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If you’re anything like me, you probably struggle with (or completely ignore) a regular warm-up routine before teeing off. Whatever your reasoning, we all know it’s best to loosen up before hitting your first shot<\/a> rather than spend the first few holes priming your body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure, we probably yank on the occasional shoulder, or rotate our neck and back to feel<\/em> like we’re warming up, but that’s not the optimal way to prep for a round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So what’s a trusted golf warm up that engages all those important areas of the body? In the video below, elite mid-amateur Jonathan Bale \u2014 who competed in this year’s Bridges Cup for Team Europe<\/a> \u2014 shares his go-to routine, which will help you quickly and efficiently get you ready for the round ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A mid amateur, Jonathan Bale, shares his most-trusted warm up routine<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Bale is a stud golfer who played college golf at Louisiana Tech, so he knows what it takes to compete on a high level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, Bale squashes a common misconception that many Average Joes have when it comes to the driving range<\/a> \u2014 using it as the only area to warm up and get loose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Most people think when you come to the range you’re coming to warm up, but most of my warm-up is done before I get to the range,” Bale says. “Typically, about 2.5 hours before my tee time, I’ll be in the gym focusing on the areas of my body that I know need more attention than others.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Next, Bale says that he’s used body screening to help identify which areas he should primarily focus on during a warm up. For him, it’s his hips, glutes and spine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“If I came [to the driving range] straight from breakfast or bed to hit balls for 30 minutes, I wouldn’t be warm,” he says. “My intention is to come to the range firing on all cylinders, so I can use the range to get a feel for the turf and a feel for my swing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So, how does Bale get himself loose, working on those three key areas?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Getting back into my trail side [during the golf swing] is something I really struggle with,” he says. “If I bend over to do a typical hamstring stretch, with my knees just slightly bent, for the backswing, my left leg is slightly bent and my right leg stays straight.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the video, Bale turns into his backswing motion [without using a club], rotating his right hip upward so that his right arm stretches toward the sky and his left arm pushes against his left leg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He then does the opposite for his through swing \u2014 all with the intention of helping his back, glutes and hips to loosen up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I can feel it all the way down my side and into my glute, then down into my IT band, and I’ll do 5-to-10 seconds on each side about five times,” he says. “I feel like that [stretch] just covers everything.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n

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