Abdomen muscles such as the rectus and transverse abdominus are hugely responsible for keeping the body stable when you perform any athletic activity, that includes swinging a golf club 90 miles per hour or faster. Without those muscles firing, you’d have a heckuva time swinging in balance much less trying to get the clubhead squarely Read more…
There is no catch-all, perfect exercise for golfers, but there are several that have wide-ranging benefits to improve performance on the course and help ward off injuries. One such exercise you might consider for your workout right now—if you haven’t already—is the Romanian deadlift. Commonly known as RDLs, think of them as a reverse action Read more…
The story seems to be told and re-told every time a young bomber reaches the professional ranks. When asked how they got so long off the tee, they’ll say as junior golfers, they just swung as hard as they could and then figured out over time how to find the fairway with that swing. From Read more…
If you think the goal is to touch your toes, however, you might be surprised to know that it’s not nearly as important as other aspects of the test in spotting dysfunction.
Have you noticed that you’re struggling to finish shots in balance? Is your entire body facing the target when you’re done swinging a driver? Does playing out of the rough cause you to “bail out” through the impact zone? If you’ve noticed that your lower body is really active in the downswing, even spinning out Read more…
Inflammation of the connective tissue that runs lengthwise along the bottom of your foot (the fascia) is a common problem for golfers. But the very thing that might have caused your foot pain is the same thing that might prevent it in the future. If you’re currently suffering from plantar fasciitis, a biting pain at Read more…
If you woke up today feeling like it’s you, and not the turkey, that’s filled with stuffing, we’ve got you covered. Here are 10 tips for how to use the remainder of the long weekend to recoup some of the pride you had before hitting the fridge at 11 last night for another helping of Read more…
Stepping on the scale is … a risk. At the very best, you’re satisfied. At the very worst, the sky is falling, death is around the corner and your golf game is going the way of the dodo. Very chill, very relaxed way of viewing the world. If it makes you feel any better, 18-time Read more…
Promise you, that headline is not clickbait—it’s true! The more cardboard you recycle, the better chance you have of increasing your swing speed. Allow an expert to explain.One of golf’s biggest fallacies is that your grip pressure should remain light as you swing the club. That’s soooo not true, says Tyler Standifird, a doctor of Read more…
If you’re lucky enough to live in a place where you can play golf all year, we salute you. For most of us, however, this is the time of the year where the clubs get shelved and the gym membership gets renewed.Knowing this, we wanted to offer you a potential framework for an exercise program Read more…
Golf fitness has come a long way since Tiger Woods brought it out of the shadows at the turn of the century. It has grown from a niche aspect of golf performance to a mainstream component, and along with that growth has come the rise of the sport-specific trainer. Where you once could count golf-fitness Read more…
You can spend hours on the range trying to fix your slice, but your technical issue might actually be caused by a physical limitation in your shoulder. If you don’t have proper mobility in your trail shoulder (right for righties), then you’ll fight a slice no matter how hard you try and swing down into Read more…
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