HEALTH & LIFEST YLE
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
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WINNING LETTER To the Editor
Thanks for a lovely mag; I thought that I would offer my thoughts on the following: My back has really seemed to ache much more lately after my walking rounds. I started to wonder if the push cart is making things worse than carrying. Certainly the heat at the moment is not helping — between my new cart, my cart bag, and all the extra paraphernalia I seem to carry on the push cart. I am thinking that the whole set-up is probably 10 kilograms more than what my carry bag would be. So the other day with the weather still pleasant and knowing that I was going to be playing a course which requires a significant amount of walking between green to the next tee, I decided to switch and carry my bag. For me, that means an ultra-light bag, no extras, no ball retriever and no SA Golf Trader or umbrellas in the bag. The change was noticeable, whether it was the reduced weight, the less strain from just walking instead of pushing, or maybe the fact that I was wearing some lighter clothes. I was ready to walk another 18 (no, wait, let’s not go crazy) - another 9 holes after finishing. I then went home and walked the dog for 2 k’s—and today while I feel some slight ache in my back, it would not keep me from playing if I had the opportunity. My push cart is a new model with very low resis-
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tance in pushing but I am surprised in the difference of how I feel. I suspected that pushing was part of the strain, but not this much. Regards Peter West
Dear Peter An interesting result from your experiment! The SA Golf Trader team have pretty much always walked and carried their bags. Prior to the round one has to take into account the weather (umbrella/rain suit or not), the temperature (jersey or not), and the difficulty of the course (how many balls will you need). However many golfers use push carts and seem to be perfectly happy but if your back is better since walking, then like they say in the whiskey ad; keep walking! Regards
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January / February 2016