Golf stretching apparatus and method

Abstract

An exercise apparatus provides a golf stretching exercise which includes trunk rotation exercise, chest expansion exercise, lower body stretch exercise, golf swing simulation exercise, hamstring and calf muscle exercise and latisimus muscle exercise thereby reducing the risk of injury to the user as a result of the golf game. The exercise apparatus is mounted in a support frame which is portable and which includes an umbrella.

1 . A golf stretching apparatus comprising a support frame and trunk rotation exercise means with said trunk rotation exercise means mounted on said support frame. 
   
   
       2 . A golf stretching apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said trunk rotation exercise means comprises:
 a member, with said support member mounted on said frame;   a seat, with said seat mounted on said support member;   arm rest means, with said arm rest means rotationally mounted on said support member and connected to said seat for rotation in a horizontal plane relative to said support member.   
   
   
       3 . A golf stretching apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  wherein said arm rest means comprises:
 a pair of elongated, spaced apart arm rest portions, each having a first end portion and a second end portion, and a connecting portion with said connecting portion connecting said first end portions of said arm rest portions, with said connecting portion rotationally mounted on said support member.   
   
   
       4 . A golf stretching apparatus as claimed in  claim 1  further comprising a pair of handle portions mounted, one each, on said second ends of said arm rest portions. 
   
   
       5 . A golf stretching apparatus as claimed in  claim 3  wherein said rotational mounting of said connecting portion is in generally vertical alignment with said seat. 
   
   
       6 . A method of performing a trunk rotation exercise comprising the steps of:
 sitting on a seat;   grasping, one with each hand, a pair of handles rotationally mounted on a frame for rotation in a generally horizontal plane;   rotating the trunk in a first direction while grasping said handles and maintaining the arms and hands in a generally horizontal plane;   rotating the trunk in a second direction while grasping said handles and maintaining the arms in a generally horizontal plane;   placing the forearms one above the other on a bar which is pivotally mounted for rotation in a generally vertical plane with the left elbow first rotated in a generally downward direction than in a generally upward direction followed by the right elbow rotated in a generally downward direction than in a generally upward direction;   standing proximate to a rotationally mounted bar having a left end and a right end and grasping the left end of the bar with the right hand and simultaneously grasping the right end of the bar with the right hand;   rotating the right hand in a vertically downward direction while rotating the left hand in a generally upward direction, and then rotating the right hand in a generally upward direction while rotating the left hand in a generally downward direction;   standing between a pair of vertical bars with each bar mounted on a frame for rotation in a generally horizontal plane;   grasping said vertical bars, one each, with the hands, and rotating said vertical bars by maintaining said grasp and simultaneously rotating said bars in opposite rotational directions outwardly relative to the torso and inwardly relative to the torso; and pushing in a downward direction on a handle connected by a cable to a bar;   resting a user's foot on said bar whereby continued downward force on said handle raises said bar thereby raising said user's foot and stretching the hamstring muscles.   
   
   
       7 . A golf stretching apparatus comprising:
 a support frame;   trunk rotation exercise means disposed on said support frame;   latisimus and oblique muscle stretching means disposed on said support frame;   hamstring and calf muscle stretching means disposed on said support frame;   chest expansion exercise means disposed on said support frame;   horizontal bar exercise means disposed on said support frame; and   golf swing exercise means disposed on said support frame.   
   
   
       8 . A method for performing a golf stretching exercise comprising the steps of:
 sitting on a seat;   grasping, one with each hand, a pair of handles rotationally mounted on a frame for rotation in a generally horizontal plane;   rotating the trunk in a first direction while grasping said handles and maintaining the arms and hands in a generally horizontal plane;   rotating the trunk in a second direction while grasping said handles and maintaining the arms in a generally horizontal plane;   placing the forearms one above the other on a bar which is pivotally mounted for rotation in a generally vertical plane with the left elbow first rotated in a generally downward direction than in a generally upward direction followed by the right elbow rotated in a generally downward direction than in a generally upward direction;   standing proximate to a rotationally mounted bar having a left end and a right end and grasping the left end of the bar with the right hand and simultaneously grasping the right end of the bar with the right hand;   rotating the right hand in a vertically downward direction while rotating the left hand in a generally upward direction, and then rotating the right hand in a generally upward direction while rotating the left hand in a generally downward direction;   standing between a pair of vertical bars with each bar mounted on a frame for rotation in a generally horizontal plane;   grasping said vertical bars, one each, with the hands, and rotating said vertical bars by maintaining said grasp and simultaneously rotating said bars in opposite rotational directions outwardly relative to the torso and inwardly relative to the torso; and pushing in a downward direction on a handle connected by a cable to a bar;   resting a user's foot on said bar whereby continued downward force on said handle raises said bar thereby raising said user's foot and stretching the hamstring muscles.