The Gyrotonic® training for golfers is a wonderful and very effective way to improve flexibility, strength and overall cardiovascular fitness.
In case you don’t know what the Gyrotonic® program is, let me explain.
It’s a training / exercise method using a specific set of tools (gyrotonic machine) and it’s accessories. It focuses on rotation and spiraling movements which helps to build core strength, balance, cordination and agility.
The Benefits Of Gyrotonic® Exercises For Golfers
The benefits of Gyrotonic® training for golfers may benefit you in the following ways:
- Improve your ability to swing the club faster
- Increase drive distance
- Improve your ball-striking ability
- Improve your ability to control trajectory
- Better contact and directional control of the ball
- Limiting potential injury
Famous golfers such as Tiger Woods and Mark Wilson (amongst many others) use this amazing form of exercise to maintain and improve their game.
Gyrotonic® For Golf
Gyrotonic® training gives golfers the best combination possible for both strength and flexibility training. The exercises performed with this program can greatly benefit golfers no matter their age or fitness level.
Gyrotonic® exercises work for people of all handicap levels as well.
Some golfers focus on conventional strength trainin but that has it’s limitations. We believe that flexibility exercises aren’t stressed enough and that golfers (and other athletes) can benefit greatly from their strength training if they have also incorporated stretching exercises as well.
We believe that both strengthening and flexiblity exercises are needed to help athletes perform their sport to their best abilities.
It’s been our experience in working with our patients who play golf and tennis and soccer and other sports that their frustrations in how they play their sport is usually directly correlated to their levels of strength and flexibility both.
Improving your golf swing takes strength, yes but it also requires a fair amount of flexibility as well.
We’re here to tell you that the Gyrotonic® method can help you.
That’s where exercising with the Gyrotonic® method can benefit your
More About Gyrotonic®
The Gyrotonic® method has been in existence for more than twenty years and has been recognized as an exercise system for both the athlete and the layperson.
This wonderful set of exercises was created by Juliu Horvath specifically for dancers who rely on both strength and flexibility to perform their art. As a multi talenged athlete himself, he based his sets of movements on the fundamentals of all the training that he himself received such as ballet, gymnastics, swimming, martial arts and yoga.
Gyrotonic® has been discovered by a more mainstream population and is rapidly becoming a popular form of exercise for athletes and weekend warriors.
It is performed on a specialized pieces of equipment and accessories that come equipped with their own specifically designed sets of weights, straps and pulleys.
Similar to what you might see on Pilates equipment, but altered to accommodate the overall goal which is to improve flexibility.
Gyrotonic® different from other forms of exercise is that it accentuates flowing movements (think of Ballet) which are spiraling and circular in nature.
We have found that repeating these measured and smooth movements slowly throughout the session helps greatly to increase the fluidity of the movements needed to swing a golf club effectively.
Adding focused breathing throughout the session (very much like Pilates and Yoga) further improves the overall experience.
Our patients have told us that after each session, not only do their bodies feel better but that they have an overall feeling of calmness as well.
Can Gyrotonic® Also Help With My Tennis Game?
Famous tennis players like Any Murray use Gyrotonic® to improve their game and to maintain their strength and flexibility.
The benefits of Gyrotonic® for tennis players includes:
- It can help to improve the mobility and stability of shoulders which can help to prevent injury.
- It’s a great core builder as several exercises require both arms and legs to participate together.
- It can improve hip flexibility which in turn helps to strengthen back muscles.
All of these benefits can help you to improve your tennis swing and your game.
Overall, these exercises can help your body in many ways.
- Improve your balance
- Enhance your range of motion
- Strengthen your body’s core muscles
Here at ABove Physical Therapy, we recommend a series of 12 sessions (once a week) to help you gain the most benefit from Gyrotonic® exercises to improve your golf swing.
If you have any questions about the Gyrotonic® system, call ABove PT at 770-904-2332.
