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Golf Trainers Power
Performance Program™
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incorporates the four essential components..
Strength, Flexibility, Cardiovascular & Nutrition.
Personally tailored
to help YOU drive farther, improve accuracy,
lower your scores and play golf to your full potential! |
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Would you like to hit your drives up to 30 yards further?
Would you like to lower your scores by up to 8 strokes?
Would you like to perform better as you get older?
Are you tired of playing in pain?
If you answered Yes to any of these questions then take
the..
Free
Golf Fitness Analysis It's Educational and Healthy!
This online tool
provides easy-to-understand recommendations, all auto-generated by the
answers you give to the online questionnaire.. (flexibility, trunk
rotation, chest/shoulder, overhead/shoulder, wall sit, abdominal and
more).
And it's no wonder: Golf fitness improves your game and your
health. However, most golfers don't yet realize the importance of
golf-specific strength training and flexibility
for maximizing
their golf performance.
"I have been on the Golf Trainer workouts for over a month and just
returned from 3 days of golf in San Diego. Happy to report that my
drives are more accurate, hitting over 90% in the fairways and have
dropped scores from low 90's to low 80's with the improved swing! I'm
really enjoying my golf now!"
Linda
Byers, age 45, handicap 9, Indiana
"I have been working out off and on for years, so when I joined your
program I didn't think it would improve my golf. Boy was I wrong! I feel
so much more stable over the ball! I can take a more aggressive swing at
it and maintain my balance! I wasn't able to do this before! My handicap
has gone down 6 strokes, and trending even lower! I play in a regular
group of women and they can't believe the difference in my game! I am so
glad I am doing this program, and plan on doing it for a long time!
Thanks for all your help!"
Francine Dobkin, age 56, handicap 16, Arizona
Click here.. We promise to improve your health and
golf game!
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Stretch of the Month
HAMSTRING STRETCH
Good flexibility is
vital to the game of golf. The explosive action of the golf
swing places significant stress and torque on the structures of
the lower back and shoulders. Maintenance of adequate trunk
flexibility can increase your clubhead speed, distance,
accuracy, and control, and decrease your overall risk of injury.
Conversely, inflexibility in this region can limit trunk
rotation, contribute to a lack of power at impact, promote
numerous swing faults and increase your risk of injury.
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Along with the back stretch, the
hamstring stretch can reduce tightness in the lower back region and
increase hip rotation through the full swing. Perform the hamstring
stretch after the back stretch. To perform the hamstring stretch:
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Always begin each round with a
proper warm-up prior to stretching.
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Stand approximately 15-18 inches
away from the side of the golf cart.
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Place your left heel onto the
step ledge of the cart.
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Hold onto cart with both hands
for support.
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Gently bend right knee slightly
and hold this position for approximately 8-10 seconds.
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Once the hamstrings have
lengthened a bit, gently tilt hips back and away from cart as if to sit
back toward an imaginary chair.
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Maintain the bent knee position
and hold this position for an additional 8-10 seconds.
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Lift chest and rise slowly; then
repeat stretch on right leg.
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Always ease into the stretch
while concentrating on slow, gentle movement .
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Stretch gently through your
range of motion to the point of gentle tension, never pain.
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Do not bounce or force the
movement; bouncing involves momentum and may invoke the muscle to
shorten defensively and increase risk of injury.
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Relax and breathe normally
through the stretch; do not hold your breath.
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Always keep knees relaxed and
soft.
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Continue to stretch through your
round of golf whenever possible.
Jeanne Hogan, C.S.C.S
Performance Golf
PerformGolf18@aol.com
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Will help you enjoy your game and..
Guaranteed to lower your handicap!
Buying a new set of
high-tech clubs "will not" compensate for the fact that a poorly
conditioned body lacks strength, coordination and flexibility, the
elements vital to improving ones game.
Jeanne's Performance Golf Conditioning Program is a basic
golf-specific conditioning routine of stretching and strengthening
exercises that can be done quickly and easily at home or on the golf
course.
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Performance instructions and
benefits are presented throughout the video, and stated on the
enclosed work out card. The enclosed Bag Tag also represents the
eight basic stretches in the video.
Many of you have asked for such a video and we are confident
that you will truly enjoy and benefit from this excellent golf
conditioning program.
Performance Golf Package - Video, Bag Tag & Dyna-Band
Resistance Band.
$34.95 US
Includes Shipping & Handling
PerformGolf18@aol.com
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Content provided by Kathy
Murphy, BS, MS, Registered Physical Therapist.
Want to squeeze a little
more power out of your golf swing? A hidden source of power lies in
the muscles between your shoulder blades. These muscles allow your arms
and body to work together in a proper address posture. Strengthening the
muscles that squeeze your shoulder blades together helps generate more
club head speed. However, the shoulder blades have to be in a "power
position" to tap that power source.
Strong
shoulder blade muscles hold your back straight. Weak shoulder blade
muscles allow your back and shoulders to be rounded forward. Golfers
with rounded shoulders at address block their arms from swinging freely.
This keeps you from getting your shoulder behind the ball and making a
proper turn in your back swing.
To find
out if your shoulder blade muscles are able to hold your back straight
in the "power position", sit on the edge of a chair. Place the shaft of
a club along your spine. Your head, the part of your back between your
shoulder blades and your tailbone should be touching the shaft
simultaneously. A straight back gives you a better swing arc to generate
club head speed. Rounded shoulders shorten your back swing by blocking
your arm swing.
If you
can’t get in the "power position" with your back touching the club shaft
in all three places, most likely your "pecs" are shortened and
overpowering your shoulder blade muscles. You’ll need to spend some time
stretching out your "pecs" (the muscles in the front of your shoulders).
Stretch your "pecs" by lying on your back on a fit ball or ottoman, with
your elbows bent to a 90-degree angle, shoulder high. (See Figure 1).
Hold that position for 30 counts. You should feel a pulling sensation
across the front of your shoulders. Do this stretch several times a day
until you can perform the "power position" easily.
If you can
achieve the "power position" for your shoulder blades, begin
strengthening these muscles with a resistance exercise. Tie an elastic
tubing around a secure object (i.e. doorknob). Hold the ends of the
tubing with your hands together, shoulder high and elbows fully
extended. Assume the "power position". (See Figure 2) Squeeze your
shoulder blades together. Hold against the resistance for ten counts,
then slowly relax the muscles. (Don’t bend your elbows or change the
height of your arms.) Start with three repetitions and build up to three
sets of ten.
This
subtle motion of squeezing your shoulder blades together helps hold your
back straight in a proper address posture. Strong shoulder blade muscles
help you maintain the power posture through an entire round of golf,
allow your arms to swing freely to generate club head speed, and promote
a full back swing for additional power.
Kathy
Murphy, BS, MS, Registered Physical Therapist, has combined 20 years
experience in physical therapy with the study of the golf swing to
develop a specialized program for Golf Fitness Associates. She has
studied the mechanics of the golf swing with other physical therapists
and practiced these techniques with members of the PGA and LPGA. She
evaluates golfers at their home and instructs them in customized golf
specific exercises that the golfer performs independently. To contact
Kathy, call her at (508) 494-6075,
e-mail her at
kmurphy@adelphia.net or
visit
www.golffitnessassociates.com
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