There is still plenty of summer and time left to play your best golf ever. If your game hasn’t improved as much as you wanted to this summer, try adding some golf-specific exercises into your daily routine to help you move better and more freely.
30 Drills and Golf-Fitness Exercises to Do Before the End of Summer
20. Determine Your Weaknesses
Statistically, 75% of golfers lack the physical ability to make the proper body movement to make a mechanically correct golf swing according to golf fitness professional and former Golf Fitness Magazine contributor Rob Mottram. In the late 1980’s, Mottram helped develop the Centinela Hospital Fitness Institute’s Golf Performance Evaluation, given to professional and amateur golfers, to assess their level of fitness and wellness as it relates to the game of golf that is still used today. By identifying areas of weakness or lack of mobility, fitness professionals can then determine treatment or implement proper exercises to improve the golfer’s ability and reduce the risk of injury.
Are your physical limitations holding you back from playing your best golf?
Why are these evaluations so important? If it is determined that you have a physical limitation, a golf instructor could work with your swing indefinitely because your body may not be able to make the necessary movements to correct your swing fault. Until you make your body move into certain positions, you will never achieve the swing he or she is attempting to teach you. Worse yet, with the forces generated during the golf swing, improper body movements can result in serious injury. But there is good news. It’s not a matter of looking like Rory McIlroy or Michelle Wie to achieve a proper body movement. It is a matter of simply understanding where you might need the flexibility or strength. Then it is a matter of putting in a little extra time working on the right things. Your chances of playing better, playing longer and avoiding injury have great improved.
Golf is a highly skilled activity that the body’s capabilities requiring high speed and high range of motion. Most golfers are not physically capable of performing the required movements involved in a mechanically correct golf swing. Often, these limitations lead to unnecessary stress to various joints and muscles, especially in the lower back, which can cause common golf related injuries.
Are your physical limitations holding you back from playing your best golf? Take the Cardiogolf 30-Day Challenge to find the best exercises for you.
30 Drills and Golf-Fitness Exercises to Do Before the End of Summer
Disclaimer-These exercises are not intended for the treatment or prevention of disease, nor as a substitute for medical treatment. Any participant should not attempt any exercises mentioned herein, without reviewing and consenting with their doctor or health professional. Karen Palacios-Jansen, Cardiogolf and KPJgolf.com are neither responsible, nor liable for any harm or injury resulting from these exercises or the use of the Cardiogolf program described herein.
Take the Cardiogolf 30-Day Challenge to find the best exercises for you.
Take the Cardiogolf 30-Day Challenge to find the best exercises for you.
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To learn golf-specific exercises try my Cardiogolf 30-Day Golf Fitness Challenge today. 
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Jump start your golf game and fitness level with this unique system from LPGA Teaching Professional and Golf Fitness Specialist Karen Palacios-Jansen. Karen has created a unique and customized online program which ensures that you can have fun and improve your golf game while fitting exercise into your busy schedule. The Cardiogolf Online Golf Fitness System can help you increase your flexibility, mobility, strength and balance specific to golf.
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