Mike Gilmour Fitness - Golf Fitness Training

Golf is a game which is played by thousands of South Africans every week on a regular basis. The game of golf can be either extremely rewarding or incredibly frustrating. For many years golfers have tried different techniques and clubs to help them hit the ball further, straighter and to score better, and to a certain extent it has helped a select few. Apart from a few golf pro’s very few golfer’s follow a fitness programme which is designed specifically for the golfer’s needs. If one looks at the leading golfers around the world one will see that they are all physically fit and have good muscle tone.

Golf is a sport just like any other and in order to score better and avoid injuries one needs to condition one’s body. Amateur golfers normally find that they score badly on the last few holes of the course, nine times out of ten this is due to physical fatigue. It is very hard to play any sport if one is unfit. Increased fitness levels and muscle tone have proven to reduce scoring and increase shot distance. Cardiovascular fitness also increases the golfers’ concentration levels which are crucial throughout the swing.

What are the golfer’s fitness needs?

Joint flexibility

Cardiovascular fitness

Muscle tone

Stability

Injury prevention

Many golfers suffer from back ache or knee trouble due to the strain put on their bodies by playing golf. Golfers don’t realize that the golf swing puts a great deal of pressure on the lower back, shoulder and knee joints. With the correct training these niggles can be nullified.

Cardiovascular fitness, Flexibility, Muscle tone, Stability and Injury prevention go a lot further than the golf course, these five aspects which we focus on will add to your general health and will help you in everyday life. In today’s hectic lifestyle people don’t allow themselves time to follow a fitness routine so we have developed a fitness programme which will allow people to increase their general health and fitness and at the same time benefit their golf game.

A golf fitness session lasts one hour and in that hour we cover the five aspects which are mentioned above. Results will be seen in a short space of time and we can guarantee that your golf game will improve and that you will start feeling better and healthier from the first week. If you are interested in getting fit and playing better golf then click on contact on the home page and get in touch.