Here’s a golf stretch I want you to do this weekend when you’re on the course that will keep your hamstrings and lower back nice and lose for better golf posture and less strain on your back. You should even feel better when you’re in your putting stance on the green!

This is one simple golf stretch out of my Total Golf Stretching ebook.

Instructions:

Slightly flexed knees.

Grab club and bend at hips.

Let arms hang relaxed in front of legs.

Stretch hamstrings and lower back by lowering club down legs.

Come back up and repeat with moderate speed.

Repeat 3-5 times.

Benefit to Golf Swing:

Increase circulation in lumbar (lower back) area to withstand the high torque from initial swings.

Allow for a more relaxed posture position through out swing.

Reduce chance of injury to lower back early in the round.

Do this several times during your round and let me know how it goes. You should feel less strain on your back, improved golf posture throughout the round, and more consistency in your putting.

With the last major of the year (PGA Championship) coming up this weekend, don’t even try to tell me you’re not going to be watching.  Why not make the most of your time by doing a simple, yet very useful golf stretch?  This is the best time to sneak in a stretch or two and it doesn’t affect your hectic schedule.  You’re already sitting down relaxing watching the tournament.

As you can see in the picture, I’m doing a golf stretch to improve my hip rotation at impact.  I have never seen this stretch done in any book, but it’s just one of many effective stretches in my golf stretching dvd.

Grab a high back chair like I’m doing and get in your golf posture.  Now rotate your hips as much as you can as if you were swinging powerfully through impact.  Keeping your shoulders square by having your hands on the chair, and also maintaining your golf posture, really get those hips as far around as you can, then hold it for maybe 5-10 seconds and repeat a couple of more times.

Do this very unique and effective stretch several times throughout this week’s tournament and watch what happens next time you go play…you’ll instantly feel more power through impact.  This is exactly what the pros look like at impact, and so can you!

I want you to do one golf stretch for me during the round this weekend.  This stretch (see picture to your right) will enable your backswing muscles to stay loose specific to your swing.  This is simple stretch, but if done throughout the round will allow you to have the same driving distance for 18 holes.  You won’t do the usual fatigue and tighten routine later in the round like 80% of amateurs experience. 

You’ll be limber and loose to make the FULL backswing for the entire round.

If you’re looking for a resource for simple golf stretches, exercises, tips, lessons and a whole lot more, check out our golf training manual!  Just a few simple and easy exercises and stretches can literally transform your golf swing and your performance!

Have I gone too far? Golf stretches even at work? No…I’m dead serious! Look at me in my office. Piece of cake! I stretch all day long! It feels great, and helps my game at the same time!

Don’t even think you can’t do it! It’s as simple as staying right in your chair like I’m doing in the picture. This is just one golf stretch of about 12 that I put together in my golf training manual for busy executives! Or you desk jockeys like me!

What a great way to break up the stress and boredom of your day! Take a quick 15 seconds…do a simple stretch and back to work. Do this throughout the day and you’ve just completed an entire stretching routine right at work!

Read more on golf stretches in the office and see all our golf stretching, including our complete golf improvement articles section of the main site!

Impact is everything!

Getting into an ideal impact position is critical to maximizing your core power from your golf backswing and going into your downswing. Stretching the muscles specifically involved with this dynamic position will greatly improve your impact position and distance with all your clubs.

I have inserted a picture of a simple golf stretch you can do right in your home to isolate the specific muscles of impact. This golf stretch is one of my bonus stretches in my just-released golf stretching dvd.

You can see how I have isolated my upper body by holding my shoulders square and at the same time, rotating my hips as much as I can. This is a very powerful impact position, and one you see all the pros in.

Do this golf stretch consistently and you will achieve a much improved impact position when you play. You will see your distance go up very quickly.

For more information on my Golf Stretching DVD, tap the green link.

I received a phone call today from a golfer inquiring about my new golf stretching dvd. We ended up spending 50 minutes on the phone discussing stretching exercise for golf and what would be best for him.

I asked him how often he stretches and he said once a week, when he can remember to do it. Oops! Not a good thing if you are in the older age bracket like he was:)

Now the ah-ha moment!

I wanted to make an immediate impression on him even though we were on the phone. I told him to hunch forward in his chair, creating the rounded upper back. I said, put your arms across your chest and try to rotate to the right as far as you can go while staying hunched over.

