Here's my final exercise post of 2015 and it's an extremely simple exercise I found that could really help you finish your golf swing. It comes from a Golf Digest slideshow / article that has 16 core-strengthening exercises. This is slide #5.
The workout is known as a 'glute bridge' and it mimics your again and hip position whilst you push your hips ahead during your weight shift and your stomach button is going through the target at some stage in your end. It works the glutes (it is your butt muscle tissue, if you do not know), hamstrings and lower back. I love it as it's easy and it doesn't require any special system.
I think the 'transferring image' above is pretty clear. You keep your hands laying out to your sides (hands up), your knees are bent, and you hold your feet off the ground at some point of the pass. (That's very essential because raising your toes is what makes your hamstrings stretch. It's now not dramatic but you may surely sense it.)
Then all you do is push your hips up until your body is in a straight line all the way from your shoulders to your knees. Although Golf Digest doesn't say so, I think holding the top position for a second or two will help make you stronger without straining you.
Golf Digest recommends one set of 10 reps but I've taken this exercise out of a series of 16, some of which use leg bands and some of which use a medicine ball, so you can probably do more than that without much problem. Just adjust the number of sets and reps you do so it feels good when you incorporate this move into your own exercise program.
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