The best golf exercises are not complicated; you don’t need to
be a member of a gym; and you don’t need thousands of dollars in
equipment. Yes…there are new golf fitness machines coming out in
the market that look respectable, but they want an arm and a leg
for them.

When you think of the best golf exercises, you’ve got to think
like an athlete for a minute. Golf is an athletic sport, and
thanks to guys like Tiger Woods, golfers are realizing they need
to train like an athlete to see improvement.

Most athletes don’t ever use machines. Machines guide you
through certain ranges of motion that don’t benefit the golf
swing. The golf swing is a very dynamic movement, that is not
like other movements.

The baseball swing is very similar from a mechanical
standpoint…but two distinct differences. In baseball you ‘react’
to a moving object (in golf the ball is not moving); and in
baseball the ball is approximately waist high and in golf it’s
on the ground.

So in order to incorporate the best golf exercises, you’ve got
to take a look at your body position and the muscles involved to
maintain that position.

What is it?

We know at address you have a tilt in your spine, a bend at the
hips and knees. And even a little ankle flex. That’s a somewhat
athletic position, similar to a squat, but not quite.

Now…not only are you in the position, but now you have to swing
a long lever (club) at over 80 plus mph and stay in this
position (posture).

Impossible if you have weak and stiff golf specific muscles!

Here’s is a quick test. When you are in your golf posture, just
start touching the muscles in your body that are flexed. It will
be the quads, hamstrings, glutes, calves and even the lower back
muscles.

So we know that the best golf exercises will hit those muscle
groups (and preferably in a standing position).

Now add the very powerful rotation of your upper body
(backswing) and you’ve got the core involved. So you’ll need to
do some golf exercises that incorporate core rotation and
flexibility.

As you can see, the best golf exercises are NOT on machines and
do not need to be done in a gym.

All you need is a pair of dumbbells, some inexpensive exercise
tubing and maybe a weighted medicine ball and you can
dramatically improve your golf swing right in your home in less
than 30 minutes a day!

Hopefully you are motivated to take this approach to your golf
improvement and you have a better understanding of what the best
golf exercises are

Mike Pedersen, Cpt
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