He said he couldn’t hardly move!

I then told him to sit straight up. As tall as he can get. Know cross your arms and rotate to the right.

He was blown away how much farther he could turn! Needless to say, he became a believer right then-and-there!

The morale of this story is to “stop putting it off!” Start doing your golf stretching right now!

I am extremely excited about my new golf stretching dvd coming out in 2 weeks.  I have been rehearsing my routine for the the filming so much, I feel like I’m as loose as a noodle.  My nagging lower back (from a track injury over 25 years ago) feels so much better.

I even have a pre order special going on right now. 

With the season in full force, this golf stretching dvd is the ticket.  Do it 2-3 times a week and watch your golf swing power, driving distance and consistency improve quickly.

I’ve been wanting to put together this independent golf stretching dvd since I put out my best selling Ultimate Golf Fitness DVDs and Manual.  And now it’s finally happening.

Every golfer knows that stretches for golfers can make a difference. I have seen it firsthand right on the golf course. A good example is the other day when I was paired with an older golfer.

I could tell right off the bat he was physically limited and would struggle with his golf swing the entire round. It was painful to watch, so by the 4th hole, I asked him if this was his normal round of golf. He said, “unfortunately, I play like this everytime.”

I told him I was a golf fitness trainer and that I’d like to throw in my two cents if he didn’t mind. He welcomed me with open arms.

First off, I noticed his backswing was really restricted, so I gave him a dynamic golf stretch to do right there on the course. I had him ease into it, and then go a little beyond his comfort zone.

Guess what happened on the very next shot?

He hit his drive 50 yards…yes, 50 yards further than his previous drive. Now don’t get me wrong. His previous drive didn’t even get airborne, so the 50 yard increase was a little deceiving, but nonetheless he was ecstatic. He finally hit a drive that he felt satisfied with.

The story gets much better, but I won’t bore you with the details. If you feel tight on the course or practice range, do a couple of simple golf stretches, and you’ll feel like a new golfer.

We all want a better golf swing. But are going at it with the right approach? I hear horror stories of desperate golfers spending a thousand dollars on lessons, only to get worse!

How could this happen?

This is not a knock on golf instructors, but every instructor has his/her own agenda in regards to teaching. This is not right or wrong, but does not alway warrant the best results for the student (golfer).

The agenda may include a total “redo” of their golf swing. Ouch! This will make that golf instructor a lot of money! Most golfers just want to hit it a little better and see some respectable distance with all their clubs.

I don’t think many golfers are expecting to turn pro or become a scratch golfer.

With that being said, you’ve got to look at your swing faults that keep creeping up into your game and look at the source of the cause. It could be a physical limitation that will never allow you to correct it until you address and fix the limitation.

Novel idea! Maybe it’s your BODY that’s not allowing you to achieve a better golf swing.

Golf stretching and golf strength exercises for that particular swing fault will most likely eliminate that swing fault forever.

Achieving a bigger golf backswing will give you many things in your golf game.
1) Longer tee shots.
2) Shorter approach shots.
3) More greens in regulation.
4) Reaching more par 5’s in two.
5) Being the envy of your foursome.

If the above reasons isn’t enough to motivate you…then nothing is!

Now…how do you achieve it?

Do you think it’s hitting more balls? How about new clubs? More lessons?

Achieving a bigger golf backswing is a physical issue.

Stretching AND strengthening the muscles involved with your backswing will give you the results you want.

The key is rotational golf stretches and golf strength exercises!

Here is an example of a simple and easy golf stretching exercise that will improve your golf backswing.

Lying Leg Crossover:

• Lie on back with legs extended.
• Raise one leg and bend at knee to 90 degrees in knee and hip.
• Cross that leg over extended leg, while opposite shoulder stays on ground.
• Go until slight pull in butt and lower back.
• Hold and repeat once more.
• Switch legs and do opposite side.

Benefit to Golf Swing:

• Allows for a bigger back swing, while hips remain stable.
• Creates more torque between lower body and upper body, which in turn provides more club head speed and increased distance.
• Helps reduce strain in lower back during repeated swings and practice.
• Allows golfer a more effortless swing, and reduces muscular tension, which in turn improves accuracy.

There you go! Just one simple golf stretching exercise of many you can do that will give improve your golf backswing and result in up to 30 more yards on your drives!