Training Your Golf Body

TRAINING YOUR GOLF BODY


The human body is an amazing thing. It’s capable of adapting and changing — and it’s capable of doing these things at any age. It doesn’t matter if you’re just getting into the game or if you already have a victory in one of golf’s Majors under your belt, there is always room to improve your Golf Body. Once you understand that the body has to be able to do very certain and specific things during the golf swing, it becomes very easy to apply a logical scientific approach to making sure it can do those things.


There are two things that are a constant and that none of us can ever change. One is that we all live under the laws of gravity. The second is that we all grow older. But, here’s where we can have a high degree of variability as well. Not everyone ages the same way, at the same rate, or to the same degree. There is a lot of things we can do to ensure that we age well. To age well translates into being able to move well, and if you move well, you’ll play the game of golf better and also enjoy playing for many years to come


If you’re constantly slicing the ball or never feel like you’re getting enough power in your swing, the odds are that there’s something not quite right with your Golf Body.


If, for example, you’re not able to create enough separation between your upper body and your lower body, you’re probably not going to lose your job and you could still have a very long and happy life. But on the golf course, this lack of ability to properly rotate your upper body while keeping your lower body stable will seriously — and negatively — impact your game.  It’s a weakness in your Golf Body.


Your Golf Swing


The golf swing is an amazingly complex sequence of motion. There’s movement around just about every joint in the body — from the way your fingers grip the club to the way your toes move as you pivot your back foot. The golf swing will expose your weaknesses. It will show you where you are too tight and it will show you where you are not strong enough.


Most of us play to our strengths and try to ignore our weaknesses – and don’t address our poor habits. You may be able to get by with this strategy in your day-to-day life, but once you pick up a golf club, even the most visibly fit looking players will have their weaknesses exposed.


A sound golf fitness program has to assess your individual Golf Body. It has to determine exactly what is too tight and what is too weak about YOUR Golf Body. We’re all built and shaped differently. We’ve all had injuries and other physical setbacks in our lives. The key to improving your game is to figure out what about your current Golf Body is preventing you from swinging the club correctly. Once the issues have been identified and isolated, it becomes much easier to fix them…and — as a result — fix your game. Your game will improve not because of some magical “secret,” but because of logic, the science of biomechanics, and your hard work.


My golf fitness program is designed specifically for golfers. If you want to play better golf, and by that I mean to hit the ball further, with more accuracy, and with little to no pain in your body then fill out the form below and I will call you back and share with you how my program works. If you simply want to get in better shape to play golf so that you can enjoy yourself, have the strength and stamina to play eighteen holes, and continue to play for many years to come, then you too should fill out the form below so I can call you back and share how my Fitness for Golfers program can help you.

THE EVOLUTION OF GOLF FITNESS


Back in the early 1990’s most golfer believed that there were a few key components to address for the building the ultimate golfer:

  • Basic instruction
  • Mental preparation
  • Equipment
  • Course management
  • Advanced instruction/Shot making


Since 1996, when Tiger Woods hit the scene, a new component of emphasis emerged: Physical Conditioning We’ve all become accustomed to the idea of “working out” to become a better golfer. The question is how do we work out and what do we train to play better golf? What exercises and muscle groups help the golf swing? Can certain exercises and muscle groups hinder the golf swing? What’s the optimum balance for flexibility (mobility) and strength (stability)? How can someone assess this?


PHYSICAL SCREENING


Golfers are place through a complete array of tests and screens usually reserved for the best golfers in the world to check dynamic movement, flexibility, stability, and mobility as it relates to your golf swing. These screens as designed by the Titleist Performance Institute will assess a “total picture” of your body, swing, and its relation to one another. Based on these results, a custom program will be created to help you optimize your golf performance.


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