf swing is an awkward movement that puts a tremendous amount of stress on the body. To prevent injury and improve swing speed and distance requires your body to be both strong and flexible specific to the swing.
I could spend dozens of pages describing what this entails, but for the sake of this concise article, lets keep it simple.
The golf swing is a rotational movement, with your body in golf posture. Slight flex of the knees and a bending forward at the hips. Since the golf swing is primarily rotational, wouldnt it make sense to focus on rotational strength and flexibility? That is improving your turning ability related to range of motion and speed.
So anything involving twisting with resistance such as a medicine ball, a dumbbell, or even a weighted club would work. You need to have a resistance to take your body beyond where it normally goes.
For instance, if you took a club and placed it behind your neck, got in your golf posture and rotated back and forth; do you think that by itself would improve your range of motion or power?
No, you need to add resistance to accomplish this. Take a weighted club and make golf swings. Now youll be making a bigger turn AND improving your power. Same thing with a medicine ball. Make turns back and through holding a 4 to 6 pound ball and youll see a BIG improvement.
In fact, most of your abdominal work should be rotational. Doing straight crunches wont improve your driving distance. Doing rotational movements with added weight will. This is where I could go on and on, but I wont overload you.
I hope Ive convinced you to take a real serious look at what all the other successful professional players are doing to stay at the top of their game. Doing golf workouts can and will dramatically change your game forever. Now get out there and get it started. No procrastinating. Do it right now!
About the Author
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness experts in the country, author of the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide, and founder of several cutting-edge online golf fitness sites. Check out his new golf fitness golf training site at Perform Better Golf.
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