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Golf Core Exercises For More Power
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Author: Mike Pedersen
Topic: Sports
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Golf core exercises. You hear that phrase quite often on the
television by the commentators referring to the area a lot of
the touring pros focus on to improve their power output and
prevent low back injuries. Vijay Singh for example uses weighted
medicine balls to work his golf core muscles throughout the
whole week of the tournament. In fact his caddie is his rainier.
How convenient! The best of both worlds! But hearing the phrase
golf core exercises and knowing what your core is are two
different things entirely. As a fitness professional it?s easy
for me to throw out that phrase often to impress would-be
clients or customers to my golf fitness training products. But
that?s not the case. Understanding what your core is and how it
plays a critical role in producing maximum power; injury
prevention and even stability is very important. Once you
know?you?ll soon realize this may be your missing link to a
great game. This area (core) starts roughly at your belly button
and goes up to the bottom of your sternum. It is the engine of
your body and awareness of your core affects golf the most.
Think of it as the link in the chain that needs to be the
strongest, not the weakest. Two simple golf core exercises that
will quickly strengthen your core is ab crunches and back
extensions. These would be your initial exercises to give you
the strength to move onto rotational exercises that put a little
more stress on your spine if the muscles aren?t conditioned
enough. Once you?ve accomplished the above exercises, you can
move on to a crunch with a twist and a back extension with a
twist. This will hit your rotational strength right away...which
will quickly equate to greater power output and distance. You
can then progress up to standing on your feet doing several
different variations of rotational movements with a single
dumbbell, standing upright and also in your golf posture. Now
that you have a basic understanding of golf core exercises?you
hopefully will see how important it is in your overall golf
improvement plan. So next time you hear the phrase on the
television?you?ll know what golf core exercises are.
About the author:
About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness
experts in the country, author and founder of several
cutting-edge online golf fitness sites. Take a look at his just
released golf fitness dvds and manual at his
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