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Corrective Exercise of the Week-Bird Dog

 For today's Exercise of the Week, we will examine the Bird Dog exercise.  Here is a video link to the Bird Dog exercise.  The Bird Dog is a great way to work your spinal erectors (erector spinae) and activate your core. If you are relatively new to exercise, or trying to add a lower back exercise to your warm-up repertoire, this exercise is a good choice.  Primarily, it will work your spinal erectors, which go all the way up from your skull, rib cage, and spinal column, lower back, and hips. In short, it works everything.  You will also feel these muscles activated as you perform this exercise: glutes, hamstrings, traps, shoulders, piriformis (around the hips), and triceps.  While the exercise is not ideal for strength or muscle building, or for conditioning, it is very useful regardless of your level of fitness.  For those who are new to exercising, or rehabbing an injury, it can be a great method to stress the muscles of the back without adding com...
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Golf-Specific Fitness Is In!

 On tour, golf-specific fitness is the norm! There's no getting around it! You need to become in better golf fitness if you want to play your best! Golf is a physically demanding sport... It necessitates dynamic strength as well as flexibility. The days of the 19th hole are long gone! That is, if you want to be the most powerful member of your foursome. Why not take some cool down stretches after your round instead of going to the 19th hole to be ready for the next round? I'm not saying you have to be a golf-obsessive, but you should be aware that ideal golf performance has a distinct "physical component." Swinging a club at speeds of up to 100 mph while maintaining your golf posture puts a lot of strain on your body. A golf-specific fitness program that incorporates golf training and golf stretching will improve your body's capacity to deliver incredible power where it matters most...at impact! What do you mean by golf-specific fitness? It's not going to the ...
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Are you sure you're fit for golf?

 You should have heard the term "fit for golf" by now. It's all over the news, and it's also becoming popular with amateur golfers who wish to maximize their abilities. Golfers are becoming more aware of the sport's fitness component and are seriously contemplating getting fit for it. Tell me if you've ever injured yourself playing golf, even if it sounds like an oxymoron. Have you ever had a tight lower back? Or perhaps a sore shoulder as a result of playing? The list of injuries that can result from swinging a golf club is endless. This would support the argument that getting fit for golf is not an oxymoron, but rather a need if you want to stop being frustrated and start playing like you know you can. Golf is a 'physical' sport that places a lot of strain on the body. If your golf muscles aren't strong enough to resist the forces of a swing at up to 100 mph, your muscles, ligaments, tendons, and joints will pay the price. Just think about it! Yo...
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Warming-up for Your Round When Time is Short

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Every professional sport participant is well-known for executing a variety of flexibility exercises and drills to playing. Golf is no exception. Many PGA Tour players undergo a series of golf flexibility exercises that are not visible to the general audience, and this is prior to hitting the driving range or putting green. It is the process of preparing the body's muscles and joints to swing a golf club. The importance of a warm-up regimen in getting the body ready to play golf, or any sport for that matter, is well understood by almost every golfer on the world. Unfortunately, we often do not have the time to do a comprehensive golf warm-up routine that includes golf flexibility exercises. Time constraints don't make this a feasible option.  For example, say we scheduled a 1:30 p.m. tee time on Saturday. "I'll get to the course at 1:00, hit a few putts, chip for 10 minutes, head to the range, and be at the first tee with a few minutes to spare," we often say as w...
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Welcome to Matt's Training for Golfers!

 So, I'll start with a simple thank you for checking out my blog! Here I hope you'll find relevant and scientifically sound golf fitness information, and workout ideas!  Comments are always welcome, and if you have an idea for a topic you'd like to hear more about, whether related to golf or to fitness, please let me know! Fore!
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