| Golf exercises within a golf fitness program can | | | | the body, increase blood flow to working muscles, |
| improve consistency, accuracy, distance, and your | | | | improve neuromuscular firing, and enhance the |
| ball striking on the course. Learn how a | | | | flow of oxygen through the muscular system. |
| comprehensive fitness program can improve your | | | | Once you have completed a warm-up, you will |
| game. We know for a fact improved flexibility, | | | | feel "loose", better prepared to swing a club, and |
| strength, and power outputs from the body can | | | | ready to play eighteen. The warm-up will also lend |
| have a direct impact on how well you play. | | | | itself to more consistency and distance in your |
| This article will discuss how a simple 5-minute | | | | golf swing simply because your body is physically |
| warm-up incorporating golf fitness exercises can | | | | ready to swing a club. |
| help you play better from the first tee to the last. | | | | The key for the amateur golfer in relation to a |
| Professional golfers will often arrive 2-3 hours | | | | warm-up is time efficiency. Time is limited before |
| before their tee times. During this time they will | | | | a round and the amateur must not only prepare |
| perform an extensive physical warm-up and | | | | the body but also their golf swing. As a result we |
| practice session on the range before their tee | | | | must be very resourceful in the golf fitness |
| time. | | | | exercises utilized in a pre-round warm-up. I |
| Understandably the amateur golfer does not | | | | suggest the utilization of three or four key golf |
| usually have the time or the luxury to perform | | | | fitness exercises as a part of your warm-up. This |
| such an extensive warm-up/practice session | | | | is plenty in terms of number to prepare the body |
| before a round. As result it is necessary for the | | | | and fits nicely into a condensed time frame. |
| amateur player to efficiently utilize the time they | | | | My personal favorite golf fitness exercise to |
| have before a round to prepare their body, mind, | | | | implement into a warm-up program is rotators. |
| and swing for the round. | | | | This is an ideal exercise to incorporate into you |
| A portion of the preparation for a round of golf | | | | pre-round warm-up for a number of reasons. |
| should consist of a warm-up, comprised of some | | | | Number one it is an exercise incorporating the |
| simple golf fitness stretches and exercises. This | | | | entire body. Number two it focuses on two |
| type of warm-up can be completed in a minimal | | | | troublesome areas for most golfers, the |
| amount of time and should be performed prior to | | | | hamstrings and lower back. And number three it |
| hitting shots at the range. | | | | involves rotation of the body - which is |
| It is all too common for the amateur golfer to | | | | cross-specific to the golf swing. Take a golf |
| begin a round of golf without a proper warm-up. | | | | fitness exercise such as rotators and a couple |
| What other sporting event do you know of | | | | more, and you will have a simple 5 minute |
| where the athlete will begin competition without a | | | | warm-up to perform before your round. |
| proper warm-up? Ultimately the body will function | | | | Keep in mind how golf exercises and a warm up |
| more efficiently, is at a lower risk of injury, and is | | | | program can improve your round of golf. |
| prepared for activity with a proper warm-up. | | | | Remember, all to often the amateur golfer will |
| A warm-up session is very different than a | | | | limit their success during a round because of a |
| flexibility program. A warm-up may include a | | | | lack of preparation before hitting the first tee. |
| flexibility exercise or two but overall it is | | | | Take a page from the professional golfers |
| comprised of low intensity exercises to prepare | | | | playbook and perform a warm-up using golf |
| the body for practice or play. The goal of the | | | | fitness exercises. |
| warm-up is to increase the core temperature of | | | | |