Golf Training - The Best Golf Weight Training Routine

All golfers know that in order to have a powerful swing their muscles have to be powerful. It is simply not effective enough to just work on the mechanics of one’s swing; there has to be real power behind the swing if we want the ball to go as far as possible. Most golfers turn to weight training routines; however, golf is very different from your average sport. A very specialized weight training routine especially for golf is needed. Doing a general weight training routine won’t affect golf; at least, we can not take it for granted that any old weight training routine will change your golf game.

Why Is This?

The reason for this, and this stands for all sports and not just golf, is that different muscles are used differently in each sport. While it’s true that real power must be the driving force behind one’s golf swing, it’s also true that the proper muscles must be developed, not just any old muscle that happens to be trained by your particular weight training routine. Golf requires strong upper body muscles, but it also requires balance and good posture. It is for this reason that bench pressing 150 pounds may not have an effect on your golf game. This weight training routine will simply add some bulk to your muscles; it will not help you to develop the finesse that is needed for a good golf swing.

It is for this reason that the best weight training routine for golf just might be a routine that does not include weights in the proper sense of the word. What I’m referring to is the kind of weight training that uses one’s own body weight as resistance. Need proof? Ever seen a male ballet dancer’s thigh muscles through his white tights? Well, male ballet dancers do lift weights to develop upper body strength for carrying and throwing their female partner’s, but those thigh muscles are not from using weights in the gym. Those muscles are quite simply the product of many, many hours of ballet exercises and stretches per day. The only weight involved in these exercises and stretches is the weight of the dancer himself.

The same principle applies to building muscles and improving posture in the name of your golf game. Weight training routines are okay, but they’re not the best way to get the results that you really want on the golf course. A weight training routine for this purpose should be specifically tailored to a golfer’s body’s needs, which is to say that the actual muscular bulk is not the most important consideration; the most important thing is that the muscles be generally strong and have the finesse from good posture to use the muscles to their fullest potential.

Strength Training Program For Golf Now

Now, I can already hear you saying you already have a fitness program in place – fair enough. What we’re talking about here is a strength training program that is golf specific. We’ll look at the. . .

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