| Fitness is a major priority for professional golfers on | | | | Try riding a stationary bike regularly to increase your |
| tour these days. Golf, like any other physical activity, | | | | leg strength, hill sprinting (in short sets) will help a lot, |
| takes a good amount of stamina because you're | | | | but don't overdo it at first, swimming is also excellent |
| constantly pushing yourself to excel and you're doing | | | | because it takes the body weight off your legs. Hold |
| a lot of walking while you're out on the course. | | | | on to the side of the pool and do plenty of kicking |
| Although it's important to focus on improving your | | | | exercises, both on your stomach and on your back. |
| golf game, you'll also need to keep in shape in order | | | | Once again, remember to take it slowly and you'll be |
| to increase your stamina and prevent injury that | | | | back in the game before you know it. |
| could keep you out of commission. Here are a few | | | | #3. Upper body exercises will not only help your |
| tips that will help to keep you on track: | | | | stamina, but also help you to improve your swing. |
| #1. Participate regularly in some form of strenuous | | | | Exercises like push-ups (arms and chest), sit-ups |
| cardio activity. This can be running, swimming, | | | | (lower back and abdominal muscles), mountain |
| sprinting (hill sprints are excellent cardio builders and a | | | | climbers (brutal, but effective) and even jumping |
| good fat burner), stair stepping, treadmill, ect. This will | | | | jacks will help you to increase the strength in your |
| also improve the strength in your hips and your lower | | | | torso and hips, which will result in you being able to |
| body. | | | | have more "push off" power in your down swing, hit |
| Always remember to stretch before and after any | | | | the ball straighter and farther than before and also |
| type of strenuous exercise. This is not only important | | | | improve your consistancy. |
| to decrease soreness after your workout, but most | | | | #4. It's also a proven fact that exercising regularly will |
| importantly to help prevent injury. | | | | help to reduce stress, therefore helping you to "keep |
| #2. Improving Abdominal strength is helpful in | | | | your cool" on the back 9 while the other guy sweats |
| preventing injuries to your lower back. This is an | | | | and stresses out. You'll also feel better off of the |
| injury common to golfers. You can improve your | | | | course too. You can realistically count on a "whole |
| abdominal strength by doing sets of sit ups, | | | | life" benefit from working out. Oh, you'll also lose |
| crunches, swimming, ect. | | | | weight and lower your cholesterol. |
| Another injury common to beginning golfers is shin | | | | Let's recap what we've learned here. |
| splints. You may also have these if you've taken an | | | | #5. Doing the correct exercises on a regular basis will |
| extended lay off from the game and are just | | | | help you to improve your golf game, reduce your risk |
| returning. The best recommendation that I can make | | | | of injury, increase your strength and stamina and also |
| for shin splints is to take a slower pace when starting | | | | have great health benefits, such as weight loss, |
| out or returning to the game. I've personally suffered | | | | lowering bad cholesterol and looking and feeling |
| with shin splints ever since my days in the military | | | | emotionally better. |
| and it just takes time to build or rebuild the strength | | | | One last question....What are you waiting for? |
| in the muscles in that area of your legs. | | | | Start incorporating fitness into your golf game today! |