5 Ways To Make Your Golf Fitness Program More "Functional"

Title:5 Ways To Make Your Golf Fitness Program More \"Functional\"Word Count:493Summary:Many of the top touring professionals know that winning on the tour today takes much morethan a great game of golf. The field is far too competitive to leave any of the key contributing抯elements to chance. Preparing their bodies for play is a critical component to a golfer successunder the most competitive conditions.Keywords:functional exercises for golf, core exercises, golf exercises, golf fitness, golf programsArticle Body:Many of the top touring professionals know that winning on the tour today takes much morethan a great game of golf. The field is far too competitive to leave any of the key contributing抯elements to chance. Preparing their bodies for play is a critical component to a golfer successunder the most competitive conditions.How you structure your golf fitness program is essential to your overall performance on and offthe course. Here are some ways you can ensure you are getting the most out of training programwhile utilizing the strength of your core as a building block for success.Specific to golf ?Get rid of the traditional gym machines which focus on isolating specificmuscle groups and require no stabilization work by additional muscle groups. Integrate someold and new fitness tools which allow you to move your body in a more functional setting.抰These include cable machines, fitness balls, medicine balls, balance disks, traditional dumbbellsand don forget about the power of using your own bodyweight.Increase Core Stability ?More efficient movement creates more efficient power. Golfersmaintain an athletic posture over long periods of time and require both trunk and corestabilization and endurance. By increasing your strength and endurance in the core region ofyour body, you provide both a solid base of support for rotation in addition to the proper

transfer of power throughout the body.Vary your Planes of Motion - A golf fitness program will have varying planes of motion as partof your weekly strength routine. Planes of movement include front to back motions, left to rightand rotational exercises. Some good examples include multi-directional lunges and medicineball wood chops.Integrate Multiple Elements into Each Exercise ?Each weekly workout should address all of theimportant elements for golf including flexibility, core development, balance, strength andpower. Integrated training techniques will develop your skills in each of these areas andproduce a whole new level of play. Examples of integration include a 5 minute dynamic warmup, roughly 30 minute strength routine, followed by 10 to 15 minutes of stretches. Eachworkout can be broken down into strength development for several weeks, core stabilization forseveral weeks, and power development as you move into peak season.Progress from Simple to Complex - Begin your exercise program by mastering the simplestforms of exercises first. Progress your golf training design to increase in complexity as yourbody grows and develops and as you learn proper stabilization of your core region. An exampleof progression for the legs may be to perform two leg ball squats prior to performing the one legversion.Before any golfer, pro or otherwise, picks up a club, they look at the capability of their bodyversus the requirements of the swing. Utilize these 5 tips to create a golf specific program thatbrings out the best in you and the best in your golf game. Make this golf season your mostproductive yet!Title:Have a health Problem? Yoga can solve it. Part 1Word Count:321Summary:Summary: Yoga is known universally as a great type of exercise for physical and mental health.Perhaps it is because specific poses target specific problems, and extremely well.From A-C (Acne to the Common Cold), find out which pose(s) you need to learn to alleviate ahealth problem you may have.Keywords:Yoga for HealthArticle Body:慺What was once ridiculed as a bizarre fad in health has been widely accepted as a way of life formany people. This ad?however has been in practice for over 5, 000 years and is known asYoga. Though it is recognized as a form of exercise, some specific poses unique to this methodof physical culture have been highly recognized and recommended in the drugless healing

