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Get
Fit For Golf To Play Your Best
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by: Mike
Pedersen
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Fit
for golf is a term you should have
heard by now. It’s all over the
television and now becoming mainstream
with amateur golfers wanting to reach
their full potential. Golfers are now
realizing there is a fitness component
to golf, and are seriously considering
getting fit for golf.
It may sound like an oxymoron, but
tell me if you’ve ever hurt yourself
playing golf. How about a strained
lower back? Or, a sore shoulder after
playing? The list of injuries from
swinging a golf club is a mile long.
This would defend the point that
getting fit for golf is NOT an
oxymoron, but in fact a necessity, if
you want to end the frustration, and
play like you know you are capable of.
Golf is a ‘physical’ game that
puts a tremendous amount of stress on
the body. Muscles, ligaments, tendons
and joints pay the price if your golf
muscles are not strong enough to
withstand the forces from swing at up
to 100 mph.
Think about that!
You swing a 3 foot implement at up to
100 mph, while maintaining a very
dynamic body position. That’s
physically impossible unless you’ve
got the muscular strength and
flexibility to achieve these swing
mechanics.
Look at putting! How often have you
practiced for only 5-10 minutes and
your lower back was killing you? You
know what the culprit was? Tight
hamstrings and a weak lower back.
Golfers who are fit for golf don’t
experience this. They can practice
putting for an hour and not feel it.
Wouldn’t that be nice?
How about hitting out of deep rough?
How many times did you leave the ball
right where it was when you started?
Or if you did advance it, your wrist
was killing you after that?
This would not happen if your were fit
for golf!
You’ve got to take a look at the
facts! Golf is ‘physical’. Golf
takes a tremendous amount of strength
and flexibility. Golf causes injuries
to body’s that are out of shape.
Golf is frustrating when you are the
shortest hitter in your foursome. Golf
can make you crazy!
Stop the insanity…and Get Fit For
Golf!
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
fitness training site - Perform
Better Golf.
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GOLF SWING :: Improve
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find out the best way to practice and
improve your golf game.
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