What time do you have? This movement will warm you up in minutes

Are you a golfer who runs straight from the parking lot to the tee without warming up? I can relate – that was me for most of my adult golf life. But as I've gotten older, I've realized the importance of a good warm-up. I have not always hit the balls and put before the round, but it is possible – and I recommend it! — to prepare your body in other ways.

In a video posted on the LPGA Professionals YouTube channel, LPGA professional Karen Jansen believes that a solid warm-up is the key to success, and presents a series of steps you can take to warm up your body for the challenge. for the round ahead, even if you have a few minutes left before you leave.

“Our bodies need to be ready to make the big movements that are needed in the golf swing,” Jansen said. To get started, grab a club. The first goal: to increase blood flow throughout the body.

Cross crawl

This movement involves a steady march with a back and forth motion, like a washing machine, with the arms.

Arm bike

Use this movement to prepare the upper body, hold the club by its edges and swing your arms both forward and backward.

Squats

“Squats are really important,” Jansen said. “You're using almost your whole body with this movement here, so this will help you move better when you start swinging.”

Attached rotation

Once your heart rate is up, Jansen says you can focus on more specific golf swings, like this simple backswing. Put your club down and turn and reach for the sky with one arm while the other grips the top of the club.

He says: “This will represent my retreat. “I'm really stretching myself, I'm trying to get a full range. Then, continue to do the other side. “

Simple hamstring

Point your toe to the sky as you lean forward with each leg.

“The hamstrings are critical to the golf swing,” says Jansens. “They help us to maintain our position. So you can hold this when you're warmed up and feel a nice stretch in the back of your legs.”

Main Rotator

This motion mimics the feeling you want to have when you hit your shots.

“Just close your club back, stay focused, and really practice a good backswing, keep your head focused, add a little weight shift, and practice bending your back foot, finishing with balance,” Jansen said. .

Shoulder rotator

“Use your club to help you keep your shoulders back, make sure you're swinging back properly, then practice your weight shift and finish with a balance,” says Jansens. “And when you warm up, you do it well and quickly.”

At the end of the warm-up, you should practice your swing movements at full speed, leaving your body fully prepared for the upcoming round.

“If you start swinging and your muscles are tight, your swing will be shorter and more flexible and you'll start to compensate by swinging,” Jansen said.

Try Jansen's advice before your next cycle to set yourself up for success. Check out Jansen's full tutorial video above.

Golf.com Editor

As a four-year member of Columbia's inaugural class of women's varsity golfers, Jessica knows how to beat everyone on the golf course. He can pass them through the office, too, where he is primarily responsible for producing both print and online features, and overseeing major special projects, such as GOLF's first Style Issue, which began in February 2018. His first interview series, “A Round With,” released in November 2015, and appeared in both magazine and video form on GOLF.com.