10 Golf Exercises Recommended By Professional Teachers

Golfers with routine exercise methods are more likely to perform better on the course. When you take time to exercise regularly, you will feel more relaxed. In many cases you can do simple forms of exercise such as lounges and leg stretches. Think about techniques that can help you develop good posture, allow you to maintain or strengthen arm and leg muscles, and even options to improve hip rotation and swing. Here are tips on how to find good exercise methods and a list of potential options to try.

Finding Suitable Exercises and 10 Ideas to Consider

Think about what you want to achieve on the course. Consider exercise options professional golfers use when they are practicing their skills off the course. Use reputable golf sources including blogs, magazines and videos to gain more insight on exercises to consider. Here are 10 exercise options to learn more about.

  1. Hold a dumbbell and practice backswing for strength training.
  2. Use medicine ball to help you practice stationary swing to build muscle resistance.
  3. Lateral lounges. These can be done in sets of 5 or 10 and while alternating from one leg to the next. When you take a step forward, it should be large with most body weight on that leg.
  4. Spinal twist. Lie on your back and lift one left and swing it toward the opposite direction. Your arms should be extended out with palms up.
  5. Glute lunges. Stand with feet together and hands down at your side. Move your left foot forward and allow your right knee to bend creating a 90 degree angle.
  6. Front and side plank exercise. This helps improve strength in torso area along with stability. It is like doing a sit up except you keep your back on the floor and palms of hands flat on ground. Just use abdominal muscle and tighten for 20 to 60 seconds.
  7. Use a golf club to help you cock wrists. Lift club with one hand and wrist while keeping your arm straight down.
  8. Basic arm and leg stretches. You can practice basic stretching that you can do right before playing rounds to warm up muscles.
  9. Leg extensions to help strengthen lower back. You can get down on your hands and knees and lift your leg up one at a time and alternate.
  10. Stretching of hamstring. You can do this with your leg straight with leg rotation.

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