Play Golf Forever by Suzanne Clark

Author:Suzanne Clark
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781784522520
Publisher: Panoma Press

How often should you do the exercises?

If you are going to do the exercises at a set time in your day, then you need to do them at least three times a week. If you are going to incorporate them into your daily activities then great, you are doing them daily. Obviously, the more you do the better the results and the quicker you will be able to progress them. When you have done the exercises for about eight weeks you will then be at your maintenance level. The more you have managed to increase your resistance and number of exercises over that time, the stronger your muscles will be. So you will be maintaining stronger muscles and that can only be a good thing.

You don’t have to stop increasing the resistance or number of exercises you do at the end of eight weeks, you can continue to increase them if you want. It would be nice to think that you have got yourself as strong as you are happy with.

Some golden rules regarding any exercise programme that you need to be aware of:

• If you experience any pain then stop. Do not work through pain. You need to find out the cause of the pain and treat it accordingly.

• Always have a stable base when doing an exercise otherwise your muscle tension will increase when trying to balance and this can cause injury. Obviously the balance exercises are the exception, but even then you must be able to reach to hold on to a stable object in case you start to over-balance and need to right yourself.

• You must exercise regularly to gain any benefit, so the best programme is an ongoing one. The shorter the time you have been exercising, the quicker you will lose any gains you have made if you stop. If you have been exercising regularly for a long time, then you will be able to occasionally skip some sessions without much, if any, loss of muscle strength. Great! You don’t have to do them when you go on holiday!

• Don’t over-do it. Rest is also important as this allows the changes in your muscles to occur.

• Always start each exercise gently to act as a warm up. Ideally do the movement first a few times without the resistance to warm your muscles before making them work harder. Gradually build up how hard you are working with each repetition of the exercise.

• When using a resistive band or weights, ensure that you have read the manufacturer’s safety precautions, guidelines and care of equipment before use.

• It takes 6-8 weeks for the muscles and nervous systems to adapt to your new exercises and so you will not notice great changes before then.

• If you have any existing medical conditions or ailments that you know of that may be affected by the exercises, then I would advise that you check them out with your GP or physiotherapist to ensure that they are suitable for your condition as they may need some adaptions.

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