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All Hot Golfers Get “Warm” First!
Long thought of as a “cushy” pastime, golf actually causes an alarmingly high number of injuries. During the golf swing, our muscles, tendons, ligaments, and joints are stressed to near full capacity as we accelerate the golf club head to nearly one hundred miles per hour in less than half a second. In fact, the […]
Missing a two-foot putt is not the most painful part of golf!
Contrary to popular belief, golf is not a cushy pastime. Until I began to play golf myself several years ago, I never really appreciated how hard golf can be on a person’s body. Watching professionals play so well with so little visible effort on television is misleading: The true rigors of the game are not […]
Conditioning and Preventive Exercises for Golf
Have you ever overheard someone in the clubhouse locker room say “I don’t work out because if I bulk up too much I’ll lose my flexibility and my golf swing will suffer”? Or, how about “I play golf so often I don’t need extra conditioning”? Personally, I was never clever enough to come up with […]
Tiger Woods Achilles Is His Own Achilles
Competitors have been looking for Tiger Woods’ Achilles Heel for over a decade. They have now found it. His weakness is actually his own Achilles. Perhaps the Greeks will rename Achilles to ‘Tiger’. Just this past Sunday during the final round of the World Golf Championships – Cadillac Championship, Tiger Woods hit a monster 321 […]
15-minute Dynamic Warm-Up for Maximal Golf Performance
I am often asked by golfers, “What should I do to warm-up before a round?” The warm-up should have one focus point – to raise your core temperature. By raising your body’s temperature you will warm up the muscles and make them more pliable. This warm-up consists of first warming up your body to be […]