| The old days of the unfit golfer have gone for | | | | STEP 1: Lie flat on your back and then bend your |
| ever .Even if you are just a social golfer doing | | | | knees in towards your buttocks. Lock your |
| simple routines that will improve your game make | | | | fingers and place them behind your neck. like you |
| sense. | | | | are about to do a sit up. |
| The golf strengthening and conditioning exercises I | | | | STEP 2: Twist your left shoulder towards your |
| am going to give you on this page will improve | | | | left knee until the middle part of your back begins |
| your game and have you feeling fitter and | | | | to lift off the floor. Twist until you feel a strain on |
| stronger. | | | | your abdominals and hold for about 20 seconds. |
| The game of golf is now played in a much more | | | | STEP 3: Return back to your starting position and |
| athletic way then is was in the past. Players like | | | | repeat on the other side. |
| Tiger Woods and Greg Norman have brought | | | | |
| athleticism and fitness to the game. The routines | | | | Dumbbell Exercises |
| in the gym that modern players like Tiger and | | | | |
| Greg use have proven to be just as important as | | | | Exercise one: Wrist Grip Power |
| the time they spend practising on course. | | | | |
| Along with some gym exercises I am also going | | | | STEP 1: Grab a dumbbell with each hand that is |
| to give you some great stretching exercises that | | | | light and grip tightly, then hold each weight down |
| you can do at home or the office. | | | | against your sides. Lift both weights upward until |
| I will start with the all time best stretching | | | | your elbows are at 90 degrees and hold for 5 |
| exercises for Golfers. | | | | seconds. |
| | | | | STEP 2: Whilst tensing your arms and forearms |
| Stretch 1: The Oblique Twist | | | | simply twist your wrists at the same time in and |
| | | | | then out. |
| STEP 1: Sit down and slowly lower your back on | | | | As simple as this exercise sounds it will strengthen |
| to the ground until you are as fat as a pancake. | | | | you wrists quickly and give you more control |
| Put your hands out directly from your shoulders | | | | when chipping and driving. |
| to form a t shape, then lower them a little so | | | | Exercise Two: Stance Power |
| your hands are pointing about 1 foot wide of your | | | | This exercise will strengthen your quads and your |
| feet. | | | | hamstrings, which both play a role when you drive |
| STEP 2: Raise your legs up whilst keeping your | | | | a golf ball. |
| torso completely still, and then lower both legs to | | | | STEP 1: Stand with your feet shoulder length |
| one side of your body. The key thing is to keep | | | | apart, and hold the same light pair of dumbbells. |
| your upper body quite straight and rigid, as this | | | | Lower the dumbbells down against your sides |
| will strengthen your obliques. | | | | about 10 centimetres wide from your thighs. |
| STEP 3: Simply lift your legs back up to the | | | | STEP 2: Bend down at your knees and stabilize, |
| centre position and then lower down again to the | | | | then spring up into the air. Land down in the |
| other side. | | | | knees bent position when you come down and |
| By holding, your legs in the centre position for 30 | | | | repeat for 20 repetitions. |
| or 40 seconds each time you will further | | | | Over the next few days, I will detail a number of |
| strengthen your core. | | | | additional golfing stretches and weight routines. |
| Think about this exercise and then think about the | | | | The main muscle groups that we will cover in the |
| motion your body goes through when you are | | | | routines are the |
| hitting a shot. The twist with each golf shot put | | | | inals and the rectus. |
| pressure on the obliques so strengthening them | | | | Using the exercises described above with the |
| up has to make sense. | | | | additional ones that I would publish shortly about |
| | | | | three times a week will improve your power and |
| Stretch 2: The Oblique push down | | | | endurance quickly. |
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