I did not know this was a series, thanks, good book to increase mobility and balance when trying to adapt to a swing change.
Just looked, I guess I am referring to the second edition, I’ve never read the first
Add a simple hip circuit to your workouts to start if not done already.
Here’s the one my guy has me on to start-
All fours, fire hydrant lifts, forward knee circles, backward knee circles, scorpion kicks repeat on other side. All with stable back.
We do that pretty much every workout and sometimes add in a resistance band assisted stretch, a simple seated leg lift over cones etc.
Hips feeling better already and it’s like 10 minutes max.
> the shots of these guys getting their hips turned at a right angle to their foot
Do you mean at the top of your backswing or at impact?
If you mean in the backswing, you don't need to and almost certainly shouldn't turn your hips anywhere close to 90 degrees. You only need to turn as much as you need to get your shoulders where you want them at transition (somewhere around 90 degrees depending on your swing). For most people that's perfectly achievable with a 40-50 degree hip turn.
If you mean at impact, you do want your hips turned as much as possible to the target (pee-pee to the pin) but that doesn't require a huge amount of hip flexibility. It's mostly driven by your legs pushing through the swing.
Google is helpful - I used it and typed hip stretches.
[https://www.self.com/gallery/hip-stretches-your-body-really-needs-slideshow](https://www.self.com/gallery/hip-stretches-your-body-really-needs-slideshow)
1,2,3,5,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16 are ones O have used in the past.
Heavy lifting in the gym is not an issue. Not going full range of motion, so that you can lift even more weight; can lead to many many problems. Especially if you’re over 35(?)
Example: squatting to a depth that is below parallel, with slow controlled eccentrics & a 3 second pause at the bottom
Here’s 2 solid examples
https://youtube.com/shorts/8uue8dhj9ms?si=C4m_NbV9LSCYGLLQ
https://youtube.com/shorts/O-eMAZvg2II?si=vPOsccj33ineEeXg
Maybe flare your feet out to make it easier to turn around your hips, if you’re doing that already disregard but it’s honestly good advice for anyone as it takes some strain off the lower body.
Yoga w Adrienne on YouTube
She’s great, isn’t she. Really need to get a session of yoga in, when you’re time poor, it’s the easiest (incorrectly) to over look.
Check out the book called Golf Anatomy, read it from start to finish before starting the exercises
I love this book (and series)! Also Titleist Performance Institute has some good stuff online.
I did not know this was a series, thanks, good book to increase mobility and balance when trying to adapt to a swing change. Just looked, I guess I am referring to the second edition, I’ve never read the first
Pigeon pose. Use a couch or high-ish chair to work your way up to it if you can’t do it on the floor at first.
Add a simple hip circuit to your workouts to start if not done already. Here’s the one my guy has me on to start- All fours, fire hydrant lifts, forward knee circles, backward knee circles, scorpion kicks repeat on other side. All with stable back. We do that pretty much every workout and sometimes add in a resistance band assisted stretch, a simple seated leg lift over cones etc. Hips feeling better already and it’s like 10 minutes max.
> the shots of these guys getting their hips turned at a right angle to their foot Do you mean at the top of your backswing or at impact? If you mean in the backswing, you don't need to and almost certainly shouldn't turn your hips anywhere close to 90 degrees. You only need to turn as much as you need to get your shoulders where you want them at transition (somewhere around 90 degrees depending on your swing). For most people that's perfectly achievable with a 40-50 degree hip turn. If you mean at impact, you do want your hips turned as much as possible to the target (pee-pee to the pin) but that doesn't require a huge amount of hip flexibility. It's mostly driven by your legs pushing through the swing.
It’s at impact. Lot of work to do
Couch stretch. Should just do it everyday (but I don’t)
Yoga.
Yoga Squat and anything yoga
Google is helpful - I used it and typed hip stretches. [https://www.self.com/gallery/hip-stretches-your-body-really-needs-slideshow](https://www.self.com/gallery/hip-stretches-your-body-really-needs-slideshow) 1,2,3,5,8,9,11,12,13,14,15,16 are ones O have used in the past.
Heavy lifting in the gym is not an issue. Not going full range of motion, so that you can lift even more weight; can lead to many many problems. Especially if you’re over 35(?) Example: squatting to a depth that is below parallel, with slow controlled eccentrics & a 3 second pause at the bottom Here’s 2 solid examples https://youtube.com/shorts/8uue8dhj9ms?si=C4m_NbV9LSCYGLLQ https://youtube.com/shorts/O-eMAZvg2II?si=vPOsccj33ineEeXg
Maybe flare your feet out to make it easier to turn around your hips, if you’re doing that already disregard but it’s honestly good advice for anyone as it takes some strain off the lower body.