There’s an old saying in fitness that you can’t fire a cannon from a canoe, meaning you can’t perform any athletic activity proficiently if your lower body is unstable.
A study published in the science journal NeuroQuantology concluded that if you foam roll for less than 30 seconds on any particular muscle group, you’re pretty much wasting your time.
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.
Golf Digest Certified Fitness Trainer Ryan Elsass says there is a bunch of great equipment in the gym that you might be ignoring because those things are either too intimidating to use, or you’re not sure how to use them – especially in a golf workout.