Advanced Golf Fitness in the Gym

The gym environment can be a motivating place to workout. Maybe you meet friends there after work and enjoy some socializing while you take care of your fitness regime. So, keep on heading to the gym and pat yourself on the back for getting there, but it is particularly important for golfers to be aware and avoid some of the traditional gym pitfalls.

Golfers need to take care to enhance golf performance by working the correct muscles groups while using proper golf technique. Building mass in the wrong muscles can destroy good swing bio-mechanics as well as lead to injury. As athletes, golfers need lean, pliable muscles, not bulky ones.

When in the gym, we like to train with cable machines, weight machines, free weights, dumbbells and medicine balls. It is important to avoid moving from one station to the next on fixed movement machines. Functional, multi-plane movement exercises are great for golf fitness training. Many of the exercises in the Full Gym Workouts mimic parts of the golf swing. Traditional isolation exercises are no longer the standard for great golf fitness training.

It is very important to check your ego at the gym door. A golfer's workout is more about building strength and endurance than about building mass. Heavy resistance exercises can build mass that affects the swing plane, create muscle imbalances, and overall affect the feel of the swing. It should be no surprise that the programs found here opt for more repetitions with smaller weights.

The exercises and stretches found in the Full Gym Workout for Advanced are performed in supersets. Begin by performing the number of repetitions for each exercise, then immediately move to the next exercise in the superset. After you perform one set of each exercise in the superset, rest 30 seconds, then repeat again. Once the superset is complete, move to the next superset.

Remember to keep really good golf posture while performing the exercises in the program. Quality always supercedes quantity with exercise routines. So, if you are asked to perform 10 repetitions of an exercise and you can only perform 7 or 8 before you lose posture, then only perform the 7 or 8 and work up to 10. The goal is to perform each exercise with excellent posture and this will help reinforce the design and effectiveness of this program for you.

When you receive your download of Full Gym Workout for Advanced, you will notice that there is a workout A and a workout B. Perform these workouts on alternate days and try to get at least 3 workouts per week in to achieve noticeable results. For example, if your goal is to work out 3 times weekly, try workout A on Monday and Friday and workout B on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. The following week alternate to workout B on Monday and Friday and workout A on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday.

Enjoy playing better golf!