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Physical Golf

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I've searched many, many sources for an informative, well-balanced book regarding fitness for golf. This appears to be THE BEST I've read, and heard about. In depth discussions on many facets of conditioning, specifically for golf. Static or dynamic strretching---which is best and why. What type of lifting, and why. Free weights vs. machines, and why. On and on----VERY INFORMATIVE. If you simply do some stretching, and pump iron to improve your game---and think you know all there is to know---you're doing it all wrong. Read this book---the most comprehensive book on golf fitness.

I decided my golf needed some extra power, so I searched the books and gave this one a try. I was on the Body for Life program, switchted to this after 3 weeks of that, and not only is my golf better but I lost an extra 10 pounds. I found the nutrition section a good overview and was well worth the price of the book in that I was able to balance out my meals better and I got some good ideas about how to eat on the course(threw out the gatorade and got some bars with a little bit of fat). Another thing was this was the only golf exercise book that really bothered to list references for the ideas and information, so I felt the author really put some thought and time into this.

Millions of fitness books litter the shelves and I have read them all. This book is the reference book when it comes to fitness. While you're "in season", you want to keep your fitness levels but yet be able to play the game at optimal levels. Yet in the "off-season", you can improve your game by building strength in the golf muscles. This book gives you programs for the entire year, even a "pre-season" workout. One of the most informative golf books I have ever purchased.

My club pro had an advanced copy of Physical Golf. I exercise regularly and have just about every book on physical training for golf. This is definitely the best I've seen with very good photos of exercises, and treatments of injuries, nutrition and motivation the others just don't cover.

I found that the majority of the exercises described in the book were ones that would be part of any good training progam. If you are a beginner to training, this book will help to get you started. If you believe that increased fitness will not improve your golf game, this book should change your mind. If you have been training, don't bother to buy this book, since you are probably doing these exercises anyway.

Also, if you are not a member of a fitness club or have a vast home collection of dumbbells, a treadmill, stationary bike, as well as a home gym machine, don't bother to buy this book. The exercises and sample programs require this equipment, which will cost at least $1,000.

Good coverage of golf and muscles used in the swing. I was easily able to use the exercises and training plan at the gym. Also, I didn't realize how important aerobic training was for golf, so that section got me moving in that direction.

The description I have for this book is balance, it covers all the subjects in a readable style with nice graphics. Good explanations of technical areas which might seem overboard if all you want to do is a few stretches and go for a walk.

After 2 months of using this golf training program, the results are great: 10 yards more per club and my handicap has dropped by 3 strokes. I liked the fact that I didn't have to read the whole book to get right to the application. Very scientific as well, my Doctor was impressed!

This book received a good review in Golf Digest, a publication with very weak journalistic integrity. In reality, few books could say so little in so much space as Neil Wolkodoff's Physical Golf. Wolkodoff's message could be summarized in one sentence: "Hitting a golf ball requires the whole body, so train the whole body with strength and flexibility exercises, proper diet, and other common sense measures." The "information" that the author supplies along the way is either useless fluff, or--in terms of exercise--so basic that it fails to surpass the knowledge one could obtain from most any generic, bonehead fitness text. No doubt, this book might have some benefit for someone completely ignorant of exercise techniques (Is that possible in 1999?). I, myself, was unable to glean--from nearly 300 pages--a single useful technique that I was not already well aware of. On the other hand, this book fails to include numerous, golf-specific strength and flexibility methodologies that I consider to be indispensable for achieving power in the golf swing. Once again, an over-hyped, insubstantial text has been dumped on the hungry American golfer; once again, the beneficiaries are the author, the publishing companies, and the golf marketing conglomerate. When will someone finally have the integrity, knowledge, and vision to write a book that REALLY describes what it takes to become a strong golfer?

This was the best book so far I have read and applied on golf fitness. What I really liked was I could skip from chapter to chapter, didn't have to read the entire 300 pages to start making some exercise changes. The chapters on weight training and aerobic training for golf were especially useful in I haven't seen anybody explain those areas and how they relate to golf that well.