Strengthening Your Golf Swing
Strengthening Your Golf Swing Muscles
Will Greatly Improve Your Golf Game
Golf swing muscles? Is there such a thing? You didnt think they were important or
existed did you? But Im sure when youve gone home after a round of golf with a sore
back you were reminded very quickly, you do in fact have golf swing muscles.
Having been a certified conditioning professional for over 20 years and the last 10 with
golfers exclusivelyI can tell you with one hundred percent confidence there is definitely
a muscular component to the golf swing. And if the muscles have not been trained to
work in a specific sequence, with minimal tension and maximum power, the expected
results will not be achieved.
What are the important muscles involved in the golf swing? There isnt one or two of
them. The body moves sequentially throughout the golf swing. But through research and
years of training, I can say without a doubt that the muscles of your core are the most
important. Followed by the hamstrings and glutes.
The rest of the muscle groups are supportive to the golf swing, which doesnt mean they
are any less important, just not as critical to improving power and consistency.
Lets briefly break down your main golf swing muscles and their role in the golf swing.
Shoulders: Support the golf at the top of the swing and also add clubhead speed as an
extension of the core.
Upper Back: Maintenance of spine angle for ease of turning on backswing and follow
through.
Lower Back: Critical in maintaining of golf posture during the swing and even putting.
Glutes: Helps maintain flex in hips and also athletic, golf squat position for a powerful
swing base.
Quadriceps: Allows for ease of maintaining consistent knee flex and golf posture for a
repeatable swing.
Hamstrings: The KEY muscle group in producing an effective, optimal and repeatable
golf posture for eighteen holes.
Core: The engine to the golf swing. Produces maximum power from the pivot. Stored
energy from the torque created on the backswing, to unleash into impact.
This is a very brief overview of your golf swing muscles. As you can see, if these
muscles dont have a higher level of both strength and flexibility, they will not allow you
to achieve your true golf potential.
Hopefully you will be motivated to look into a golf conditioning program to strengthen
these golf swing muscles.
About the author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf performance experts in the
country, author of the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide -
http://www.ultimategolffitnessguide.com and founder of several cutting-edge online golf
performance sites. Visit his new golf swing improvement site at
http://www.performbettergolf.com
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