| In the category of "unfit athletes", no sport | | | | wonders. Add some stretching and you will be on |
| compares to golf. You see professional golfers | | | | your way to a powerful and painless golf swing. |
| even going so far as to smoke cigarettes while in | | | | Keep things pretty simple at first. Do light weight |
| competition. Since there is no running, jumping or | | | | high repetition strength training, hitting all the |
| throwing, golf is not considered a sport that | | | | major muscle groups. You don't need to bulk up, |
| people feel they need to be in very good shape | | | | just get stronger. Using lighter weight and |
| to play. This is not the case. | | | | performing more repetitions will add strength and |
| The golf swing puts stress on many different | | | | also endurance, which is needed to get through a |
| muscles and joints of the body. It is not a natural | | | | long day of golf. If you don't have access to a |
| movement, so an out of shape body can suffer | | | | gym or weight training equipment, get some |
| greatly. In the beginning, the suffering might just | | | | resistance bands. They are cheap and portable. |
| be to your handicap. Later on the suffering shows | | | | As far as cardio goes, you don't need to run mile |
| up as back pain, shoulder pain, wrist pain.....the list | | | | after mile. Pick whatever cardio exercise you like |
| goes on. | | | | and spend 30 minutes doing it a couple days a |
| You must accept that golf is a sport which | | | | week. If you are playing a lot of rounds of golf, |
| benefits greatly from a fit body. Strong muscles | | | | then that will work fine (rounds played in a golf |
| and joints help create a more powerful swing. The | | | | cart don't count). Add some stretching both |
| golf swing shares some similarities with the | | | | before and after the round and that's it. |
| baseball swing. Have you seen the arms on those | | | | Once you get in better condition, you will want to |
| guys? | | | | tailor your workout to be more golf specific, but |
| That doesn't mean you need to bulk up like a | | | | for now just make it a point to get moving. In a |
| gorilla to improve your golf swing, but a little | | | | few short weeks, the benefits will be obvious. |
| strength training coupled with a little cardio will do | | | | |