LynnBlakeGolf Forums - View Single Post - Muscle contraction during pivot Thread: Muscle contraction during pivot View Single Post #3 09-26-2006, 08:32 AM mrodock Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 581 Originally Posted by Mathew I've been looking up anatomy and stuff like that recently. A question I have is, does the abdominal and gluteus muscles contract during the pivot? And if so when and where....that kinda thing.... The right glute contracts hard if a person has a good backswing pivot. As my physical therapist so eloquently said: "Look at pro golfers, their right cheek is way bigger!" The abdominals must contract if a person is going to maintain their posture. Both glutes contract in a proper downswing pivot. There is a golf anatomy book by a guy named Bazzle that is pretty interesting. Also there was an article in Golf Digest that talked about the prime movers in the golf swing. http://www.golfdigest.com/search/ind...ranatomy2.html Matt __________________ "In my experience, if you stay with the essentials you WILL build a repeatable swing undoubtedly. If you can master the Imperatives you have a champion" (Vikram). The reason you can't sustain the lag is because you are so eager to make the club move fast (a reaction to the intent of "hitting it far"). So on a full shot you throw it away too early, which doesn't happen for your short chip. (bts) Last edited by mrodock : 09-26-2006 at 08:36 AM. mrodock View Public Profile Send a private message to mrodock Find all posts by mrodock