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Exercise Guide to Better Golf [Paperback]

Frank Jobe (Author)
3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)


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February 15, 1995


Exercise Guide to Better Golf shows you how to perform the same muscle-strengthening and flexibility exercises top golfers on the PGA and Senior PGA tours use to get in shape and stay on top of their game. All of the exercises are easy to learn and have been designed specifically for golfers by Centinela Hospital Medical Center—official hospital of the PGA Tour and Senior PGA Tour.

The book includes more than 70 photos of pros like Fred Couples, Gary Player, Payne Stewart, and Bernhard Langer demonstrating correct exercise technique. Featured are two easy-to-follow workout routines for stretching and strengthening, which you can either use as is or select individual exercises to design a program that fits your specific needs.

Whether you're a scratch golfer or a determined duffer, the exercises in this book can provide you with these benefits:

- Greater flexibility and mobility in your swing
- Improved muscle endurance for better performance on the back nine
- Enhanced body tone and weight maintenance to help you feel better about yourself and your game
- A better-conditioned body that is less prone to aches, pains, and injuries
- An increased enjoyment of the game

Exercise Guide to Better Golf also contains a chapter on exercises to use on the first tee with instructions for proper warming up before playing a round of golf. Plus, the book provides useful information on how to improve your cardiovascular endurance, helpful tips for reducing golf-related injuries, and basic guidelines for safeguarding your back.

You'll also appreciate the book's handy, tear-out Exercise Reminder Cards, which summarize the exercises in each workout routine. You can tape the cards to your workout room wall and they're great to take along with you when you travel.

Take a lesson from some of golf's most successful pros and get Exercise Guide to Better Golf. Get in shape so you can give golf your best shot every time you're on the course.



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"""This unique book offers a golf-specific exercise program which all golfers can follow to lower the risk of injury, increase their enjoyment of the game, and possibly improve their performance."""
Tom Kite
Professional golfer, #2 All-time money-winner on the PGA Tour
"""When I first started playing golf, it was thought that nothing mattered in golf except hitting golf balls. Modern research has changed that. I wish I'd done this exercising all my life."""
Dave Stockton
Professional golfer, 1993 Senior PGA Tour Player of the Year
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"This unique book offers a golf-specific exercise program which all golfers can follow to lower the risk of injury, increase their enjoyment of the game, and possibly improve their performance."
Tom Kite
Professional golfer, #2 All-time money-winner on the PGA Tour

"When I first started playing golf, it was thought that nothing mattered in golf except hitting golf balls. Modern research has changed that. I wish I'd done this exercising all my life."
Dave Stockton
Professional golfer, 1993 Senior PGA Tour Player of the Year


Product Details

  • Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  • Paperback: 92 pages
  • Publisher: Human Kinetics (February 15, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0873228936
  • ISBN-13: 978-0873228930
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #910,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

 

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent program; easy to follow instructions., November 14, 1998
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This book contains the essential elements of an easy-to-follow how-to book. The authors explain the why, what and how clearly; and the use of pictures is most helpful. The authors are highly credible (orthopedic surgeons and physical therapists). I am 50 years old and a 16 handicapper who plays three or four times a month. The last 3 or 4 years, I had been experiencing lower back pain while playing and I had lost some distance from my game (ie - drives were traveling 210-220 rather than 240-250). A physical therapist started me on this books regimine five months ago. So far, the results are improved flexibility, better strength, no more back pain and some improved distance in shot length. The daily routine takes 30 minutes or less. I will continue to follow its program and look forward to more improvement.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is brilliant!, December 30, 1998
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The exercises recommended by Dr. Jobe and his colleagues work! They have helped me get from a 15 to a 7 handicap, by increasing my trunk stability, and allowing me to achieve a full shoulder turn. My shots have greater length and accuracy, and I feel better at the end of eighteen holes. I recommend this to anyone looking to improve their game and willing to put in the hard work to follow the routine.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Golf is a game that matures like wine, June 26, 1999
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And like fine wines, if you intend for things to turn out well in the long term, you have to set the starting conditions up right. Hospitals and clinics (and golf courses) are packed with people living in pain as a result of unwise swinging. Since it has long ago been determined that timing and flexibility, more than strength and aggression, are the keys to consistency and power in golf, you might be interested in an approach that prepares your body for just that. Simple, direct, and backed by valid research. This book will bring results. It is a great contribution to sports medicine. More pars to you!
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Since early 1985 Centinela Hospital Medical Center has been working with the PGA TOUR to promote the health, fitness and performance of the players as they travel around the country. Read the first page
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