Golf Core Exercises

Golf Core Exercises For More Power





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 knowyou'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 exercisesyou hopefully will see

how important it is in your overall golf improvement plan.

So next time you hear the phrase on the televisionyou'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 golf swing trainer site - Perform Better

Golf.