Originally Posted by Iktomi

I know the good Dr. is right. I've worked with lots of flexible persons. I ask them to do a squat and or lunge. Almost always I see weakness in the legs/glutes or weakness in the hip flexors. In my opinion (humble as it is) I think static flexiblility is vastly overrated. In golf or any other sport muscle must operate in changing position under load. I am not anti-static stretching but I believe dynamic stretching and a good warm-up gets muscles ready for a sport.

As far as balance, one of my favorite trainers looks at it this way. Think of a pyramid. On its base a pyramid is very strong, this is stability. Stand it on top, this is balance. Before you have balance you better work at stability. I got a chance to talk with Dr. Wayne Westcott at a fitness conference. He has written many articles and has a book about golf fitness. I asked him about a study he did about strength training and golf. He said for most golfers a general strength training program was more than enough for conditioning. He didn't do any "golf specific" exercises. If you google Wayne Westcott and golf you will see the results of the study.

The end result is this, golf is a sport. You move forward, side to side and lots of rotation. You bend, squat, pull and push. Train your muscles to do this. You won't be sorry.

If anyone has any questions please feel free to ask.