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Golf Fitness Every beginning golf player wants to know the secrets of flexibility of professionals. That is all achieved due to long and daunting workouts and exercises that could be considered as golf fitness. Not so long ago the suggestion of getting fit to play golf was laughed off. But now after some golf exercise programs appeared everyone may become lean, athletic golfer who is stronger, more powerful, more flexible and fitter than golfers of previous generations.
I must say that golf fitness exercises are not usual ones and would be hard to execute without coach or skillful instructor. The main thing that golfer must possess is posture and that is why all normal coaches start golf fitness program with basics of stance and grip. So what is a good posture after all? This actually depends on lots of things and varies from individual to individual. But remember - if you got no good posture, then you got almost no ability to complete effective weight shifts and rotate your trunk. Unfortunately the most common technical fault that was noticed across all the time- is poor upper back posture. Talking in general - the more upper back is curved or flexed, the harder it will be to achieve a complete torso or trunk rotation.
If you want to an easy way to see if you are able to attain upper back posture, thus maximizing the motion range that you have in the spine - complete the following simple test. Straighten your elbows and try to lift your wrists less than 5 cm off the ground. If you do not succeed then I have some doubts that you will attain the correct upper back posture easily. And if you are able to lift off around ten to fifteen cm, then you may consider yourself to have good chances.
During takeaway exercise your golf fitness coach may notice some technical faults made by you. This may look like lifting of your head, excessive flexing of your knees or separation of arms and trunk. So please do not get nervous and just try to examine your basic moves and correct them. Remember that improved posture and range is not only about improved performance and technique, but also about decreasing your chance of injury. When you have identified that you are limited for range - try to do some stretches to increase your range. Here is the example of fantastic golf flexibility exercise that you can do during play, or before you tee off. It may enable you to make a full and complete backswing for maximum golf swing speed every time.
First thing to do is extend left arm out in front of you (if you are a right handed golfer). Then take both hands and place on top of club. After that try to drop upper body down against the club, so that you could feel a stretch in your left shoulder. And at last but not least - hold about 15 seconds. Repeat this golf fitness exercise few more times, then do the opposite arm for your follow-through side. You can do this exercise every second or third hole during your round to maintain a full backswing for the full 18 holes.
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