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Being The Best Golf Player You Can Be

by: Edwin Shackleford

Just like any other game, to be considered a good golf player goes beyond having an average score of below 80. While skill at playing the actual game is commendable, a holistic view is needed to achieve a well-rounded game.

To play good golf, you have to get down past the three areas of:

- fitness,

- practice,

- and etiquette.

Fitness

- Keeping one?s body and mind in shape is a key element to becoming a good, if not great, golfer. Looking after your body and making sure it?s in shape not only gets you to perform better on the course, it also ensures you that you can enjoy golf even well into your years.

- Achieve bodily fitness by eating right and exercising regularly. Maintain cardiovascular fitness and muscle tone that suits the game of golf. Some indicators of physical fitness are your blood pressure and your BMI (body mass index). Consult with your doctor on what levels are right for your age and body type.

- Mental fitness is also just as important. Find ways to relieve yourself of stress. Develop a regular meditation time alone or with family/friends. Keep your mind sharp by exercising it with reading or with puzzles like crosswords.

Practice

- Develop a regular and consistent practice routine. Many find themselves wanting to play more and practice less when it is the opposite that gets better results as far as scores go. By practicing more, you develop techniques and muscle memory that will carry well into your game.

- A good play to practice ratio is 1:2, that is, for every hour of golf you play, you will do 2 hours of practice. This may not be done all in the same day. It is advised to alternate practice and play days so as not to work out too much.

- Continue your education on the game. Not just because you know how to play means you already know everything there is. Remember that there is always something new you can learn so either enroll in a class or take up a lesson or two with a more advanced player. Do this at least on an annual basis. Constantly wanting to level up your golf skills shows your dedication to become a better player than your were the year before.

Etiquette

- Being a great player on the course and on the practice field is nothing if you are not a good person to play with. While golf may be a solitary sport, it does not mean that rudeness is condoned. As a gentleman?s game, rules pertaining to respecting others are of utmost importance.

About The Author

Edwin Shackleford has been helping individuals improve thier golf game for years. Try his Free Online Training Today! http://www.improve-your-golf-game.com.

Weight Loss and Fitness - Facts not Fiction

Weight Loss and Fitness - Facts not Fiction

by: Martin Harshberger

The world of weight loss and fitness is certainly vast, and the American consumer can absolutely get lost in the thousands of easy effortless and ostly useless ads if not careful. With my books and research I want to clear the air about the various myths and false statements regarding our health and fitness that have clearly muddied the waters for many Americans.

What I want to stress in particular is that there is no magic answer, potion, or diet pill that is going to make everything better. The ad on TV where the pretty lady says "it's easy. you'll love it", is appealing to our need for instant gratification with no effort. We don't want to hear the facts so we continue to look for the instant solution. If there was a magic diet pill, or diet plan, over 60% of Americans wouldn't be overweight, in spite of spending over $35 billion annually on diet products.

Achieving...

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Family Fitness

Family Fitness

by: Terje Brooks Ellingsen

Family fitness is fun! So, how do you get your family off the sofa and encourage them to get moving with you? It can be a simple task if you find an exercise program that the entire family can enjoy!

We all know that too many Americans are overweight and even more that don?t follow a regular exercise program. It is up to mom and dad to initiate some movement within their own household. There?s an old saying that the ?family that plays together, stays together.? This is the approach you should take to get your family moving! It?s not exercise, it?s time to play!

First, you should pay close attention to what everyone in the family likes to do. For example, if both you and your spouse are tennis fanatics, tennis should definitely be on the exercise agenda. If your son is an avid golfer, you need to learn to swing! If your daughter is a devoted jogger, guess who needs to jog too? Find out what everyone...

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Does The Place You Live Affects Your Wellness?

by: Christos Varsamis

During the course of your growing up years, you lived wherever your parents chose to live. You didn?t give any thought to the health implications of the location your parents chose, or if they had chosen a place that was conducive to your overall wellness. Chances are your parents didn?t give it much thought either. Not until recently, has there ever been given any thought to the fact that where you live affects your health and wellness. But it does, and it?s a piece of information that is sure to influence many generations to come.

So how is this information compiled, and what can we learn from it? The information is compiled based on statistical information from areas such as smog levels, pollution levels, water quality, government based fitness incentives, and recreational and fitness facilities available. Generally, one of the major magazines published in the United States,...

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Fitness: Improve the Health of Your Diet by Avoiding White Flour

Fitness: Improve the Health of Your Diet by Avoiding White Flour

by: Michael Cordon

I?d like to share some research with you that may make you think twice before eating your next sandwich on white bread. It will also help your efforts to lose weight and will improve your health.

