If you are truly interested in getting the most out of your golf game, then some sort of golf exercise and fitness routine must be a part of your improvement plan. Executing the golf swing at a consistent and efficient level requires muscular strength, tone and endurance.

Playing your way into golfing shape is not the answer.

Some well thought out golf exercises and specific fitness routines are.

Getting out and hitting mammoth amounts of buckets of golf balls will actually only increase the chances of incurring an injury or developing a chronic pain somewhere on your body.

This is why I include this type of activity in the ‘playing your way into shape’ category which comes under the heading of ‘don’t do’. Believe me, I speak from experience here. Don't do as I did. Some good golf exercises geared toward strength and flexibility are an investment not only in your golf game but your health and happiness as well. 

What can happen with the this type of approach is that, although you certainly will develop your golf muscles, your non golf muscles will then become out of balance with your developing golf muscles.

As this type of imbalance caused by the ‘playing golf exercise strength’, you begin to increase the chances of developing a chronic soreness, pain, or even injury due to the domination of the stronger muscles, or simply the complete overuse due to the constant repetitive physics of the golf swing.

Many times the missing link to getting longer drives and lowering your golf score isn't to read and learn more about the mechanics and the physics of the golf swing. Not at all.

That's right.

Believe me, I worked on every angle of the swing and thought that I had crafted a pretty decent swing and was seeing good improvement in my game. I actually discovered the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide while trying to find some good golf swing exercises that would relieve some back pain I was beginning to experience. And with this I discovered that longer more effortless drives was all about just getting my body to move just a bit better.

I first saw the GolfGym PowerSwing Trainer on The Golf Channel. At the time I was on the road and traveling quite a lot. With being on the road so much, I really felt like something like this could make good use of my idle time in the hotel room instead of just lying around. For my traveling situation I thought the GolfGym PowerSwing Trainer would work great for traveling as the equipment would fit easing into my travel bag. That was just the beginning for me in what has turned into a steady exercise routine for me and my golf game yet today.

A balance approach to your golf strength training is the correct answer to get your golf game to the next level. The benefits of golf specific strength training are well documented. With the proper golf exercise and fitness program golfers see a marked increase in everything from the distances obtained by their clubs to the precision in which they execute their golf shots.

It only stands to reason that when you implement golf swing exercises that condition and strengthen the relevant muscles as well as provide additional flexibility and tone to the to the secondary muscle groups used, your golf swing will become less awkward, more consistent, and much more powerful with half the effort.

With a good routine geared toward strength and flexibility golf exercise, you will soon find yourself being able to direct the bulk of your focus on executing each precise shot and not have to mentally and mechanically walk yourself through your golf swing. And with your focus firmly directed on the golf shot in front of you and not your balance and golf swing mechanics, you’ll immediately begin to see improvements in your game.

Play Good Golf!

Jeff O'Brien

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