Are you too confused about weight training for golf?

There are many opinions in the golf world on whether weight training is beneficial or counter-productive to the golf swing.

On the PGA Tour it is a well-known fact that the majority of professional golfers are implementing golf fitness exercises into their training regimen. The goal of such golf fitness exercises is to improve their play on the golf course.

First and foremost, as a professional strength and conditioning coach on the PGA Tour, I see the benefits of a golf specific exercise program are well documented.

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You’ve seen it on the TV commericals: before and after pictures of people who ‘lost weight’ by simply taking a pill. The local radio station plays ads promising that you can ‘lose weight’ without dieting, or as they call it, ’sweaty exercise’. Your favorite magazine even tells you that dieting alone can help you reach your ‘ideal weight’.

What do all of these advertisements have in common?

Products and ads that promise you ‘weight loss’ without exercise are only telling you part of the story. The first important point to realize is that NOT ALL DIETS OR DIET PILLS WORK, AND EVEN THOSE THAT DO WORK FOR SOME PEOPLE DO NOT WORK FOR ALL PEOPLE. The government is constantly

taking action against fraudulent weight loss claims.

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Health, fitness and the golf game

Health and fitness have become key considerations for many people and golfers are just now catching up. A trend toward riding golf cars has deprived so many of valuable exercise easily gained through the game of golf. Golf courses have promoted riding carts as a means of ensuring good course usage while inadvertently helping the aging and poor health aspects of people s lives.

The Canadian golf experience has moved forward much more quickly than the American experience primarily because of weather. The intense heat of the American south during much of the year promoted the use of riding carts without regard to health issues. In Canada, golfers have started a movement away

from riding carts to the user-friendly manual and remote control electric caddies. Those amazing machines allow golfers to casually walk the golf course in good time, use their muscle groups and get a cardiovascular work-up all at the same time. Even in quite hot conditions, walking the open spaces of a golf course, often with cooling breezes blowing is an enjoyable and health promoting experience. Since the new technologies have reduced the weight of caddies significantly, it s easy to carry refreshments, snacks etc.

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Are you too confused about weight training for golf?

There are many opinions in the golf world on whether weight training is beneficial or counter-productive to the golf swing.

On the PGA Tour it is a well-known fact that the majority of professional golfers are implementing golf fitness exercises into their training regimen. The goal of such golf fitness exercises is to improve their play on the golf course.

First and foremost, as a professional strength and conditioning coach on the PGA Tour, I see the benefits of a golf specific exercise program are well documented.

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For a small fraction of the cost of conventional fertility treatments, you can use a natural method which has clinical research to show its effectiveness in helping both men and women improve fertility. It all centers on the remarkable properties of L-arginine. L-arginine is an essential amino acid found in foods like milk, cheese, yogurt, meat, and other proteins. When isolated and properly brought into the body, L-arginine has the ability to produce some remarkable results. In fact, L-arginine is considered one of the most important neutraceuticals ever developed and is referred to by scientists as the Miracle Molecule.

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