The Fitness Approach yo Power Golf [Paperback]

John Carrido (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 1997

A guide to increasing one's strength and flexibility in golf. This text aims to help the reader to: increase clubhead speed for more distance; gain endurance; loosen up before tee-off; play free of muscle and back pain; and lower the risk of other injuries.

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Think golf is a sport played by chain-smoking, Scotch-swilling, quadruple-bypass-awaiting country-club ghouls? Okay, it is, but that doesn't mean you have to play it that way. Carrido shows how a fitness program, consisting of lots of flexibility and strength-training exercises and a healthy dose of cardiovascular work, can improve your game by helping you hit the ball farther and play injury-free.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Perigee Trade; 1st edition (March 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0399522727
• ISBN-13: 978-0399522727
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.4 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,788,562 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Short on the why and the how of golf exercise, November 12, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fitness Approach yo Power Golf (Paperback)

I exercise regulary, and have bought just about every golf fitness book. I found this one short on the theory part, like what does weight training do for golf? Also, pictures were hard to follow, some showed the end position of the exercise, some the middle or start. The title and back cover promised a 1/4 pounder and I got the kiddie veggie burger.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing the well informed does not already know, June 10, 2003

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max fischer "max-fischer" (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Fitness Approach yo Power Golf (Paperback)

I suppose this book does a thorough job of covering all aspects of a fitness regimen for a golfer including stretching, weight training, diet and injury prevention and it often offers golf specific exercises. If you've never really been on a consistent exercise program and don't have any other fitness books and you play golf, then I guess this book may be an option for you.

But I have two main problems with this book:
(1) First, this really is just a general fitness routine book that could be applied to almost any sport, or if you were just interested in general fitness, no sport at all. Yes, the book does approach the exercises from a golfer's perspective, but a perspective is all. None of the weight training exercises or stretches are any different from what you would read in any other general fitness book, and you shouldn't be performing them any other way lest you hurt yourself. As far as the eating tips, if the saturation of news reports in the last decade on eating a low-fat, high-fiber diet haven't convinced you to eat well, then one chapter in this book ain't gonna do it either.
(2) I think the premise of the book and specifically the book title is just wrong. It has been shown through application and studies (see my review of The Physics of Golf on this site) that distance off the tee is not affected that much by moderate amounts of muscle gain, especially the amount that one could get by lifting. Golf is a game of fluidity and vectors, not solely raw power. Some of the longest hitters on the tour now (2003) are some of the skinny young kids on the tour. I agree with the author that stretching is key, but you don't need this book for that (see my review of Bob Anderson's "Stretching").

I'm confident most people already know the basics of a good golf fitness regimen: eat healthfully, jog 3 times a week and stretch all parts of your body well before and after a round or hitting the driving range.

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for handbook for golfers, May 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Fitness Approach yo Power Golf (Paperback)

I found the book easy to follow and motivational. It shows the salient elements of getting fit to play golf. The best feature I found was the diagnosis he offers. If it hurts here after a round of golf do this exercise. I used to get a pain in my inner thigh that I got rid of by doing the prescribed exercise every second day for three weeks. While I haven't read every book on the market I found this one satisfied my requirements so I didn't look further.