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Strengthening
Your Golf Swing Muscles Will Greatly
Improve Your Golf Game
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by: Mike
Pedersen
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Golf
swing muscles? Is there such a thing?
You didn’t think they were important
or existed did you? But I’m sure
when you’ve gone home after a round
of golf with a sore back you were
reminded very quickly, you do in fact
have golf swing muscles.
Having been a certified conditioning
professional for over 20 years and the
last 10 with golfers exclusively…I
can tell you with one hundred percent
confidence there is definitely a
muscular component to the golf swing.
And if the muscles have not been
trained to work in a specific
sequence, with minimal tension and
maximum power, the expected results
will not be achieved.
What are the important muscles
involved in the golf swing? There
isn’t one or two of them. The body
moves sequentially throughout the golf
swing. But through research and years
of training, I can say without a doubt
that the muscles of your core are the
most important. Followed by the
hamstrings and glutes.
The rest of the muscle groups are
supportive to the golf swing, which
doesn’t mean they are any less
important, just not as critical to
improving power and consistency.
Let’s briefly break down your main
golf swing muscles and their role in
the golf swing.
Shoulders: Support the golf at the top
of the swing and also add clubhead
speed as an extension of the core.
Upper Back: Maintenance of spine angle
for ease of turning on backswing and
follow through.
Lower Back: Critical in maintaining of
golf posture during the swing and even
putting.
Glutes: Helps maintain flex in hips
and also athletic, “golf squat”
position for a powerful swing base.
Quadriceps: Allows for ease of
maintaining consistent knee flex and
golf posture for a repeatable swing.
Hamstrings: The KEY muscle group in
producing an effective, optimal and
repeatable golf posture for eighteen
holes.
Core: The engine to the golf swing.
Produces maximum power from the pivot.
Stored energy from the torque created
on the backswing, to unleash into
impact.
This is a very brief overview of your
golf swing muscles. As you can see, if
these muscles don’t have a higher
level of both strength and
flexibility, they will not allow you
to achieve your true golf potential.
Hopefully you will be motivated to
look into a golf conditioning program
to strengthen these golf swing
muscles.
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one
of the top golf performance swing
trainers in the country. Golf
Magazine's expert at GolfOnline.com,
author and founder of several
cutting-edge online golf performance
sites. Take a look at his just
released golf performance dvds and
manual at his golf
swing trainer site - Perform
Better Golf.
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