Archive for the 'golf fitness' Category
Yes its true golf is now recognized as a sport, and about time too.
What is golf anyway, its just hitting a ball with a stick to a hole in a field!!!
Well actually real golfers walk 7000 meters with 15 kilos on their back whilst only stopping to move their body from a static position, to moving a golf club over 150 km per hour. The stopping and starting does create a lot of stress on the body.
Even now we can see that the top pros are employing personal fitness trainers to improve their golf, not their looks. For the top professionals, they are looking for more mobility and power to help them move the ball further and more fitness to allow them to practice for longer and to be still fresh playing the last few holes.
Now for the amateurs,, Does the average golfer need to work out??
Well being a professional golfer, I have seen people quite quickly spend 500 Euros on a driver that might give them 10 meters and of course lots of money for lessons to improve their techniques. These are all fine and frequently help, amateurs will infrequently improve themselves physically to move better and faster.
To hit the ball further, you require more club head speed. This will come from levers and co-ordinated speed. The levers are knees, hips, shoulders, wrists and maybe feet and the power will come from the muscles attached to these joints. With training, these muscles will get stronger, moving the joints faster and more co-ordinated and your club will move faster, finally hitting your ball further that your opponents.
Leon.
Leon is one of newest Personal Trainers on the team, and as a Golf Pro locally in Luxembourg, is ideally positioned to help you with your golfing fitness, posture and overall physical conditioning, as well as improve your swing.
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