Golf Specific Exercises

I've commented on the topic of Golf Specific Exercises before, but I had the opportunity to see some more stuff on the internet recently, and I felt compelled to to comment. The bottom line is that much of what I see from some of the so-called internet experts is crap. On the other hand, there is some real good stuff out there, specifically the products sold by Golf Gym and Joey D, a renowned trainer to such PGA Tour pros as Vijay Singh.

What I typically see on the internet, however, are exercises that are a complete waste of time. These exercises target small muscle groups, and in my view, are generally only required if you have a specific issue going on with that particular muscle group. Yet, these exercises are hyped as golf specific exercises that will help you had 30 yards to your tee shots!

The bottom line is that performing an exercise such as a wrist rotation with a weighted golf club, or a rotator cuff exercise with a dumbbell, or a tricep extension with tubing will not add a single yard to your tee shot.

If you are a short hitter and you truly want to add distance off the tee you must first be sure to develop a more fundamentally sound golf swing. Sure, if you have an injury or some sort of physical liability that restricts movement, this will prove to be more difficult, but that is where physical therapy comes in, not "golf specific exercises."

Once you have developed a more sound golf swing, if you want to add yards, the first order of business is to work on your flexibility. Lack of flexibility will prevent you from making a bigger, more effortless shoulder turn with significant width in your golf swing. If you want more yardage, you need to create greater centrifugal force, and that comes from flexibility.

Address the flexibility issues and then begin to combine that with strength training. And when I am talking about strength training, I am talking about working the big muscle groups, i.e., the legs, back, shoulders, chest and core. Just have a look at Tiger Woods and you know he works out his entire body, and I suspect he is not wasting time doing single arm tricep extensions!

The fact is, most of us barely have time to work on our golf games, let alone have time to work on improving our fitness. So, we don't have time to waste on gimmicky exercises.

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