Gary Player Talks About Steriods

Gary Player even at the Senior British Open brought back up the idea that PGA Tour are taking steroids. He also mentioned that players are taking creatine.

Creatine products like NO Xplode should be part of any golfers diet program. When Gary Player brings up creatine use as a problem, he loses a lot of credibility with me.

I have yet to see any golfers have the physical signs of steroids like the changes in the baseball players.

Oahu Beach and Golf Trips

The first Oahu activities that you can plan are beach trips. One Oahu beach that you won’t want to miss is Waikiki Beach. This is perhaps one of the most well known beaches in the world. Some of the activities that you can participate in while visiting Waikiki Beach include surfing, swimming, snorkeling, dining and beaching combing. Other local beaches include: Fort DeRussy Beach, Kaalawai Beach, Khala Hilton Beach Waikk Beach, Sans Souci Beach, Paik Beach, Niu Beach, Kuahine Beach, Keehi Lagoon Beach and Oneawa Beach.

The second Oahu activities that you can plan are golfing trips. There are dozens of golf course to choose from. Some of the golf courses that you can tee off at include: Olomana Golf Links, New Ewa Beach Golf Club, Mililani Golf Club, KO Olina Resort and Marina KO Olina Golf Club and the Hawaii Kai Golf Course. If you will be visiting during the peak tourist season you will definitely want to call ahead to reserve your tee time.

If you are interested in water Oahu activities then you will want to plan a day trip to a local lake. There are several natural pools and manmade reservoirs that you can choose from. Some of your options include: Alapena Pool, Kalihi Reservoir, the Keehi Lagoon and the Salt Lake. At these water destinations you can swim and canoe. Make sure to read the rules for each body of water so you know what water activities are allowed and which ones are not allowed.

Ready to book your Hawaiian weekend getaway? Learn more about the island culture and available activities including scuba diving, camping, hiking, surfing in Oahu, snorkeling and parasailing. Spend time at the beach or relax at your ocean front condo or an Oahu bed & breakfast. Meet local singles, hang out at the hottest bars, spend the day at one of Hawaii's most popular beaches, and eat the finest cuisine at gourmet restaurants. Whether it's a trip to Maui, Kauai, Waikiki or a scuba diving trip in Honolulu, we have the tips, advice, reviews and resoruces to help you plan the perfect Hawaiian vacation.

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Become a More Athletic Golfer to Improve Your Golf Game

Golf and Fitness are two terms that can finally go hand in hand, thanks to one Tiger Woods and his famous mystery workout routine, and the other professional and amateur players who have followed his lead. Once an activity perhaps identified more with pot bellies, motorized carts and cups of beer on the course than physical strength and a good physique, there is now no question that golf has entered the world of a full fledged sport that requires physical training to perform at its best. Golfers on the professional tours look like athletes now, with more and more toned athletic bodies being seen on TV crushing the ball down the longest, most difficult courses in the world. Spending some time in the gym has been shown that it can make as big a difference in a golfer's score as time on the range or putting green. The game itself has changed, and the way players approach it has changed, as well.

As a personal trainer and avid golfer, the relationship between fitness and golf is a natural one to maintain, but it wasn't that way when I started playing the game as a junior. I first picked up clubs when I was about 5, then started playing seriously by about the seventh grade. By seriously I mean it had become the obsession that many golfers feel when they realize they would rather be golfing than just about anything else. A group of friends and I played regularly, and by high school, we were not only on our golf team together, we were some of the best players in our entire small town.

I was never able to hit the ball as far as my friends on the team, and one thing they told me over and over was that I should lift weights and get stronger, which at the time they did because they also played on the basketball team in the winter. As a skinny cross country runner at the time, I saw no need nor had any interest in lifting, as the weight room intimidated me in high school. I look back almost 30 years later as a much stronger, longer and better player than I was then (because I lift weights!) and wonder what might have been had I listened to them.

