I've just started doing this series of stretches that I found on The Golf Channel website because I want to gain flexibility to support my improvement goals:
http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&dv=2075452&select=13481
A couple of them I found quite difficult, particularly:
4. Hamstring
10. Cross hip (that is possibly the hardest stretch I've ever tried to do)
and
11. Low Trunk - I think this one was only hard because of my hamstrings, so my gf is gonna show me a better way to stretch it (she's a dance teacher so stretching is fundamental to her work)
Most of these stretches require the use of her "stretch trainer", although I just use a "yoga band"...basically a two inch wide piece of canvas that's about 4 feet long and it works just fine.
Since I've just started doing them, I haven't exactly seen huge improvement, but I can tell already that doing these are going to be very useful...even if just for overall well-being.
That whole "health and fitness" section on the Golf Channel website actually has a lot of really good stuff on it. The yoga section with Katherine Roberts has some similar flexibility stuff in it, and there's quite a bit on strength training for golf as well, which I haven't gotten into exploring much yet.
Anyhow, I'll keep you posted on the results and some of you may want to try it as well.
http://www.thegolfchannel.com/core.aspx?page=15100&dv=2075452&select=13481
A couple of them I found quite difficult, particularly:
4. Hamstring
10. Cross hip (that is possibly the hardest stretch I've ever tried to do)
and
11. Low Trunk - I think this one was only hard because of my hamstrings, so my gf is gonna show me a better way to stretch it (she's a dance teacher so stretching is fundamental to her work)
Most of these stretches require the use of her "stretch trainer", although I just use a "yoga band"...basically a two inch wide piece of canvas that's about 4 feet long and it works just fine.
Since I've just started doing them, I haven't exactly seen huge improvement, but I can tell already that doing these are going to be very useful...even if just for overall well-being.
That whole "health and fitness" section on the Golf Channel website actually has a lot of really good stuff on it. The yoga section with Katherine Roberts has some similar flexibility stuff in it, and there's quite a bit on strength training for golf as well, which I haven't gotten into exploring much yet.
Anyhow, I'll keep you posted on the results and some of you may want to try it as well.
