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Why You Need Golf Weight Training

Author: Mike Schlacter Author Ranking Bronze | Posted: 30-05-2008 | Comments: 0 | Views: 29 | Rating:  (57) Article Popularity - Blue (?) Got a Question? Ask.
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Golf weight training is not the same as the weight training that body builders undertake. Fitness and weight training in golf is designed to increase flexibility in your muscles.

A golf swing uses all of the muscles in your arms, shoulders and neck and when these are strengthened it is much easier to improve your swing and your game in general. When you talk about weight training in connection with golf training you are really talking about improving your strength and flexibility, not your body mass. Golf weight training involves certain exercises and routines that specially designed to help improve your fitness and your game.

Not all routines will suit every golfer as everyone is an individual, however each individual will need to incorporate exercises that include all of their muscles. A golf swing is a full body movement and this means that golf weight training needs to incorporate exercises that take account of this. Many golf fitness programs are designed with the golf swing in mind and this demands a specific set of muscle strengthening exercises, which are quite different from some of the exercises that body builders use.

Although heavy weights and weight lifting are not designed for golfing exercises a set of light dumb bells can be very useful. These can be used to help strengthen the muscles in your arms and your legs. Holding a dumbbell in each hand while flexing your knees can be a very useful aspect of golf weight training and there is a big difference in this type of exercise and the exercises that body builders might engage in. Dumbells can also be used in an up and down movement as this helps to strengthen the muscles in your arms - they are also useful as a form of resistance when you are doing your golf stretching exercises.

When golfers use both weight training and stretching exercises as part of their golf fitness regime then there is soon a noticeable improvement in their game, particularly their golf swing and their drive. The whole idea of a golf weight training program is for golfers to get themselves in shape so that they play a better game. If you want a longer drive each time that you hit the ball then you need more power, this power comes from the training and stretching exercises that you do to make yourself fit for playing golf. When you undertake golf fitness training it means that you are working on specific groups of muscles to increase their strength and their flexibility.

If your wrists are one of the weaker areas of your body then you need to concentrate on exercises that are designed to increase the flexibility in those joints and strengthen the muscles. Golfers who want to improve the distance of their drive need defined muscles and a well toned body, one way of achieving this is by getting involved in specific weight training exercises that are designed for golfers. When you work regularly on these specific exercises you will soon see the results in your golf swing and the length of your drive.

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