Many golfers struggle with lower-back pain, but you don’t have to suffer through it round after round without some relief. Jennifer Fleischer, a Golf Digest Certified Fitness Trainer, says that the fix for nagging pain could be as simple as doing this one dynamic stretch.
There are a lot of things you can do in the golf swing to prevent a slice, but if you’re stuck inside because of wet weather or want to do something about it without hitting a heap of range balls, you can train your body to really help the club swing down from the inside.
Follow this circuit, and you’ll find newfound ability in your ankles, hamstrings, hips and mid-back to do what they’re supposed to do in a proper golf swing.
According to PGA Tour performance dietician Ryan Harmon, including the key antioxidants lutein and zeaxanthin in your diet can improve your vision and therefore positively affect your performance on the golf course.
You want to think you can work out poor mechanics on the range, but things such as poor stability, range of motion or muscle function play a key role in crappy ball-striking.
Doing squats can help you learn how to use the ground to generate power in the golf swing. The only trick is, for you to get all of these benefits from squats, you have to be doing them correctly.
A quick workout can be the fix you’re looking for to reset your energy and relieve some of the guilt you’re feeling for eating that second helping of turkey.
Australian Golf Digest
