Accomplish by: Upper Abdominal Crunches Lower Abdominal Pelvic Tilts Abdominal Rotation Crunches Presented by: Dr. Paul Callaway

	If you were to think about one body area to strengthen in order to improve your golfing distance, accuracy and consistency it would definitely be your stomach muscles.  The stomach or abdominal muscles are the foundation for supporting
proper golf posture throughout the swing and are the core muscles responsible for allowing your legs and arms to generate power.

Strong arms and legs without a solid foundational support from strong abdominal muscles will not provide you with the added distance and accuracy you are looking for.  As a golfer, weak stomach muscles will also promote injury to the lower back.

There are four portions of your abdominal muscles that need to be strengthened: upper, lower, transverse and oblique.  The following three exercises are beginning level suggestions for you to try so you can develop the core strength in your body necessary to gain added distance, accuracy and consistency in your golf shots.  

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