How many times have I heard that question ask of our club professional by members desperate to lower their handicap? They are always anxious to tweak their swing this way and that, but often skip right over the most obvious step in improving their game. I call this Golf Fitness.

Many of us pay less attention to our fitness in the colder months when we cannot get on the course on a regular basis. Although golf may be somewhat seasonal for us, our golf fitness routine needs to be a twelve months a year proposition.

The game of golf puts a great deal of stress on your body. Your neck, shoulders, arms, back, and legs are all involved in your swing. Golfers also use a specific set of muscles in a unique way. We rotate our joints and flex our muscles differently than in other activities or sports we may participate in.

Golf requires special strength, flexibility and muscle control that only a specific fitness program designed to work these muscle groups and joints will improve. Normal exercise regimens, weight lifting routines, and training programs do not address the golf specific fitness one needs to develop his or her full potential on the links. An added benefit, of course, is that it makes your game less frustrating and a lot more fun!

So, if you want to improve your golf swing, make golf fitness your first priority in improving your game. It will add many yards to your drive, make your approach shots more accurate, improve you accuracy on the green, and increase your enjoyment of this terrific sport of ours.

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