Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Golf Strength and Swing Mechanics


Golf strength is essentially the foundation upon which your swing is built. This variable indicates how many times you can swing a golf club with your current mechanics before you come up injured. If you have high levels of golf strength then regardless of how efficient of a swing you have, you will be able to play for quite awhile before you get sore. The flip side can also be said. If you have low levels of golf strength, regardless of your swing mechanics, you will come up sore in a shorter amount of time.

Secondly, let us look at swing mechanics. If you are a player that has a very efficient swing that places very little stress on the body, you will undoubtedly be able to play many rounds before your body starts screaming at you. Again, if you have poor mechanics, it is going to take its toll on your body and your game.

Finally, we have workloads (i.e. number of swings). The number of swings one makes must match up with levels of golf strength and swing mechanics. The golf swing is a "stressor" of the body and breaks it down over time. If you have an efficient swing, each swing does less "damage" to the body. If you have a poor swing, the body has to work harder, thus fatiguing it more quickly. In addition to this is golf strength. If you have high levels of golf strength, you can swing the club more (i.e. workloads) before you get tired. Low levels of golf strength present the situation of the body's fatiguing more quickly. "So what is the magic formula?" you ask. My first suggestion is twofold:

1) work on your swing to improve the efficiency of it, and

2) increase your levels of golf strength in order to support your swing.

For the time being, match up your swing and golf strength levels to determine what workload levels you can get out of your body. www.ultimategolffitnessguide.com

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