Thanks for the in-depth response...love those UTube references....I am going to work on these exercises to get my back in better shape. I do some stretching every morning but I need to step up and do more like the ones you have suggested.
I would eliminate the stretching in the morning. The back is most prone to injury right after waking up in the morning due to the increased fluid in the back which dissipates in the first 2 hours after waking. Static stretching can help, but mostly for the hips. The low back, in general needs stability much more than mobility. You want mobility around the lower back: hips and thoracic spine. There is one lower back muscle that I would recommend stretching, the quadratus lumborum. However, I have used a foam roller on the QL and that seems to work better than stretching. I would go to a book store and toward the end of Mark Verstegen's Core Performance Golf book he outlines how to do this. Also I would recommend using the foam roller on the IT band, it is difficult to stretch and responds well to the foam roller:
. As far as thoracic spine mobility is concerned the overhead squats that I mentioned before will help, also using a foam roller will be useful:
. You can use the foam roller on the front of the thighs, inner thighs, hamstrings, butt, etc. If you get bored with this stuff I have more.
I think the single most important exercise for me was the goblet squat, followed by the overhead squat. Everything else you are willing to do is icing on the cake. I would test your core stability and see how far you are from holding the three bridges for 2 minutes.
Matt
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
Thanks again Matt...I have read the same thing about the spine and stretching in the AM... I keep the AM stretching to mostly those with a flat back.
I had to look up the QL muscle to see where that one was...I will need to get a foam roller. You have given me much to start up a good lower back program...thanks for the information....I am going to save your posts for future reference. I will definitely start doing the squat exercises..I am pretty tight in all those hip/lower back muscles...it has come with age and too much sitting at the office. ( and on the couch at home in front of the tube...damn golf channel)
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"In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram).
The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts)
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