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Golf
is one of the few sports that we can play for a lifetime. What's
even more special about golf is that we can often play better
as we grow older --- especially if we keep ourselves in great
physical condition. However, even with regular exercise, the
aging process naturally challenges both our general flexibility
and strength. |
| Reductions
in both flexibility and strength typically begin to influence
our golf performance within our forties or fifties but become
very apparent during our sixties and seventies. It is our inability
to maintain our distance through developing tightness that contributes
to a loss of rotation flexibility in our hips and spine. Moreover,
loss of strength in our stomach, legs, chest, shoulders and
arms contributes further to reduced club head speed. It's not
uncommon to lose nearly ten yards per club every ten years that
we age after forty. Therefore, here are several important exercises
that all golfers should perform, regardless of our age, in our
battle against the natural aging process. If performed on a
regular basis, the first two exercises can help improve our
spine and hip flexibility to maintain a full turn. The last
two exercises can help gain the needed strength in our torso,
hips, legs, chest, shoulders and arms necessary for added club
head speed and improved distance. |
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