Add a New Twist to Your Golf Workout
Maintain Golf Fitness in the Pre-Season

For many, the 2009 golf season is just around the corner. Hopefully you have been working to increase your strength and flexibility over the past several months and are now ready to get prepared for the season. 

If you haven't been as diligent as you would have liked performing your off-season golf fitness routine, don't despair; there is still time to prepare your body for the upcoming season. 

To prepare your body for the stresses that it will undergo while you play and practice more often, you should start to incorporate rotational exercises into you golf fitness routine. Focusing your attention on your midsection will help you increase the torque or twisting force your core muscles can produce.  

Standing Russian Twists with Medicine Ball

Step 1:  Stand in your golf stance and hold a small medicine ball in front of chest with your arms extended or simply clasp your hands together.

Step 2:  Begin by rotating the torso (upper body) to the right as far as possible. Pause at the farthest point of rotation and then return to the center and then rotate to the left.

Step 3:  Return to the starting position and repeat exercise alternating
side to side.

Step 4:  Perform 15-25 repetitions.

Karen Palacios-Jansen is the Managing Editor for Golf Fitness Magazine for more information visit www.kpjgolf.com.