| Want to improve your golf game? It may take | | | | becomes more efficient. When you are out on |
| more than just improving your swing. The top | | | | the golf course you have an athletic posture for |
| touring professionals know that winning requires | | | | long periods of time. This requires both trunk and |
| mental and physical training. Looking to gain a | | | | core stabilization and endurance. To improve your |
| competitive edge on your next round of golf? | | | | golf fitness; focus on the core region or mid |
| Here are three key elements to incorporate into | | | | section of your body. Incorporating plane |
| your golf fitness program. | | | | exercises and posture exercises will help you |
| Get rid of the traditional gym machines. Traditional | | | | achieve this goal. A fit core region will provide you |
| gym machines focus on isolating specific muscle | | | | a solid base of support for rotation. Also, your |
| groups. And other muscle groups don't get a | | | | body will be able to properly transfer power |
| work out. Integrate some of the basic golf fitness | | | | throughout the body when you swing your club. |
| exercises and tools into your routine. Here are | | | | Vary your planes of motion during your exercise |
| some good basic exercises and equipment; the | | | | routine. A good golf workout will have different |
| cable machines, fitness and medicine balls, balance | | | | exercises. Change up your routine so you don't |
| disks and traditional dumbbells. These exercises | | | | get bore. Your plane of movements should include |
| and equipment allow you to move your body in a | | | | front to back, right to left. Some good golf core |
| more functional movement. | | | | exercises are lunges, change the direction keep it |
| Increase your core stability. When your | | | | interesting. Also, the medicine ball and wood chops |
| movements are more efficient your power | | | | are good exercises. |