Spinal Rotational Exercise
To prepare your body for the stresses that it will undergowhile you play and practice more often, you should start to incorporaterotational exercises into you golf fitness routine. Focusing your attention onyour midsection will help you increase the torque or twisting force your coremuscles can produce.
Here is an example of a torso rotational exercise:
Spinal Rotations
Step 1: Stand in your golf posture and hold a club (Driver)horizontally behind your upper back.
Step 2: Then slowly rotate your upper body to the right asif you were making a backswing. Pause at the farthest part of the rotation.
Step 3: After you have reached the top of your swing, slowlyunwind and rotate your upper body to the left as if you were following throughto the finish of your swing.
Step 4: Return to start position and repeat exercise,alternating rotations from side to side.
Step 5: Perform 10-20 repetitions.
Here is an example of a torso rotational exercise:
Spinal Rotations
Step 1: Stand in your golf posture and hold a club (Driver)horizontally behind your upper back.
Step 2: Then slowly rotate your upper body to the right asif you were making a backswing. Pause at the farthest part of the rotation.
Step 3: After you have reached the top of your swing, slowlyunwind and rotate your upper body to the left as if you were following throughto the finish of your swing.
Step 4: Return to start position and repeat exercise,alternating rotations from side to side.
Step 5: Perform 10-20 repetitions.
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