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A new study shows that you can balance your blood sugar by simply swinging your arms. According to the journal Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, swinging your arms for five minutes every half hour has been shown to lower blood sugar by up to 58%. The short break encourages the body to process sugar and slow insulin production, keeping blood-glucose levels in check.

High levels of sugar in blood can lead to many deficiencies and diseases including diabetes. Diabetes is a condition that impairs the body’s ability to process blood glucose, otherwise known as blood sugar.

In the United States, the estimated number of people over 18 years of age with diagnosed and undiagnosed diabetes is 30.2 million. The figure represents between 27.9 and 32.7 percent of the population.

Without ongoing, careful management, diabetes can lead to a buildup of sugars in the blood, which can increase the risk of dangerous complications, including stroke and heart disease.

So in theory, swinging a golf club can help ward off the effects of diabetes.

In my opinion, daily practice is the key to success towards any goal.  Making 10 practice swings a day or exercising  for 5 minutes everyday will get you playing better and in better shape than  exercising or practicing for two or three hours once a week. First of all, it is always hard to find big chunks of time to do massive workouts or beat balls on the driving range.  Secondly, the long workouts or practice sessions usually lead to fatigued swings, injuries and ingrained bad habits.

There is something to be said about the momentum of taking small daily steps towards a goal that is cumulatively better than taking big steps with less frequency.

Use the Cardiogolf ‘Shortee’ Club and Slope to practice everyday.  If you don’t have room to swing a regular golf indoors or you can’t make it to the golf course or driving range, use the Cardiogolf ‘Shortee’ Club and Slope to practice anywhere and at anytime.

About Cardiogolf

The Cardiogolf workout routines are based on ‘interval circuit training’ or HIIT (high intensity interval training) where the golfers do a variety of exercises or a “circuit”. Cardiogolf provides simple fitness routines that exercises combining cardiovascular endurance and strength exercises with golf- specific exercises and drills.

Cardiogolf 5-minute HIIT Workout-Swing Your Arms 002

Back Arm Only Drill on Uphill Lie

• Hold a club with only your trail arm.
• Set up in your golf stance and place your other hand on your hip or behind your back.
• Swing the club to the top so that the trail arm forms a 90-degree angle.
• Initiate your downswing with the lower body as your trail arm drops closer to your body.
• The elbow remains bent until you rotate your forearm to square the clubface at impact.
• Follow-through so that the club hits you between your neck and shoulder to finish.
• Repeat motion.
• Par Level: Do interval exercise for 20:40.
• Birdie Level: Do interval exercise for 30:30.
• Eagle Level: Do interval exercise for 40:20.

Back Arm Only on a Downhill Slope

• Simulate an downhill lie by placing your back foot on a Cardiogolf Slope.
• Lean your weight slightly towards the target and hold a Shortee Club as if you were going to hit a shot.
• Swing to the top and stop to make sure that your weight is loaded into your back leg.
• Feel the weight on the inside of the back foot and keep the back knee slightly flexed.
• Take a full swing and hold finish. Make sure you pivot off of your back foot.
• Repeat motion.
• Par Level: Do interval exercise for 20:40.
• Birdie Level: Do interval exercise for 30:30.
• Eagle Level: Do interval exercise for 40:20.
  

  Front Arm Only Drill on Uphill Lie

• Set-up to hit a shot, holding club with just your front hand.
• Make a backswing and follow-through, simulating the golf swing as much as possible.
• Keep your front arm extended on the backswing and then let it fold on the follow-through.
• Make sure that the shaft touches your front shoulder as you finish your swing.
• Repeat motion.
• Par Level: Do interval exercise for 20:40.
• Birdie Level: Do interval exercise for 30:30.
• Eagle Level: Do interval exercise for 40:20.
  

  Front Arm Only Drill on Downhill Lie

• Set-up to hit a shot, holding club with just your front hand.
• Make a backswing and follow-through, simulating the golf swing as much as possible.
• Keep your front arm extended on the backswing and then let it fold on the follow-through.
• Make sure that the shaft touches your front shoulder as you finish your swing.
• Repeat motion.
• Par Level: Do interval exercise for 20:40.
• Birdie Level: Do interval exercise for 30:30.

Eagle Level: Do interval exercise for 40:20.

Feet Together Drill-

• Use your normal grip to hold the Cardiogolf Shortee Club.
• Stand with your feet together. Keeping your head steady, swing the club back to the top and through to the finish.
• You may have to shorten your swing to keep your balance.
• Return to start position after each swing.
• Repeat motion.
• Par Level: Do interval exercise for 20:40.
• Birdie Level: Do interval exercise for 30:30.
• Eagle Level: Do interval exercise for 40:20.

Fitness

I developed the Cardiogolf ‘Slope’ to help golfers practice uphill and downhill lies, but it is also a great tool for exercise. You can do a variety of traditional low-impact exercises as well as strength, balance, core and even upper body exercises. Stay tuned for more information.

Watch how 8-time world record holder and gold medal speed skater Dan Jansen use the Cardiogolf  ‘Slope’ to do upper body and core exercises.

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