The Hidden Cost Of Ignoring Your Golf Fitness

Golf is one of those sports where people naturally assume that a warm-up isn’t needed. It’s just standing and hitting a ball. Right? Wrong! 

Golf is incredibly complex and requires activation from muscles that you don’t always use in your day-to-day. It is also founded on precision, strength, mobility and fitness. This means that ignoring your warm-ups or not practising your drills at home may not have immediate results. But, in the long term, it can negatively impact your game and your body. 

Not sure how? Keep reading to find out more.

Golf pain isn’t normal - it’s a message from your body. Listen early, play longer.

Chronic Pain Becomes Normal

Aches are not normal in golf, despite what people may tell you. In fact, they’re telling signs that something is misaligned in your game. It’s all well and good to experience muscle fatigue the next day! That’s proof that your body is working and learning. However, if you’re experiencing pain that limits your ability to move, there could be something deeper at play.

The more you play like this, the more this becomes the norm. Instead of accepting this reality, understand that brief exercises before you play can make a monumental difference to your results. Try figure four stretches, cat cows and hip rotations to loosen before you play. Also, cool down to allow your body time to adjust to the sudden change in movement.

Plateaued Performance

Your performance, over time, will become limited by injury. Instead of seeing improvements each game, you may experience inconsistency, more slices and more errors on the course. This is because a golf injury can prevent your body from standing and swinging the way you want to.

Take the time to truly assess your golf swing. Are you 100% certain that you are completing every part of your swing correctly? Record your next swing and analyse where drop-off points may be. Once you identify them, focus on these key areas to ensure your weaknesses don’t become major problems down the track.

A Loss Of Love For The Game

Golf is more than physical. It’s mental. Playing over and over again and seeing declines in performance or drops in results can have a negative impact on you. In fact, it’s the reason that many people give up on the game, even though they could become very strong players.

At BioGolf, our mission is certain. We want people to love golf because they understand golf. But, people will only understand golf when they learn how their body moves and how their fitness interplays into the game.

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Losing the love for golf? The answer might be in your fitness, not your form.