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Golf teaching
professionals and golf instructors should make an effort to
discuss golf fitness and golf health with their students as
well as practice what they preach. Staying in shape when it
comes to the game of golf is easy to overlook, since it does
not seem to be as physically exerting as say football or basketball.
However, nothing can be farther from the truth, particularly
over the course of a year or a month. Golf-Trainer.com can provide
you with the tools to improve your golf fitness and game as
well as pass the knowledge along to your students. As a teacher,
if you can improve their game and help them improve their healh
habits at the same time, it is just one more way you can be
assured that you have successfully done your job as a golf teaching
professionals
Golf
Strength
The United
States Golf Teacher's Federation suggests visiting Golf-Trainer.com
and its GT
Strength Training Program to learn more about developing
a customized golf fitness plan that addresses your specific needs,
considers your specific abilities, acknowledges your limitations,
and works with your goals and your schedule. The GT Strength Training
program shows you the absolute best exercises for playing exceptional
golf.
- Hit longer
drives with less effort
- Improve
your accuracy
- Reduce
the risk of painful or recurring injuries
- Practice
more efficiently without getting tired
- Enjoy
more energy
- Look
more youthful and fit
- Improve
your overall quality of life
Golf
Flexibility
The GT
program also addresses golf flexibility issues. The
golf swing creates a lot of torque and undue tension in the lower
back. Yet 80% of golfers complain of stiff and sore lower backs.
80%! That means if you're like the majority of golfers you could
easily drive the ball further than you have in years with a little
limbering up. But the longer you wait, the less chance you'll
have. As
you age, you lose range of motion. This is never a good thing,
but for golfers, it's especially bad news. The tighter you let
your muscles get, the shorter your drives get. Period. Why wait
until you're mis-hitting almost every shot? Do something about
it now! Better flexibility improves your game - and your quality
of life. Here are just some of the benefits you will experience
when you participate in the GT
Flexibility Program.
- Make
a bigger backswing and increase distance
- Hit your
ball with greater club head speed
- Improve
your posture for better performance
- Maintain
your spine angle for more consistent shots
- Enjoy
a tension-free golf swing
- Reduce
your risk of injury, especially in the lower back
- Feel
younger and more limber
Golf
Cardiovascular
Because golf
in itself is not an aerobic activity, it has always been considered
as a leisure game. However, golf involves walking 4-5 miles; even
in a cart, it still takes up to 4.5 hours to complete. If you
do not participate in cardiovascular training off the course,
your game will suffer. How many times have you run out of energy
on the back nine? The
reason for this is usually poor nutrition and very low aerobic
capacity or endurance. Aerobic capacity is your body's ability
to use oxygen for longer periods of time. The older you are,
the more likely you have lost some cardiovascular efficiency.
The direct result is a decrease in coordination due to mental
fatigue.
Doing 2-3
aerobic sessions each week is a small commitment of time to
dramatically improve your golf performance. Most players on
tour do 4-5 aerobic sessions each week and that is while playing
in a tournament! Make the commitment and you will reap the rewards.
Golf
Nutrition
If you are
seeking guidance for nutrition, Golf-Trainer.com
(GT) will provide you with the knowledge you need.
We make it very simple to understand what you need to eat to improve
your golf, to give you more energy to work out, and to maintain
or lose body fat. We are confident that if you follow our simple,
realistic nutrition program, you will get the results you are
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