Golf over 40 for Dummies,9780764553431

Golf over 40 for Dummies

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ISBN13: 9780764553431
ISBN10: 0764553437
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-05-01
Publisher(s): For Dummies
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Summary

Are you one of the 7 million golfers over the age of 40 who want to enjoy their leisure time on the links? Golf Over 40 For Dummies is a great resource! With golf-specific exercises and stretches -- designed for aging baby boomers -- you can lower your score and improve their golf game. By using this customized golf fitness program, you can follow simple strength-building exercises and stretches to fix the common faults and flaws with your golf swing, short game, and putting techniques!

Author Biography

Kelly Blackburn travels the PGA and Senior PGA TOUR circuit implementing her golf fitness techniques with touring professionals. Steve Eubanks, author of At the Turn and other books, writes for GolfWorld.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(6)
Part I: Playing into Your Prime 7(20)
Oh, How Golf Changes after 40
9(6)
Keeping the Golf Body Fit after 40
15(12)
Part II: The Basics and Beyond after 40 27(48)
Grasping Your Grip
29(10)
Getting into Position: The Over-40 Setup
39(12)
Tuning Up Your Turn
51(10)
Improving Your Downswing and Follow-Through
61(14)
Part III: Problem Areas: Fighting Them with Fitness 75(58)
Rejuvenating Noodle Arms
77(14)
Saggy Shoulder Solutions
91(10)
Getting Rid of Junk in the Trunk
101(18)
Developing Strong Roots: Lower Body Strength
119(14)
Part IV: Improving Balance and Endurance 133(24)
Restoring Balance, Timing, and Rhythm as You Age
135(10)
Endurance and Over-40 Golf
145(12)
Part V: Golf Isn't a Contact Sport: Avoiding Injury 157(52)
Oh, My Achin' Back
159(14)
What's Up with My Rotator Cuff?
173(12)
Avoiding Hand and Elbow Injuries
185(12)
The Knee Bone's Connected to the Hipbone
197(12)
Part VI: Taking Golf Fitness to the Next Level 209(32)
Getting Fit for Golf in the Gym
211(12)
Training at Home
223(10)
Eating, Drinking, and Playing Well after 40
233(8)
Part VII: The Part of Tens 241(50)
Ten Questions to Evaluate Your Game
243(6)
A Ten-Day In-Home Regimen to Better Golf
249(26)
Ten Mistakes of the Weekend Warrior
275(6)
Ten Golf Cart Stretches
281(10)
Index 291

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