You Will!
- Play better golf
- Develop 'golf fitness'
- Increase your driving distance
Be more consistent
- Learn a dynamic warm-up routine that will immediately yield lower golf scores!
- Play virtually pain free
Turn back the clock - Keep your energy level up the entire round
- Fix the faulty mind muscle connections keeping you from moving correctly
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Golf Fitness?
Your quest to play better golf needs to include an integrated golf fitness plan. Whether its getting your body 'golf ready' (to get you playing better with less effort and pain) or getting 'golf optimized' to allow you to play at your highest level. Its not looking like you are an athlete that counts, you need to be able to move athletically! You will look better but more importantly you will move better-and play better!
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Most trainers do not understand how to train your body for golf! Why should they? Do they understand the golf swing? Do they play? Contrary to what most personal trainers think, an effective golf program does not only revolve around various rotational and chopping moves. It definetly should not start by throwing medicine balls or heavy weights around! First you must assess your movement patterns to expose imbalances and weaknesses that lead to faulty movement patterns. Then a program is designed to address the weaknesses while activating,stabizing and strengthening your core muscles.
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You will be in a much better position physically to make a good repeatable golf swing, and you will learn control and how to properly sequence the correct muscles! After you are sufficiently stabilized and your endurance and mobility is up to par, we can begine with medicine balls and other techniques to increase your power output. You will be amazed at how much farther and consistent you hit the ball after activating and stabilizing your true golf muscles!
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The Program
Flexibility
Most people are plagued by postural imbalances. Flexibility training is a key component in developing neuromuscular efficiency and decreasing these dysfunctions. Which in turn helps create a more balanced and functional body-and a better swing!
Stability
Few people have properly developed the deep stabilization muscles required for lumbo-pelvic-hip complex stabilization. The body's stabilization system (core) has to be operating with maximal efficiency to effectively use the strength, power, control and endurance that has been developed in the prime movers. An example would be keeping the correct posture throughout the golf swing. Lack of stability is also a major contributor to lower back pain-which leads to painful golf! We also work to stabilize your lower body-knees and ankles. This gives you a solid base to build a swing on. In Tiger Woods post interview after winning the Fed Ex Cup this year he stated that his lower body stability is the best it has been in years and that is the biggest reason he was able to play so well!
Stength
We will work on both stabilizing and propulsive strength. The stabilizing strength will be your foundation to build the motor skills on. This strength supports proper alignment, movement patterns, and energy transfer while helping to reduce injuries! We will focus on multi-joint movements that improve coordination and recruit a number of muscles-it will improve balance, stability, flexibility, strength, and cardio at the same time.
Power
In the end Power is more important that Strength when it comes to hitting a golf ball far. We are not looking to build big thick muscles, we are looking for speed and power. The efficient storage and release of elastic energy-all while your stable core keeps it on plane! We will not build power until we have built a very stable base.
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“Over my 10 years in professional athletics as strength and conditioning professional I have found a scientifically based systematic approach to performance training ideal for the professional athlete. The research based OPT model by NASM has been the driving force behind the implementation of this approach in athletics today. I would highly recommend the utilization of NASM’s scientific based approach to performance training for all athletes, conditioning coaches, medical professionals, and fitness practitioners in their pursuit of excellence in sport today” Sean Cochran, former strength and conditioning coach, San Diego Padres, current strength and conditioning coach on the PGA Tour
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The Get Fit Fore Life Program is for anyone wanting to play better golf! Pro's and amateurs alike will benefit from a golf fitness program . You know you need to stay fit, why not improve your golf at the same time?
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Erika below is performing various functional golf exercises. With Erika our main objective was to increase stability, balance and endurance. We also worked on her pre-round warm up. This off-season we will be able to really build her explosive power! Look for Erika on the LPGA tour very soon!
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notice her huge improvement below
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Below are some different golf specific moves
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"As a professional golfer, I am constantly looking for areas that I can improve on to get better. Realizing the importance of physical fitness and its role in performing on the course, I started training with David and I am excited with the improvements.... We have been working on core stability, mobility, endurance and strength training which has noticeably improved my balance and increased my power. I'm excited to see what I can accomplish as I continue to work with David." Erika-Cactus Tour Player (see her complete swing and some of her workout on this page)
Swing Faults
Most swing faults are caused by the golfer not being able to move their body in the correct sequence and without compensations! An effective golf fitness program will activate and strengthen your core and increase your mobility so you can make an efficient powerful consistent move on the ball.
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Why can't you move your hips correctly?
Technology has changed our lives-it has diminished our need for most of the glute complex, hamstrings and deep core muscles. Along with this deactivation most of us have very tight (shortened) hip flexor muscles, hamstrings, lats, and calves-basically our entire posterior chain is short and tight and inactive. Most of us have our shoulders forward and up, and back rounded from being on a keyboard or in a car all day. To activate these muscles we must isolate them and put them through specific moves with the proper tempo, rep ranges, rest and progression.
We will basically work on your internal wiring and regain the connection between the brain and these muscles. Once these muscles are 'turned on' it will allow your movement muscles (prime movers) to work much more effeciently without the burden of stabilizing your body. Your range of motion will increase from the activation alone! Awesome stuff!
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play better golf with golf fitness
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