Every golfers power (and stability!) muscle number one = glutes! Your golf fitness program should be build around this vital element. If their are not strong enough, sadly your hip flexors are more than eager to take over, rob the function from your glutes and/or even shut them down creating lots of problems and compensations on your swing and also in everyday life (lover back pain is often caused by weak glute muscles!).
Gluteus Maximus (your “butt muscle”) is a primary muscle of hip extension and often times surprisingly weak. Low back pain and soreness in the groin area may be signs of the weakness in the glutes and your hip flexors have stolen the work from them. When your glutes aren’t strong enough, the hip flexors will happily take over the task and get the job done for you – creating havoc and compensations even deeper in your motor programming and movement patters!
Glute muscles are one of the most important muscle groups to get super strong in your Base Training Phase 2 (if you are not familiar with “Base Training Phase 2” please read my previous blog “How to Plan Your Golf Season …and WIN!!”).
This simple exercise is very easy, simple and can be done almost anywhere. It will help you to re-educate your glutes how to work and fire correctly in a simple movement pattern and to get super strong for better golf!
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Have fun with your training Phase 2!
Riikka