Simple Golf Warm-Up Exercise
Golf warm up you say? Aren’t you supposed to rush to
the course, pull out the BIG DOG, take a few hacks at it and
start your round? Is that what you do? Come on be honest with
yourself. If so, what was the result on the first tee? I’ll bet
it wasn’t even a par! Am I wrong?
I don’t mean to add too much sarcasm in there, but I want to
get your attention to the importance of doing golf warm up
exercises to avoid those big numbers the first few holes.
Are you with me? Good.
Now let me talk to you like you’re an athlete for a minute.
Time to re-live the glory days one more time.
Now remember back in the day when you had a game, meet or
competition. Did you run out on the field or court and start
playing your sport?
I’ll bet not!
You did a sport-specific warm up didn’t you?
Well why wouldn’t you do one before golf then? Ah…gotcha
didn’t I!
You would most definitely do a warm up. Not just pounding
balls either. That’s the worst thing you could do. You need to
do golf warm up exercises to prepare for optimal performance on
the course.
Now picture the golf swing and all it’s moving parts. The
shoulders are very active, if not the most active in the golf
swing. So better do a couple of exercises for that area.
What about your golf posture? Well…your bent at the waist
with tension on your lower back, hamstrings and glutes. So you
better do one or two golf warm up exercises for those areas
also.
Have I convinced you yet? If not, then keep your same
routine and expect the same results. I hate to sound too
negative, but I strongly believe you need to do your golf warm
up exercises.
Here’s one golf warm up exercise of eight, that I have put
together to get you started on the right track.
- Feet shoulder width apart.
- Place club in front of you and hold with both hands for
balance.
- Lower body by bending at the knees not hips.
- At the same time raise the club horizontaly up in front
of you.
- Raise back up, lower the arms and repeat 15 times.
- Keep upper body very erect.
This is a great combination exercise that warms up the
legs, lower back and shoulders all at the same time.
So next time you get to the course, at least do the above
golf warm up exercise.
About the author: About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of
the countries top golf fitness experts, and the author of the
Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide, numerous golf fitness tips and
founder of several online golf fitness sites. For more
information on his new, cutting-edge golf fitness manual and
DVD's go http://www.performbettergolf.com
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