cycles for centuries.With a sensible and proper diet with emphasis on Fruits and Vegetables (the Mucus-less diet),these specific ailments listed below can each be alleviated with a consistent and wise executionof the poses recommended.1. Acne: Sun Salutations, the shoulder-stand and its counter-poses, head to knee poses, Peacockposes and Abdominal Isolation.2. Arms (Sagging): Sun Salutations, Incline plane pose, Bow Pose, Wheel pose and theBalancing Poses (peacock and Crow)3. Asthma: Deep abdominal breathing, Shoulder-stand, bridge and fish Pose, Bow Pose andCorpse pose (Abstinence from animal products and ALL processed foods strongly required!Fruits and Veggies Only!)4. Back-Ache: Sun Salutations, Fish pose, bow pose5. Bad Breath: Sun Salutations, Inverted Poses, Bow and Balancing Poses, Cleansing fire Poseand Breathing exercises. (Short fasts and Restricted Occasional juicy organic fruit diets arerecommended)6. Body Odor: Sun Salutations, the Shoulder-stand (15-20 Minutes after the poses are practiced,use a warm damp rag to wipe the pubic regions)7. Bust and Chest (firming): Sun Salutations, Bow, Crow pose8. Chin-(prevention of double chin): Fish, Wheel, Sun Salutations9. Common Cold: Sun Salutations, shoulder-stand and her counter- poses, Breathing Exercises,Nasal Irrigation (Avoid Dairy, Grain and Animal Products and of course Processed Foods, thisis a good time to do a short fast!)10. Constipation: Inverted Poses, Sun Salutations, head to knee Poses, Bow Pose, the balancingposes (Peacock and crow variations) (Fiber Rich Foods- Dates, celery, melons etc)This concludes the first part of the 3-part series on how to use Yoga and a Proper diet toalleviate health symptoms.Title:Natural Supplements for Women's Health: MenopauseWord Count:526Summary:

抯Menopause can be a miserable experience characterized by aggravating symptoms. Or, it can bea pain-free transition that barely noticeable. nutraOrigin, makers of high quality vitamins forwomen, shares the secrets of treatment for menopause.Keywords:menopause, menopause supplements,menopause vitamins, women supplements, womenvitamins, women healthArticle Body:Menopause can go one of two ways. It can be a miserable experience characterized by抯aggravating menopause symptoms. Or, it can be a pain-free transition that barely noticeable.In fact, choosing the right menopause supplement can make all the difference. nutraOrigin,makers of high quality vitamins for women, shares the secrets of natural treatment formenopause.Menopause symptoms: Common but avoidableEvery woman experiences her own unique set of menopausal symptoms, which can include hotflashes, night sweats, mood swings, heart palpitations, vaginal and urinary changes, anddecreased memory and concentration. Most experts agree these symptoms are caused by low or抰fluctuating estrogen levels, which throw everything off kilter. But that doesn mean a difficultmenopause is unavoidable.搕Between 75-85% of American women going through he change of life?report experiencing抯menopausal hot flashes. Yet only about 10% of Japanese women do. Why the discrepancy? Itall in the diet. Japanese women eat several servings of soy a day, which naturally contain抰anti-hot-flash substances called isoflavones. American women don .Natural Hot Flash Remedies and Menopause Treatments from nutraOriginMenoBalance SupplementIsoflavones help you get control of hot flashes ?but they also provide relief for a whole range ofsymptoms. How? These phyto-nutrients have the remarkable ability to imitate the biologicalactivities of female hormones. That means that even if your own natural levels of estrogen areplummeting, isoflavones can trick your body into thinking it has enough.Soy is well-known for its natural content of isoflavones, but most of the research studyingisoflavones for menopause relief has been performed on red clover. nutraOrigin formulatedMenoBalance with a high-potency blend of isoflavones from red clover and kudzu. The formulaadditionally protects cardiovascular health, with patented Actifolate folic acid and resveratrol;supports bone integrity, due to the synergistic activity of isoflavones and vitamin D; andprovides protection to hormone-sensitive tissues, with rosemary and turmeric.Black Cohosh Essentials SupplementScientists have conducted numerous studies demonstrating the efficacy of black cohosh forrelieving the discomforts of menopause, with minimal or no side effects. In fact, onedouble-blind, placebo-controlled trial found the herb was 47% more effective than conjugatedestrogen at beating menopause hot flashes! Cohosh has also been shown to help alleviate

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