W is for WARM-UP

How to prime your body in three minutes

When you’ve got a morning tee time, the chances are your body isn’t ‘golf ready’. What you need is a quick-fire warm-up that will activate your muscles and prime your body for action. These 30-second exercises are guaranteed to keep you loose and swinging freely on the first tee. 1. Two clubs

Using two irons, place the handles together, with the faces square to your target. Make slow, full swings, allowing the extra weight to stretch out the shoulders, chest and back. 2. Forward leg swings

Place your driver in front of you and lean on the handle. Spend 15 seconds swinging the left leg forwards and back, then 15 swinging the right. This will stretch out your glutes, quads and hamstrings. 3. Lateral leg swings

Still leaning on your driver, take each leg in turn and swing it out to your side, then back across your body. Doing this for 15 seconds will activate your adductor and abductor muscles. 4. Clap front and back

Bring your hands together in a clap in front of your belt buckle, then swing them back past your hips to clap again behind you. This will mobilise the trapezius muscle between your shoulder blades. 5. Back slaps

Take your normal posture and spread your arms out either side of you. Now fold them around yourself to slap your back on both sides. Repeat for 30 seconds to work your chest and back. 6. Pistol swings

Spread your arms, fold your elbows in close to your sides, and point your forefingers out. Turn back and through, keeping the arms and body locked into position to mobilise your rotator cu„.