After recovering from my Op last autumn, I started hitting the gym regularly again around the beginning of December, It’s taken me that long to get back to where I was post Hernia (although I’m still staying away from heavy Squats). I’m making much more of an effort this time round to warm up sufficiently and to lift with good form, so far (touch wood) I have only had a couple of insignificant strains that just needed a day or two’s rest.
The gym work is not specifically for golf, but it does impact flexibility and stamina and so I'm hoping to reap benefits in my golf game as well as in my general health. Tomorrow I'm going to add to my schedule with specific cardio workouts for the first time since I started lifting. I feel fit enough to manage both now and I know that the cardio will benefit my fitness over 18 holes.
I'm lucky enough to work close to a gym and to have a treadmill at home so my workouts are over lunch or in the morning and therefore don’t cut into golf time. One added bonus is that I am fitting into clothes again that got a bit too snug over last year.
One new exercise I did today was to take a light empty barbell and with it sitting across the back of my shoulders take a golf stance and slowly rotate my torso back as far as possible and slowly through again. After a few reps I started getting a good stretch and managed with the added weight of the barbell to reach a good 90 degree rotation. I’m going to add this exercise into my routine each time in the hope that it gives me a better shoulder turn. I really want to work hard in the future on rotation while keeping my spine angle.
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