What my friends on the golf team did in the high school weight room in the early 80's was primitive to the workout science and programs that are available to golfers now, but they were definitely on to something. One way to look at it was that before it became popular, they were athletes who happened to play golf, and it showed in the length they had off the tee. This athletic approach can be applied to any golfer's game in the present day and immediately improve their ability to play better. With some examination, it is easy to see why.

The golf swing itself is actually an incredibly complex movement that combines virtually every muscle in the body into one coordinated action. The requirements of balance, coordination, flexibility, stability, strength and power all come into play in just one swing. Over the course of a practice session or round, endurance becomes a factor as well. Having some physical fitness in all of these areas can make for a much more effective swing. It is a bit ironic that golf itself does not require you to be in shape to play (unlike running a 10 k race, for example, which needs a level of fitness to even be attempted), nor will it really get you in shape by playing regularly (unless you walk rather than ride a cart). Yet working out overall dramatically increases the ability to perform the golf swing itself. So many players look to the next big expensive driver to add yardage off the tee. Well, what it they could hit it harder by being in better shape, and straighter, too?

Getting into the specifics of golf fitness, flexibility is paramount in the modern golf swing. The ability to turn the body through the trunk away from the ball, storing potential energy on the backswing, while maintaining an anchored, solid stance through the legs and hips, is what has been shown to generate the most power. Tiger Woods has a tremendous shoulder turn on his backswing which sets him up to uncoil with great speed through the ball on the downswing.

A person taking golf lessons and attempting to emulate Tiger's shoulder turn typically doesn't even have a body physically capable of doing that motion effectively! They may be taking lessons, yet are prevented from practicing the motion that they are learning by a lack of flexibility and fitness in the muscles of the trunk and back. Only by improving their fitness in these areas through proper training can they then expect to perform the proper motion.

In addition to flexibility, core strength and stability throughout the body are essential as well. These fitness terms refer to the body's strength in the trunk and the ability of the muscles of the entire body to operate in a coordinated, athletic way, which provide a stable "platform" in the body for hitting the golf ball. The more coordinated and stable the body is, the less motion is wasted during the swing and the more effort goes straight into hitting the ball where it is meant to go.

After flexibility is attained and a good amount of core strength and stability as well, more basic strength can then be added into a fitness routine. This could be along the lines of the classic term "lifting weights" that my high school buddies wanted me to do. A flexible and stable body that gets stronger, as long as the flexibility is not lost, can add significantly more effort to the golf swing, especially in situations where the ball may be in the rough or have a lie that requires more effort than the typical swing. If you watched Tiger Woods during the US Open in June, 2007, his physique from his fitness routine looked more muscular than ever, yet was very flexible. There were comments from the TV announcers many times on the level of his fitness and how it played out in making his game more effective. He is quite capable of hitting shots no one else on earth can because of his fitness level. As a result, he has more shots available to him to help him score.

So we know now how fitness has changed the game of golf and what is available to the player who chooses to add more fitness to their routine and golf game. Anyone can benefit from some exercise that is golf specific, and can participate at the level that they want. A person doesn't have to workout like Tiger Woods to get better. Sometimes even just working out regularly itself can make all the difference.

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Core exercises for better golf

If you watched the US Open you saw how fit Tiger Woods looked. You may think that doing a bodybuilding program is the key to developing lean muscle like Tiger. That couldn't be farther from the truth. Body building workouts only build bulky muscles that lack flexibility and flexibility is the biggest key in golf. It is important to find a fitness plan that understands the golf swing.

The right type of workout is one that incorporates core exercises. Core exercises are movements that require your abs to contract and stabilize during the movement while you may move your chest, legs, back, or arms. Good core exercises combine multiple planes of motion into one just as your golf swing does. The last time I checked I didn't see a golf swing performed in a stationary machine like a chest press.

Though you can develop strength using machines, utilizing full range of motion with dumbbells translates more to better golf.