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[C201]Cardio Strength Training Workouts

by Muna wa Wanjiru, Mun

Weighted Gloves are for all ages. Gloves can be best described as garments that are used to cover the hands of humans. These gloves have separate sheaths or openings for the fingers and the thumb. There are also fingerless gloves where the openings or sheaths for covering the fingers and thumb are absent.

Gloves are mainly used for protecting the hands and also for comfort and warmth during the cold winters. Gloves are available in different kinds of materials like cloth, rubber, nit rile, latex, leather, wool etc.

Gloves serve different purposes and there are a variety of gloves like Billiards gloves, Boxing gloves, Fingerless glovers, Baseball gloves, ufc gloves, motorcycle gloves, heated gloves, mechanics gloves, Kevlar gloves, rubber gloves, latex gloves, driving gloves, weighted gloves, mechanix gloves etc.

Gloves have found flavor among many sporting enthusiasts and it is recommended that gloves which have weights attached to them be used in resistance training. These weighted gloves help the person wearing them during training to increase their muscles mass and also to lose weight faster.

Weighted gloves can be worn by boxers who train for boxing tournaments and these weighted gloves serve the same purpose as that of wrist weights. The weights help to increase the distance for leverage and this causes less strain on the wrist as the weight is positioned there. These weighted gloves are not heavy they are ideal to use when training in fist strikes.

Weighted gloves can be used in a number of sporting activities like martial arts, while jogging or even any cross training workouts which involve resistance training. Each of the weighted gloves weighs approximately 1.2 lbs. each and they also come with two detachable 1/2 lb. weights.

These gloves are made from neoprene a kind of material which helps provide extra comfort to the hands. Most of the weighted gloves come only in a single size which fits anybody.

These weighted gloves help to enhance the cardio training workouts and because the weights are secured over the back of the hand give this helps to intensify the exercise. There are some weighted gloves like the kickboxing weighted gloves which have weights which cannot be removed.

There are weighted gloves which can also be used for baseball. This glove when worn helps to increase speed and helps to develop the proper technique of pitching and throwing with tremendous speed and force.

The weighted glove used by a baseball player helps him to hit the ball with tremendous power. Each glove comes fitted with 12 ounces of weights and they can further be increased by 2 ounces right up to a pound. This weighted glove helps to increase the batting sped and it is a great accessory for throwing, stretching and warming up. It helps to strengthen the muscles in the hand.

No Gym

You may think you need to join a gym to begin your routine but you don't. In fact...that could be the worse thing you do! The reason being a gym is full of machines. Machines typically have you sitting down. Machines also isolate usually one muscles group at a time...and in a controlled motion.

None of the above statements support improving your golf swing. Your golf swing is "on your feet", using multiple muscles in a certain sequence of motion, while controlling your body in space. Machines accomplish none of this!

Minimal Equipment

So if you don't need a gym...what do you need to get started on your new program? I can tell you emphatically I designed all my golf training dvds, manual and online golf training membership sites to incorporate minimal and very affordable equipment.

In fact, you can set up your entire golf fitness home gym for under $100 dollars! All you need is a stability ball, exercise tubing, hand weights and maybe a weighted medicine ball. No more...no less!

Simple Golf Exercises

Golf exercises can be very simple and easy...or you can make them very challenging and hard. The easiest way to get started is to break up the golf swing into phases. Take each phase and use either your hand weights, tubing or medicine ball to complete this phase of the swing.

I have come up with literally hundreds of simple and effective exercises that have helped golfers add up to 30 yards on their drives and completely eliminate back pain and injuries.

Golf Training Workouts - Strength & Flexibility

Your golf workouts should be 50/50 in regards to strength and flexibility. If you put too much emphasis on flexibility, you'll have loose, but very weak muscles that are susceptible to injury. If you put a higher priority on strength, you will most likely lose some range of motion, which will rob you of power and distance.

For every exercise, you should do a stretch for that particular movement or muscle group. That way you get the best of both worlds. You not only become a stronger golfer, but one with a higher level of golf-specific flexibility.

Core Golf Strength - Rotational Exercises

If you are short on time, but want to get the most "bang for your buck", focus on your core golf strength from a rotational standpoint. The golf swing is a "rotate back" and "rotate through". That's as simple as you can get...so use your "in home" golf fitness equipment with rotation and you're set!

Don't put it off!

Now that you have a better understanding of how easy this type of routine can be implemented..."get it going!" Don't wait til tomorrow! Do something right now! I'm serious. Get out of your chair and rotate back and forth holding your club. It will feel SO good!

In no time at all...you'll be an expert with your golf strength training workout routine.

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Muna wa Wanjiru has sinced written about articles on various topics from Recreation and Sports, Birthday Party and Jewelry. Muna wa Wanjiru Has Been Researching and Reporting on Gloves for Years. For More Information on Weighted Gloves, Visit His Site at