| A golf strength training workout routine may sound | | | | I have come up with literally hundreds of simple and |
| grueling and also time-consuming…but it | | | | effective exercises that have helped golfers add up |
| doesn't need to be! I don't want you to feel | | | | to 30 yards on their drives and completely eliminate |
| overwhelmed at the idea of starting a program of | | | | back pain and injuries. |
| this nature. | | | | Golf Training Workouts – Strength & |
| No Gym | | | | Flexibility |
| You may think you need to join a gym to begin your | | | | Your golf workouts should be 50/50 in regards to |
| routine but you don't. In fact…that could be | | | | strength and flexibility. If you put too much emphasis |
| the worse thing you do! The reason being a gym is | | | | on flexibility, you'll have loose, but very weak muscles |
| full of machines. Machines typically have you sitting | | | | that are susceptible to injury. If you put a higher |
| down. Machines also isolate usually one muscles group | | | | priority on strength, you will most likely lose some |
| at a time…and in a controlled motion. | | | | range of motion, which will rob you of power and |
| None of the above statements support improving | | | | distance. |
| your golf swing. Your golf swing is "on your feet", | | | | For every exercise, you should do a stretch for that |
| using multiple muscles in a certain sequence of | | | | particular movement or muscle group. That way you |
| motion, while controlling your body in space. Machines | | | | get the best of both worlds. You not only become a |
| accomplish none of this! | | | | stronger golfer, but one with a higher level of |
| Minimal Equipment | | | | golf-specific flexibility. |
| So if you don't need a gym…what do you | | | | Core Golf Strength – Rotational Exercises |
| need to get started on your new program? I can tell | | | | If you are short on time, but want to get the most |
| you emphatically I designed all my golf training dvds, | | | | "bang for your buck", focus on your core golf |
| manual and online golf training membership sites to | | | | strength from a rotational standpoint. The golf swing |
| incorporate minimal and very affordable equipment. | | | | is a "rotate back" and "rotate through". That's as |
| In fact, you can set up your entire golf fitness home | | | | simple as you can get…so use your "in home" |
| gym for under $100 dollars! All you need is a stability | | | | golf fitness equipment with rotation and you're set! |
| ball, exercise tubing, hand weights and maybe a | | | | Don't put it off! |
| weighted medicine ball. No more…no less! | | | | Now that you have a better understanding of how |
| Simple Golf Exercises | | | | easy this type of routine can be |
| Golf exercises can be very simple and | | | | implemented…"get it going!" Don't wait til |
| easy…or you can make them very challenging | | | | tomorrow! Do something right now! I'm serious. Get |
| and hard. The easiest way to get started is to break | | | | out of your chair and rotate back and forth holding |
| up the golf swing into phases. Take each phase and | | | | your club. It will feel SO good! |
| use either your hand weights, tubing or medicine ball | | | | In no time at all…you'll be an expert with your |
| to complete this phase of the swing. | | | | golf strength training workout routine. |