Pilates and Golf Fitness

“It's not the big muscles that you target, it's the little core muscles that give you stability and rotational speed.”
—Greg Norman in Sports Illustrated

Golf. Even the word evokes a sense of calm and leisure. But golfers know how difficult the game is to play. Success hinges on the swing. The perfect golf swing requires balance, stability, strength, flexibility and power – all executed in a split second and consistently for 18 holes.

To improve, players need a golf training program that produces the greatest results most efficiently. With its focus on core strength, flexibility, stability and balance, Pilates is a proven, powerful tool for Golf Fitness. It can improve the biomechanics of your golf swing and help prevent the types of injuries that plague golfers.

Mary is proud to introduce her Pilates Golf Fitness Program to clients and golf enthusiasts at all levels. This program is designed specifically to enhance the biomechanics of your golf swing through better body mechanics. This specialized program enables you to hit the ball consistently farther and straighter while helping to eliminate and avoid back pain and reduce the risk of injury. It will be further customized to your individual needs or injuries and will evolve as your physical and athletic performance improves. Mary is uniquely qualified to train golfers, having received her Pilates for Golf Conditioning Specialist certification from Pilates for Golf developer Sara Christensen.

Benefits of the Pilates Golf Fitness Program

• Improves your score
• Lengthens your golfing career
• Increases flexibility and range of motion
• Builds core strength
• Improves swing consistency and performance
• Alleviates pain and tension
• Restores natural posture and alignment of your body
• Improves stability, balance and spinal mobility
• Increases stamina

Mary's Pilates Golf Fitness Program

Mary's golf fitness program begins with an individualized session to assess your movement, including postural alignment, flexibility, coordination, strength and balance, as well as to evaluate any injuries, performance goals or other special considerations you may have.
While some of the exercises and stretches may be generally familiar to you as a golfer, it is the additional specific Pilates techniques that make them so effective. Many of the exercises have been especially adapted to men's physical requirements, thus increasing rotation and flexibility in the neck, shoulders, torso and upper back. Mary also understands the specific biomechanics of golf, and carefully adapts her program to maximize your results.

Pilates Golf Fitness Services

Pilates Golf Fitness Private One-Hour Clinic

• Assess your flexibility, strength, balance, alignment and posture
• Teach an easy injury-prevention warm-up routine specific to golf
• Create a customized workout program for optimal results
• Create a golf-day strategy for warming up and staying flexible throughout the game
• Once or twice per week for 10 weeks at Bange Pilates

Pilates Golf Fitness Two-Hour Clinic

• See how body's biomechanics influence the golf swing
• Learn an easy injury-prevention warm-up specific to golf
• Begin exercises and stretches to hit the ball farther and straighter
• Create a golf-day strategy for warming up and staying flexible throughout the game
• One-time two-hour clinic at Bange Pilates or at your home course

Pilates Golf Fitness Group Class

• Combination of Pilates mat/equipment work
• Mat work and props for essential homework
• Once per week for 6 weeks at Bange Pilates

The benefits of Pilates for golfers have been highlighted in major sports and news publications.