Golf Fitness

Golf Fitness
Author: Karen Palacios-Jansen
Publisher: Taylor Trade Publications
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2011-07-16
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1589796128

Every golfer, at every level, can shoot lower scores and play injury-free with the golf-specific programs outlined in Golf Fitness. This book looks at the tips and techniques used by today's top golfers: Master's Champion Trevor Immelman's exercise routine, Stuart Appleby on how to develop the "power move," LPGA Tour pro Suzanne Petersen's routine for top performance, Phil Mickelson's trainer Sean Cochran on staying fit in the off-season, and more. Golf Fitness includes exercises to improve the golf swing, details on better warm-ups, whole-body workout routines, and notes on nutrition. The book also looks at the mental game, and how the mind and body can work together for lower scores. Any golfer looking for an edge will find it in Golf Fitness.


Yoga for Golfers

Yoga for Golfers
Author: Katherine Roberts
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 190
Release: 2004-03-22
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 0071442715

From the unquestioned expert in the field, the authoritative guide to yoga for golfers "Working with Katherine for the last couple of years has allowed me to compete at a very high level." --Gary McCord, CBS golf commentator and Senior PGA Tour player Katherine Roberts, founder and host of the "Yoga for Golfers" program on the Golf Channel, offers her unique educational methods in this groundbreaking book, providing instruction to the millions of golfers--including many top tour professionals--who have turned to the art of yoga to improve their game. Based on 20 years of expertise, Yoga for Golfers connects the mind and body to create a powerful fitness regimen, including: Yoga postures specifically selected for a golfer's needs Proper breathing techniques Mind-relaxation methods Injury-reducing stretches Visualization tools--for success on and off the course


Fit for Golf

Fit for Golf
Author: Gary Player
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 180
Release: 1995
Genre: Golf
ISBN: 0671899945

Combining stretching exercises, cardiovascular activities, weight training, and nutritional advice, Player's program will help golfers build their strength for greater distance off the tee, maintain flexibility, and consistency throughout a round, and increase their endurance, no matter how often they play. 200 4-color photos.


Weight Training for Golf

Weight Training for Golf
Author: Kai Fusser
Publisher: Price World Publishing
Total Pages: 225
Release: 2012-03
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 1932549773

Provides instruction for weight lifting and exercising for golfers of all skill levels.


Exercise Guide to Better Golf

Exercise Guide to Better Golf
Author: Frank W. Jobe
Publisher: Champion Press (CA)
Total Pages: 100
Release: 1994
Genre: Health & Fitness
ISBN: 9780936691060

Orthopedic consultants Dr. Frank Jobe and Dr. Lewis A. Yocum pool their knowledge to provide the latest information on golf exercise--the secrets to the professionals' edge. This updated book includes action photos of the notable pros, pull-out exercise reminder cards, tips on avoiding injuries, stretching and strengthening exercises, and more, plus forewords by Tom Kite and Dave Stockton. (Champion Press)


Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes

Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes
Author: Katherine Roberts
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2009-08-04
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1101108797

The host of the Golf Channel's Swing Fault Solutions helps golfers get fit in a program enhanced by Hank Haney's legendary swing analysis Golfers spend outrageous sums of money every year on new balls, clubs, and swing instruction in an effort to improve their game. But what holds back most amateur golfers isn't their equipment or even their swing; it's their fitness. In Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes, seasoned instructor and fitness expert Katherine Roberts outlines a precise combination of flexibility and strength training that will get any golfer in shape to play their best. Including swing corrections by top-flight instructor Hank Haney, Roberts's program features: * Tests to measure baseline stability and mobility * The ideal warm-up exercises for golfers * Techniques for simultaneously improving posture, balance, and strength * Exercises to obtain yoga-quality levels of Flexibility * Nine of the most common swing flaws, from "coming over the top" to the "chicken wing," with exercises designed by Roberts to overcome the physical deficiencies at the root of the problem * A full workout program for better back health and stronger core muscles Enhanced with one hundred photographs, Swing Flaws and Fitness Fixes is an invigorating new approach that solves age-old golfing woes.


Golf Anatomy-2nd Edition

Golf Anatomy-2nd Edition
Author: Davies, Craig
Publisher: Human Kinetics
Total Pages: 224
Release: 2019
Genre: Sports & Recreation
ISBN: 1492548421

With 156 detailed, full-color anatomical illustrations, Golf Anatomy, Second Edition, depicts 72 exercises proven to improve strength, power, and range of motion. Golfers will add distance to drives, consistency to the short game, and accuracy to putts.


Performance Training for Golf

Performance Training for Golf
Author: Sean Cochran
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2015-11-05
Genre:
ISBN: 9781519146779

Drive the golf ball farther, increase your swing speeds, reduce lower back injuries, play longer, and better. Sports performance coach Sean Cochran, one of the most recognized golf fitness trainers on the PGA Tour today with over 15 years of work in professional athletics will provide you with the exercises to develop clubhead speed, increase your flexibility, and reduce lower back injuries. In his Performance Training for Golf book Sean has taken his years of experience working with top PGA Tour players, his knowledge of strength and conditioning, continued education in exercise science, work with 100's of amateur golfers, and brought it all together to help you improve your golf game. The potential to improve your golf game is within you, and the power to unleash that potential is in Performance Training for Golf.