Listen up. You are a golfing athlete! You must prepare your body to perform! The only way is to do a golf warm up routine that gets your golf swing muscles loose and ready to go.

I am not referring to hitting balls. I am talking about dynamic warm up exercises specific to golf. Do movements that are similar to your golf swing but that are movement-oriented, not holding type stretches.

One area that is critical to warm up is your hamstrings and lower back, since this area is severely put under stress during the golf swing. I do a toe touch with a club to loosen up this area.

I grab a club about shoulder width apart on the shaft. I have the club resting across my thighs in a standing position. I then slowly bend over bringing the shaft down my legs, past my knees and towards my feet.

I then slowly come back up and repeat this 15 times. By the 15th time, my back and hamstrings feel fantastic! This is a very dynamic golf warm up stretch that will prevent any undo stress on your lower back during that round!

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