Golf Strength Training Is The Missing Link To A Great Game
Golf strength training is the quickest way to add yards to your drives and eliminate back
pain forever. The golf swing puts a tremendous amount of stress on the body, especially the
lower back. Implementing a golf strength training program will prevent and/or reduce boughts
of low back pain and injury.
When it comes to driving distance in golf, it takes an
optimum level of strength, especially in the "core muscles", to produce a high
enough swing speed to hit the ball optimum distances.
If the "core" isn't
strong enough, you won't be able to store and generate any power during the backswing and
downswing, and into impact.
Trying to swing harder, and outside what your body is
capable of doing, and the result will be more mishits and shorter drives due to off-center
impact on the clubface. But if you can make a FULL backswing and store that energy in your
"core", you will produce more clubhead speed without swing harder.
The beauty
of being stronger, specific to golf is the added benefit of hitting the ball longer, with less
effort. This removes the injury factor and improves consistency.
Many golfers think
they need to hit MORE balls. That's not the case. Hitting more balls will only put more
stress on their already weak bodies, resulting again in injuries and unlimited time "off
the course".
The main emphasis in regards to golf strength training should be your
"core", which is the abdominals, hips, glutes and even the hamstring tie-in. Doing
golf strength exercises involving rotational movements will warrant the best, most effective
results.
Remember, the golf swing is a rotational movement and any golf strength
training programs should incorporate a big percent of the golf exercises to rotational
movements.
A good example of such an exercise would be the seated twist with exercise
tubing.
? Using door attachment, place tubing 3 feet from ground in door.
? Place
ball several feet from door. Grab both handles with both hands.
? Face sideways from the
door, raise hands to chest high with arms extended.
? Rotate hands holding tubing away
from door until there is sufficient tension.
? While keeping hands at chest high return
to starting position, but maintain tension on tubing at all times.
? Repeat until full
set is done and reverse motion and position facing the other way.
This is just one of
dozens of golf strength training exercises that will quickly and dramatically transform your
game. You will have wondered why you hadn't started years ago.
It's NEVER too late to
start! Don't put it off any longer!
