If you sit for a good part of the day, you’re developing imbalances in the body that wreck havoc for golf swing. Tight hamstrings and hip flexors can cause you to stand up through your shot.

The problem is that most people don’t realize just how much sitting they do during a typical day at work, in the car, or at home. When you sit, your the hamstrings tighten up while your hip flexors lengthen and weaken. Tight hip flexors and hamstrings  cause chronic low back discomfort and pain, and appears to be more common in women.

Do some stretching everyday…

Bent Over Hamstring Stretch

1. Use a golf club for balance.
2. Extend one leg out in front of you.
3. Bend forward at the hips and breathe out.
4. Tilt your pelvis until the stretch is nice and strong in your hamstring.
5. Hold for 30 seconds
6. Repeat on the opposite side.

Flexibility is defined as one’s maximum range of motion available for a specific joint and muscle. Your range of motion can be limited by many factors such as age, reflex control, joint and muscle constraints and inuries.  Some of these factors are within your control, some are outside your control.  Your goal is to reach your maximum range of motion for your body and capabilities.

When you start a golf fitness program, you condition your muscles. When you condition your muscles, including strengthening and especially stretching, you elongate your muscles and long lean muscles work best for golf.  When you elongate your muscles, you are able to make longer movements, so your swing arc gets longer and you can create more clubhead speed and power.  With long muscles you increase your range of motion, so you can turn and swing easier with less effort and more power.   Also long muscles help you smooth out your golf swing and prevent those short choppy motion which is usually caused by compensations because of weak and tight muscles.

Also, the longer your muscles, the more efficient your swing becomes and the lower your chances of injury are.   So where do you start?  How do you get these long, lean golf muscles? Check out my blog all this month for flexibility tips and advice…

Want to test your flexibility?  Send me a note and I will let you know how…email me at KPJ@swingbladegolf.com.

Cardiogolf DVDs produced and made in America.

A large number of studies in the past few years showed that after age 40, people typically lose 8 percent or more of their muscle mass each decade, a process that accelerates significantly after age 70. Less muscle mass generally means less strength, mobility and among the elderly, independence. It also has been linked with premature mortality and some bad golf scores.

With all the information we have about the benefits of exercise, you would think that everybody would be doing it.  But sadly, less than 1% of the population participates in a regular fitness program. Please try to do something everyday to move your body to get the great benefits of fitness.  Why not work on your golf game at the same time?  Try Cardiogolf…

 

 

 

 

 

Energize Your Game with Cardiogolf

Check out my new Cardiogolf clip on Youtube were I demonstrate exercises to help lack of rotation.

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What is Cardiogolf?

Cardiogolf (www.cardiogolf.com) is a 60-minute golf-specific workout that is taught by certified instructors using an area in a gym or at a practice range. Using the specially designed Cardio Club participants learn exercises to promote better swing mechanics, flexibility, strength and balance throughout the golf swing. The exercises are set to music which makes this program ideal for a group exercise class. It accommodates every golfer regardless of gender, age and skill level or fitness level. Benefits include building strength, stamina, balance and flexibility.

Who developed Cardiogolf?

The Cardiogolf Fitness Program was created by Karen Palacios-Jansen.  Karen, an AFAA certified personal trainer and LPGA teaching professional and is managing editor of Golf Fitness Magazine.  Over the years she has instructed hundreds of professional and amateur golfers using this unique and effective program and has been featured in several top golf publications illustrating this success.

Why Cardiogolf?

Karen used to have a dilemma: spend her free time working out or working on her golf swing.  Golf may be good mental exercise, but as far as a physical exertion it can’t compete with aerobics.  So she got to thinking, maybe she could do both at the same time.

Learning to play golf requires a lot of time, effort and money.  To play consistently, you must spend countless hours at a golf course. To achieve power, you must train your body, spending time in the gym lifting weights and stretching most days of the week.

Through analysis and research Karen developed a program that revolutionizes how people learn and practice the game of golf.  Cardiogolf is a way for golfers to improve their swing mechanics and fitness levels at the same time.

Cardiogolf –The Core Workout is the second DVD to LPGA Teacher of the Year and Certified Personal Trainer Karen Palacios-Jansen’s Cardiogolf Fitness Program. Cardiogolf uses easy-to-learn movements without the need of leaving the privacy of your own home.  In Karen’s newest DVD, you’ll learn core specific exercises to help improve your golf swing, lengthen your drives and reshape your body at the same time. You know you need to exercise for better health, so why not practice your golf swing at the same time.

There is nothing like Cardiogolf on the market today.  This unique golf fitness program is designed to improve swing biomechanics, increase clubhead speed for more power and tone your body at the same time.  Karen demonstrates proper technique step-by-step in a unique format that is easy to follow.  The workout can be modified and intensified to fit the needs of players of all levels. Karen has taught her Cardiogolf fitness program to hundreds of golfers to help them achieve incredible results.  To order visit www.cardiogolfcore.com or call 1-704-663-5199.