Lower Your Golf Scores With These Cross Training Golf Exercises

It's safe to say that everybody who plays golf has the goal of improving their game. Good chipping, putting and driving take constant practice. But, there's another guaranteed way to improve your game without ever picking up a club. Improving your flexibility and strength will go a long way to making you a better golfer. There are exercises that might as well have been custom made for golf that will help you get there faster.

Here's some physical activities you may not have thought of for building up your flexibility and strength on the golf course.

Yoga: I'm amazed that all golfers don't practice yoga exercises. Yoga exercises are low-impact enough for golfers of all ages and fitness levels and the stretching exercises and core strengthening benefits are custom made for the kinds of moves you'll be making on the golf course.

Swimming: Not an intuitive choice for improving your golf game, swimming is ideal for building endurance, abdominal strength and powerful shoulders and arms. Your posture will also improve because of the new found strength in your back and core muscles. Swimming is also great for burning calories and dropping weight. As a side benefit, getting your belly out of the way of your swing can only be good for your game.

Pilates: Pilates has a bad rap as being a little too new age for most people but the benefits of Pilates exercises are perfect for lowering your golf score. Your posture, flexibility and blood circulation will all improve and you'll find strength you never knew you had after a few sessions. A strong core is fundamental to a good golf swing and Pilates is guaranteed to give you that. Do Pilates exercises in the comfort of your own living room or sign up for a course with your spouse for great exercise and a night out.

Practice on the course is key to improving your game but if you really want to ratchet your game up a notch you're going to need to torque up your level of fitness. Give one of these exercise techniques a try and in a fairly short time your golf game and your whole life will begin to reap the benefits.

John Fleming
Health Correspondent
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