Play Better Golf Through Exercise

Play better golf.  Isn抰 that what every golfer thinks about 24/7?  Golf can be the most humbling game you will ever play卋ut we keep coming back for more.

To play better golf consistently you need to look at the source. 

Do you really think it抯 your equipment?  How much money have you invested on new equipment only to see the same game show up on the course?  No it抯 not your equipment. 

How about lessons?  I am a firm believer in swing mechanics to play better golf.  If you don抰 have a clear understanding of them, you will never improve.  But have you taken lessons only to get more frustrated with your game?  What I mean is厃ou just took a lesson and you抮e excited to go play.  You get to the course and can抰 揻ind your swing?  You抮e thinking of too many tips and become locked up on the course. 

So what抯 left? 

One guess?  You抮e looking right at it.  YOU! 

In order to play better golf your body has to have a reasonable level of strength, flexibility, endurance and ENERGY!  You can抰 get this hitting more balls; taking more lessons; or buying more equipment. 

You attain this 搊ff the course?through exercise.  I know what you抮e thinking卽gh. 

No厀ait卛t doesn抰 have to be that way. 

You don抰 need to get a gym membership.  You don抰 have to spend hours a day.  You don抰 have to kill yourself.  You just have to devise a plan that is efficient and tailored to YOUR needs. 

If you really want to play better golf卼his is the only way to achieve it quickly.   

How many times have you walked off the course in disgust?  You know you can do better, but your body just won抰 do what your brain wants it to do.  I hear this all the time.  In fact, I抳e received hundreds of emails saying just that. 

My answer is the same every time! 

To play better golf you抳e got to improve your range of motion specific to golf, as well as your strength for all phases of the golf swing. 

The most important aspect for improving distance is rotational strength and flexibility.  The ability to rotate back to a full 90 degree shoulder turn; store up all that energy in your core; and then unleash it during the downswing卌rushing that ball. 

Now that抯 a fun game when that happens.   

So focus on improving your range of motion and strength from a rotational standpoint.  That doesn抰 take a gym or fancy equipment.  All it takes is simple equipment like dumbbells (hand weights), an exercise ball and exercise tubing. 

With this equipment you can literally break down the swing into multiple phases and do golf exercises for each phase.  You won抰 find many of these exercises in the 搒o-called?golf fitness books in the store.  All you抣l see is the golfer 搒itting?in a machine in a gym.   

That抯 not fitness for golf; that抯 揼eneral fitness?nbsp; Not altogether a bad thing, but won抰 help your game at all. 

I hope I抳e given you food for thought. 

The ultimate goal is to 損lay better golf!?/STRONG>