Monday, November 12, 2007 

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Given that it will rain, on average, 3 days a week and the average golfer will play at least one round of golf a week, you can reasonably assume that youre going to be spending some time playing in the wet, or the wind, or the cold. Or all three. So you need rain gear thats up to the challenge.

But if you forget about the terms waterproof, windproof, breathable for just a moment theres one other basic criteria that all rain gear should fulfil: it has to be comfortable.

Your rain gear can be made of the fanciest techno-fabric on the market, but if all youre thinking about is how its chafing under the arms, or its too tight across the back, how it rustles when you walk and screams when you swing, then you can be guaranteed that your mind is not where it should be: on your game.

And heres where outerwear manufacturers have really excelled. not only have they created waterproof fabrics that breathe like a second skin they move like a second skin as well.

And not only is the fabric itself supple enough to accommodate a golfers every move, but thankfully someone, somewhere has put a lot of thought into the actual construction or design of modern golf wet-wear.

As a result, when shopping for your ideal rain suit youll come across all sorts of nifty features like articulated knees to aid movement of your legs, stretch mesh lining for extra flexibility, and panels of super-stretch waterproof fabric across the back to help your swing flow without restriction.

Lets face it: the best kind of wet weather wear is the kind that you can almost forget you are wearing. That way you can focus on whats really important instead of worrying about the weather or feeling that you have to rush your shots to finish your round before the heavens open.

For the very best in Waterproofs visit your local Foremost pga golf professional

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Golf Swing Lessons

golf swing Lessons can greatly help a golfer's game. To maximize the money spent on lessons, its a very good idea to read up about the golf swing and learn on or our own first. There is a lot of good information that can be found in magazines, books, videos, audios and the information answer many questions we have about the golf swing.

Once we have an understanding of the golf swing and had practice, its easier to understand what people are saying. When someone tells you that your shoulders are open and thats causing you to slice, you'll understand the terminology of "open shoulders".

A good time to go for golf lessons is when we want to fine tune certain parts of our swings. Because the golf swing has many parts to it and because we can't observe our own swing, having a golf coach to look at our swing then is quite useful. Or course, another way is simply to practice with a friend and he can easily point out what is wrong with your swing.

For example, I use to have a collapsed look at the top of my swing, plus my wrist was cupped. this results in inconsistency. Another instance, what may feel like a three quarter swing, may turn out to be a full swing, and a full swing may turn out to be an over swing. ts difficult to know what is wrong because muscle sensations may not be correct and can deceive us.

So if you're starting out golf, try reading up about the golf swing and practice with short irons up to middle irons to get a basic understanding first. That will allow you to focus on asking the right questions during a golf lesson.

learn about the golf swing at http://www.shermanlovesgolf.blogspot.com

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Weight Loss Over 40 Is A Group Effort

Losing weight alone is hard if not impossible for a lot of people. That is why there are so many support groups in the weight loss programs. They help with education on how to lose weight without causing harm to your health. The group teaches the proper food to eat that allows you body to lose weight. They show how targeting problem areas of you body with effective exercise programs will change the shape of your body. The most important part of the group is the mental and emotional support. During any weight loss programs there will be times that support will save your weight loss life. Because you are human you will make mistakes or have failures in that weight loss life. The people in these groups have been in your shoes and they know what you are going through. Who better to talk to than someone who has real life experiences with what is happening to you.

The human body is not the same for everyone, one weight loss programs works great for one type of body and not for others. Your body does not react to food like your skinny friends body. They can sit down eat a nine course meal and not gain an ounce. You smell a cake baking you gain 10 pounds. So you have to learn what foods to eat in the right portions that will help you to lose weight. Your weight loss program should be setup to eat the proper foods in the proper portions and not cause you to starve your body. This is important to remember, do not allow family, friends, or people around you to have a negative effect on you eating. They need to support you but their eating habits might not be good for you. Find someone who can share your weight loss program with you, the Buddy System it works. Competition is one of the best motivators to reach your weight loss goals.

Join a fitness center or put together your own little workout club. Set up goals to reach during the workout sessions. Do one more set, add a little more weight, walk run or bike a little farther. Keep track of your progress in pounds and endurance. This will encourage that competitive spirit so your workout group will try harder to hit their goals quicker.

It is much easy to do anything with a group of like minded people working together than it is by one self.

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Golf, Lower Scoring And The Short Game

In my instruction I have found it extremely useful to break the swing down into its component parts. I divide the swing into 1/8 segments and each of these segments add another power producer to the motion. The first is the 1/8 shot, this is what the hands do to release the club, the second component (the 1/4 shot) is the use of the elbows and what they do to add power to the releasing action of the club, the 3rd component (the 3/8 shot) is the setting of the #7 position of the left arm (where the left arm goes as it crosses the chest) combined with the turn of the hips as the pivot returns the left arm. As the pivot of the turning hips return the left arm it remains back across the chest, it does not swing forward. And finally the 4th component (the 1/2 shot) which adds the shifting of the weight, and the additional 1/8 of the power.

Each of these shots does a job of quickly teaching what each component does and how it relates to the other components. When done with the wedges and short irons each component adds 1/8 of the total distance that club would produce with a full swing. In other words if you hit your sand wedge 100 yards each 1/8th would add 12.5 yards to the shot. Hands only 12.5 yards, hands and elbows 25 yards, hands elbows and left arm 37.5 yards, hands, elbows #7 left arm action, arm and shift 50 yards. This works with any iron club, a 1/2 shot (4th component) would go 100 yards with the club you hit 200 yards with a full swing.

By learning the swing this way you both gain a quick understanding of how and where each component works in the golf swing, plus you gain important feel and understanding of how to hit the shorter shots and which one you need for a given situation.

Trying to learn the full swing while wailing away with a driver is best compared to someone trying to learn how to drive a car by jumping into a formula 1 car and standing on the gas. Learning to drive that way is suicide, trying to perfect your golf swing with full hard shots is equally suicide.

For a rapid way to improve your swing and your game together, learning with the shorter shots is the key. Then when you have the components in place and functioning on the 1/2 shot you can add more back swing and more follow through to quickly advance to longer shots. Once the 1/2 sand wedge is mastered the actions of the body in the full swing are also well on their way to being mastered and all you have to do is turn farther going back and follow through more after impact to perfect your full swing.

The actions of the component parts are the same with the 1/2 sand wedge shot as the same portion of the full driver swing. Once the sand wedge is mastered the golf swing is mastered, since with this swing all clubs are swung exactly the same way.

Dan Shauger

Dan Shauger is the Master instructor of the aperfectswing golf method. He is assisted up by many accredited instructors both here in the USA and in many countries around the world. He has written 2 books, How to Kill the ball, and The 21st. Century golf swing as well as 6 DVDs on the golf swing with another DVD soon to be released. He also does seminars and clinics.

Dan has trained several champion long drivers and countless golfers who simply wanted to learn an easier on the body yet extremely powerful golf swing. Many of Dan's students are senior players who need increased distance to be competitive or players who simply want more power and accuracy to play an attacking game rather than a defensive one.

His book How to Kill the ball is soon to be released in a Japanese language version in Japan, this book and his other works will also be translated to many languages to allow everyone the opportunity to learn this method.

Dan is currently accrediting golf instructors all over the world to assist him in teaching this revolutionary method.

Find Dan at http://www.aperfectswing.com

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