Eliminating white flour in favor of whole wheat has long been the foundation of healthy eating and is a big part of the latest eating right pyramid put out by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Studies now show that there is a chemical in white flour, called alloxan that makes it look ?clean? and ?beautiful?. The problem is that alloxan damages the beta cells of the pancreas so they no longer produce enough insulin and the cells malfunction and die. So you may be devastating your pancreas and putting yourself at risk for diabetes by eating ?beautiful? flour.

In fact, the Textbook for Natural Medicine calls alloxan ?a potent beta-cell toxin?.

Scientists...

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Fitness Components For Golf

by: Mike Pedersen

The fitness components for golf are a select few, but they are critical to a golfers success.
The golf swing is a physically demanding movement on the human body.
It involves coordination, balance, stability, muscular strength and endurance, and dynamic sequence of motion just to name a few.

Do you think a body that is physically broken can accomplish a mechanically sound repeatable swing?

Based on the physical requirements of a mechanically good golf swing?NO way!
It is a physical impossibility to have a repeatable swing for 18 holes unless?you?ve implemented the fitness components for golf within a consistent program.

When you isolate your golf swing muscles?stretch and strengthen them?and improve the efficiency of sequencing your motions throughout the swing?you will no doubt be a massively improved golfer for the long term.

Isn?t that what you?re really...

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Weight Training Equipment Choices - How To Decide Between Free Weights And Weight Training Machines

Weight Training Equipment Choices - How To Decide Between Free Weights And Weight Training Machines

by: Julie-Ann Amos

Once you have made the decision to invest in weight training equipment for your home gym, the next step is to determine which kind of equipment to buy. Most fitness enthusiasts who want to include a weight training routine as part of their overall fitness efforts will opt for either free weights or a weight training machine.

Free Weights

Free weights include several separate components that you can combine in a number of ways to vary your weight training routine. A complete set of free weights will typically include:

? One barbell (sometimes two)

? Weight plates and safety collars

? Weight bench and rack

? Dumbbells

With these basic pieces of weight training equipment, you can easily adjust the type, intensity and frequency of exercises performed. Because the components are separate and not...

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You Don't Need A Fitness Personal Trainer- Personal View Of A Fitness Trainer

by: Chris Chew

If you are looking for fitness personal trainers on the net, you will come across many many health and fitness websites extolling the virtues of why you should hire a personal trainer to achieve your fitness and health goals didn?t you? If you are reading this article of which you are doing now, you are probably surprised to find why a fitness personal trainer like me is telling you why you don?t need one. You will probably think that I am crazy. Perhaps I am. Well, read on and you may discover that I am not as crazy as you think after all.

? You don?t need a fitness personal trainer because you hated the commitment that entails once you hire a personal trainer. Anyway, you have been working out for many years without any commitment to anyone, even to yourself and that is why, you only workout as and when you are pleased. Well, you do concede that the...

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Have a Familiy New Year's Blast!

by: Norma Schmidt

Believe it or not, you CAN enjoy a New Year?s Eve bash once you have kids ? even if you CAN?T get a sitter!

PRESCHOOLERS AND KIDS IN THE EARLY ELEMENTARY GRADES LOVE GETTING INTO THE NEW YEAR'S SPIRIT.

To build excitement, announce a day or two ahead of time that you?re going to have a night-time New Year?s party with pajamas on.

Then, when you go grocery shopping, you can let your child pick...

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Cell Phone - Why Should I Upgrade

by: Declan Tobin

We hear from friends or just general chat by people wanting to upgrade their cell phones. There are a number of very good reasons to upgrade but unfortunately the main reason people upgrade and without thinking is because the cell phone manufacturers are blitzing us with advertising on a daily basis with new features. I bet you can pinpoint a few friends who have new cell phones and have no idea as to how to...

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Relax In An Orlando Vacation Rental

by: Peter Kenny

Well have you ever stayed in a single hotel room as a family of 4 or more? There is one television to cater for all 4 tastes, one bathroom so you must organise a rota to get washed and dressed. If you are lucky you may be allowed to pay extra to rent a fridge ? failing that you may just need to buy everyone in your party a cool drink from the hotel as and when they require one ? a cost which can mount up for...

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Builder?s Dust ? Removing It

by: David Andrew Smith

Have you ever had renovations or alterations done to your property? Then you are fully aware of the amount of fine dust that is generated and manages to get absolutely everywhere even in places far removed from the actual working area. You then spend hours, days and possibly weeks attempting to remove this dust. Is there a much faster route to dust removal?

There most certainly is and it means following...

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