Going to the gym? Try these golf fitness exercises to improve your golf swing

Going to the gym? Try these golf fitness exercises to improve your golf swing

Golf fitness outside of the cube:

I'm very confident that most of you that are golfers are going to gym or involve yourself in some type of physical fitness to try and maintain a healthy lifestyle. What if I told you some of the things people perceive as healthy exercises can actually hurt your golf game and your body. There is merit to any and every exercise if performed correctly. However why not kill two birds with one stone since you are making the time to go the gym. Lets get healthy and improve your golf game at the same time. 

Fitness essentials to consider:

1. Golf is a kinematic sequence of events that is happening in 1.2-2 seconds from start to finish (essentially an explosive movement)
2. Kinematic Sequence

The Kinematic sequence refers to the storing of energy at the top of the back swing to the delivery of the stored energy precisely at the golf ball. This sequence is used in many sports to generate power. Ultimately if done correctly the downswing should be delivered in the following sequence. 

• Hips start the transition to the down swing
• The shoulders then start to unwind and follow the hips
• The arms then follow the shoulders
• The hands follow the arms
• The club is the last thing to move (think of a whip cracking)
• Clubhead is ideally the last piece of the moving puzzle to get the golf ball. All of the energy is now transferred from the golf club to the golf ball to propel it forward. 

With the knowledge I have just shared with you it is easy to see how the gym exercises most all of us are familiar with, do no justice for a golfer and making a better golf swing. Sure isolation movements can be beneficial if you have weak links in your body or muscles that are not capable of doing certain things because of injury or other circumstances. To the masses I have a solution to help you get the most out of your workout and improve your golf game. 

We will start with basic exercises that use your entire body and help you sequence correctly. Again the key is to always keep things simple to play better golf. Below you will find a video that outlines some very basic but great exercises to enhance your golf muscles and work on the proper kinematic sequence of events. 

Take a look and try to incorporate some of these great exercises in your next workout. I think you will find the results in the next few weeks rewarding. Very soon I will be uploading my own video library with these demonstrations. If you have any questions please feel free to comment and I will gladly assist you. 

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