Whether it's riding in a car (or a golf cart), working behind a desk, or vegging out to some mindless TV on the couch, activities of daily life are likely hurting your chances of playing better golf—not to mention setting you up for injury.
A big issue for many people are inactive/weak glute muscles as a result of prolonged sitting, and that's a problem for golfers since they are the most active group when you swing a club. EMG data shows in the through-swing of a PGA Tour pro, the gluteus maximus are firing all-out and are largely responsible for the amount of energy that can be delivered into the golf ball. Other muscles are involved, for sure, but the glutes are the kings of the golf swing.
"And once glutes become inactive, our capacity to control hip flexion and extension is limited," says Paul Gozbekian, one of Golf Digest's 50 Best Golf-Fitness Trainers in America. "This can cause muscles such as the hamstrings, hip flexors, spinal erectors and ab muscles to become overactive to compensate.
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