If you are a regular reader of my golf fitness blog, I don’t have to tell you how important exercise is for your health and how it can improve your golf game and in a recent article on Golf Week magazine, Dr. Mark Gulyas, who works with many top athletes and sports teams, agrees.  He  specializes in sports-related injuries and prevention.

According to Dr. Gulyas, contrary to what most television viewers might think, golf is a physically demanding sport. Core flexibility and stamina are crucial in maintaining the distance we tend to lose as we age.

Dr. Gulyas says that the lack of a proper warm-up regimen during the season, and the failure to maintain a flexibility program during the off-season, can lead to injuries that are often more problematic than a broken ankle in football or shoulder dislocation in hockey.  To read the entire article, click here.

Dr. Gulyas suggests five tips to keep you in golf shape:

1. Stretch before, during and after your round.
2. Make sure your work-out regime covers all of the golf muscles – core, back, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips and knees.
3. Make sure your warm-up routine involves slow, prolonged stretches within a pain-free range.
4. Use a golf-specific training routine. It should include a series of rotational exercises. Remember, flexibility is the key to maintaining low scores.
5. Make stretching part of your practice routine. Take time between practice shots to stretch and stay loose.

To learn golf-specific exercises try my Cardiogolf 30-Day Golf Fitness Challenge today.

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