Its interesting watching golf’s ryder cup and not only because of the scorelines, and whether europe or USA are going to win.
The physical demands on golf are now far more demanding than they used to be.
In years gone past and not so long ago, the sight of an overweight golfer was all too regular down the fairways of the world. It all changed though when the fitter, stronger, leaner athletes started coming along and started dominating the landscape in a big way!
This trend was led of course by Tiger Woods and started busting the myths about strength training not mixing at all with golf. The facts are that Woods trains harder than most athletes and the results are there for all to see in the game.
This was followed by Sergio Garcia, the spaniard who took strength and fitness training to brand new levels, and a collection of some of the world’s most important golf titles followed quite quickly.
The list of titles in world golf is now shared by the fittest athletes and results mean that the training methods of these guys are proven to be right.
Not only are results coming thick and fast, but injury prevention is working really well too. The fitter and stronger you are in key areas, the less injuries you are likely to have and if you do get an injury, the quicker you are likely to recover.
You may hear a lot about core muscles on your body and they are important to golfers more than anybody.
Your stomach, lower back, hamstring and thighs have never been so important on the fairway for all sorts of movements, especially rotation on the fairway. Golfers who train the correct way also tend to hit the ball further, around 30-40 yards according to latest research.
There are all sorts of reasons to workout hard if you are a golfer, and the champions will all back it up!!
Not playing Golf Ke, but doing my own thing. Weekend was good, didnt go overboard. Cycled Sat for over an hour, day off yest as Jasmine slept over sat. today, walked 25mins, that time included 3 sets of press ups and dips, 35 per set, then I run home for 30mins. Eating good, did a a few lagers yesterday as I had Jasmine on sat.
great to hear from you jean and glad the balance is great in your life. Your training is good sounds like, your eating good and you’re not beating yourself up about a few drinks!! Happy days and this is easier to maintain. Well done and thanks for the effort!