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Appreciating Your Core Golf Strength Will Improve Your Game
The core golf strength, unknown to many enthusiasts of the game is the conditioning and strengthening of the muscles in your body, which you use to play golf. The weaker and unprepared this core golf strength is, the weaker your game of golf will be. But let us explain why this should be the core golf strength of any player, whether amateur or professional. The game of golf involves extremely unnatural movements for the human body. This is one of the reasons why the golf swing is so difficult to master. It is simply because even as you try you best to get your swing right, the natural; tendencies of your body and the muscles is against your efforts. It therefore makes a lot of sense to exercise and condition those muscles because as you strengthen them to deal with the golf swing for example, the movement will come more naturally to you. The inevitable result is that your golf game will improve dramatically. And it will all be because of your respect for the core golf strength. Many golfers believe that the core golf strength is something else. Maybe swing technique, or even experience. The result is that their golf game gets more frustrating by the day as they struggle to work on the wrong core golf strength that will end up having very little impact if any, on the quality of their game. The other reason the real core golf strength is shunned or ignored by most is the fact that many amateur golfers dread the mere thought of exercise. The thought of dripping sweat and rigorous exercise is terrifying to many who have taken to this so-called gentleman's game. So terrifying that they hardly bother to find out the details about the nature of the exercises or why senior citizens with back problems manage them so well that they sometimes even end up eliminating some nagging physical pains like persistent back pains. Those are some of the reasons why this core golf strength remains undiscovered by many. About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness experts in the country, author of the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide, and founder of several cutting-edge online golf fitness sites. Visit his new http://www.performbettergolf.comgolf training site at Perform Better Golf.
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