How to be a better golfer through your gluteal muscles

Did you know that it’s the gluteal muscles that ultimately transfer power to the club. Howard Schneider explains howLooking at Tiger Woods’s butt - covered, of course  was the starting point for Tyler Ferrell, the fitness director at Clubgolf in Gaithersburg, Maryland, as he explained how to help casual athletes avoid injury and up their game this summer - be it golf, tennis, softball or any other “rotation” sport.

Much has been made of Woods’s burgeoning upper body and the role his reported 137 kilogram bench press routine plays in his performance. Less discussed is the view from the rear: as Woods swings, Ferrell noted during a frame-by-frame video analysis, the outline of his pants will show a set of gluteal muscles forcefully contracting as they open the hips and transfer power to the upper body and ultimately the club.