Golf Forearm Wrist Strength

Its All In The Wrist

If you golf you have probably heard this saying a thousand times.

Well it’s not exactly all in the wrist but strengthening of the lower arms including the wrist flexors, forearms, grip flexors and all the tendons and ligaments that tie everything together will have a profound effect on your game.

There is only one proven way to accomplish this and that is through resistance training.

With the advent of players like Tiger Woods and David Duval, today’s golfer knows that a golf specific resistance training program will greatly benefit their game.

Resistance Training Myth's

Myth: "I will bulk up and that will hinder my golf swing."

Truth: Resistance training specific for golf will not result in muscle gain that will alter your swing mechanics. Increasing muscle size involves lifting increasingly heavier weights with lower repetitions, dramatically increasing your calorie and protein intake and spending one to two hours per day lifting weights. A golf-specific conditioning program incorporates moderate weight, with high (12-15) repetitions . This type of program is designed to improve your golf-specific strength and endurance, not build muscle.

Myth: "I will lose flexibility if I lift weights."

Truth: In fact, the opposite is true! Weak muscles are also tight muscles that are prone to injury. With resistance training, you are increasing blood flow, working through a functional range of motion that will improve flexibility, not hinder it.

Myth: "Weight training will cause me to lose feel."

Truth: By strengthening the muscles specific to golf, you will have better control of your body and club. When you improve functional strength, you have more control and balance, which will improve your feel. Strength training involves body awareness, muscular control, and coordination. These are all key elements for enhanced golf.

The E-Flex Forearm Bar is a Patented free-weight forearm / wrist strength isolation bar that targets the specific needs of the golfer. The E –Flex forearm Bar will build and strengthen the forearms which will provide more power and distance, it will strengthen the wrist flexors for better club control. It is also designed with an extensor muscle specific exercise that will build and strengthen the extensor muscles that are responsible for elbow and wrist rotation which will also provide for better club control and can also *prevent or stop golfers elbow from recurring.

*Golfers Elbow, Tennis Elbow, Elbow Tendonitis is a condition caused by small tears in the tendon that connect to the elbow. This is associated with repeated stress or shock to the joint such as that created when striking a golf ball.

Strengthening of the surrounding muscles and tendons can prevent or stop this condition from recurring

* Always consult with your physician or health care professional before starting any rehab program.

When trained properly the muscles of the lower arms yield one of golfs most dramatic effects

by improving distance, club control and injury prevention

Forearm Flexors - (wrist and grip strength)

Wrist Flexors - (wrist and grip strength)

Extensor Muscles - (elbow and wrist rotation)

Brachioradialis - (acts to flex the forearm at the elbow)

The E-Flex Forearm Bar targets all of these muscle groups.

Barbells only target the wrist flexors, forearm flexors and limited engagement of the brachioradialis.

Wrist Rollers only target the Forearm Flexors and partially target the Brachioradialis.

Grip Emphasis Devices only target the Forearm Flexors with partial engagement of the Wrist Flexors.

The Patented leverage mechanics incorporated into the Forearm Bar place the weight at a 35 degree angle and on a plane opposed to the gripping hands.

*This increases muscle engagement & efficiency 50 – 60%.

*As compared to barbells, dumbells, wrist rollers & grip emphisis devices.