Fitness Pilates
Improve Your Golf Game With Pilates
Every year golfers spend thousands of dollars to buy their new golf gears, but many forget the most important element of their golf game – their body. It doesn’t matter if the clubs and balls are the latest technology if your muscles are tight and weak and your joints don’t have enough range of motion.
The golf pros make their swing and game seem so easy and effortless, but actually golf swing is a very complex movement and requires a lot from your body. Many of your body muscles and joints are involved during an optimal golf swing – unfortunately, however, only the one side of the body. One-sided sport leads to problems of your muscle balance by pulling your joints and spine out of their natural alignments. Optimal and powerful golf swing needs good muscle balance and a proper posture.
A good golf conditioning program helps improve your muscle flexibility, joint mobility and muscle stability and strength. All those components can be developed and strengthened with Pilates. It’s not coincidence that Pilates has been regular part of the conditioning training program for Tiger Woods, Camilo Villegas, Annika Sorenstam and other leading golf players. Stretching and strengthening with Pilates is a great functional training and help the golfers use their body more efficiently thus improving their performance.
But Pilates is more than just a physical fitness. Pilates is a comprehensive mind and body exercise method, and the principles of Pilates are breathing, concentration, control, center, precision, efficiency, flow and harmony. Many of these components are essential also in a successful golf game. If your mind is not in your game, your body is not following either and result is an inefficient and powerless swing. Golf is body and mind sport. You only get the best results when both your body and mind are synchronized, working together.
Many golfers have found Pilates as essential part of their golf conditioning and realized how much they really can improve their game – and the best part – enjoy their golf game without pain and soreness. Pilates is proved to prevent injuries and release lower back pain which is very common for golfers.
There are still golfers who put their faith on better golf clubs and balls. Remember, however, that the way you are swinging the club and how your body works means even more to your handicap.
About the Author
Tuula Niskanen has college degrees of Physical Therapy and Sports Instructor. She holds advanced certifications in Spinal Stabilization Training, Golf Conditioning, Mat Pilates and Comprehensive Pilates Teaching. She offers her personal Pilates Services at California Pilates Center studio in Carlsbad, CA.
More about Tuula’s Pilates services at PilatesWise website.
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