Flexibility

[Want2PlayMore]

What do you do to improve your flexibility in your swing.

[Chilidipper]

  Want2PlayMore said:

What do you do to improve your flexibility in your swing.

Pick your parents

[rangerat]

I do the P90X and one of the components of this is yoga. I have always considered myself quite flexible but this seems to help a lot.

[GaijinGolfer]

Stretching. I stretch before and after I work out every day and I stretch before my round.

[ks8829]

Pilates

Beginning mat workout
Ana caban
(easy on the eyes)

I only do the 10 minute energy drills twice a day, its given me an extra 5-10 yards and more importantly my back is always stretched before and after a round.

[Righty to Lefty]

Yoga, pilates, and limit how much you sit down in chairs throughout the day (swing killer because your hamstrings get tight and abs get weak) and just good overall fitness. Oh and swing training to prevent muscle imbalances between your left and right side (swing a heavy club opposite your dominant side i.e. natural righty swings heavy club lefty)

[flopdarock]

my flexibility is diminishing and i need to incorporate limbering/stretching excercises into my workouts

[Spackler-esque]

Yoga and general stretching. Really just started to get back into these things over the last three weeks. Went to the range on Thursday and I could already feel an improvement, mainly in consistency.

[Jay-Bird]

Workout = stretch, run, lift, stretch.
Yoga.
At the course = stretch everything, warm up swing exageratedly wide

[RC]

What I love=hitting the ball long way. What I hate=stretching and working out. Love trumps hate... I stretch and workout and try to act like I am enjoying it. Losing 20 pounds over the past few years did not hurt either.

Seriously, I use a personal trainer and it is worth it to have someone who knows and tailors your workouts to the game you play. Getting serious about working out has clearly added (or at the least maintained) distance in my game, even at an age when distance should begin to show signs of shortening. All my workouts are at least 50 percent or more stretching and range of motion activities. Just do it -- it is worth it.

[gogolfing]

I started stretching religiously about a month ago and have already noticed quite a difference. I have an ellipitical, do a strength/flexibility/balance routine, and play hockey, but the common thread in all three has been the stretching routine at the end.

[PingGKEN]

  Righty to Lefty said:

limit how much you sit down in chairs throughout the day (swing killer because your hamstrings get tight and abs get weak) and just good overall fitness.

As I read this sitting in my desk chair all day at the office.

[verse214]

  PingGKEN said:

As I read this sitting in my desk chair all day at the office.

Sadly, I agree (while looking over my shoulder making sure no one is watching)

[TigerWu]

I workout, stretch a lot and get deep tissue massages twice a month.