Start Your Swing Out Right By Getting into Good Golf Posture

Static posture is fundamental to maintaining a consistent address position. Consider that over 18 holes you may spend approximately 20-25 minutes addressing the ball. If you have less than optimal posture and poor stabilizer function, your address position will progressively worsen throughout the round. Imagine what this does to swing consistency on the back nine!

Our bodies have a unique way of adapting to the stresses of daily life whether good or bad. For those that spend long hours in front of a computer or have a ‘forward leaning’ job in a profession, such as dentists or doctors, have difficulty with good posture. Others have a genetic predisposition to certain postures or have learned it through modeling along the way.

If your posture in your every day life does not promote good body mechanics, the chances are that you have a lot of difficulty getting into good posture for golf as well. The majority of golfers will benefit most by using a golf conditioning program that focuses on building better strength in the postural muscles. Adding more strength to these muscles allows the golfer to maintain the correct spine angle while swinging the club at more and more aggressive speeds. A strong body provides a good base of support for a powerful swing.

First, let’s review some of the key elements to good posture.

• your abs are tucked in or slightly tightened throughout an exercise or in your address position
• your head and neck are aligned over the top of your shoulders (if you notice your head and neck slightly forward of this position, try and bring it back to neutral)
• your back remains flat (not too much arch or too much rounding)
• all joints are aligned properly…knees over toes, head over shoulders, shoulders back and down, etc.

With so many golfers wanting to reach their true potential in golf, this can be challenging when the basic fundamentals of good posture are difficult to achieve. The Poor Posture at Address Golf Workout will help you have a stronger body and a stronger base of support through good posture.

This program utilizes supersets. Begin by performing the number of repetitions for each exercise, then immediately move to the next exercise in the superset. After you perform one set of each exercise in the superset, rest 30 seconds, then repeat again. Once the superset is complete, move to the next superset. Perform this routine up to 4 times weekly, always with 1 day of rest in between workouts, for best results.