Golf Fitness Goals

Many common movement restrictions in golfers are tight hips, obliques, lats and pecs, weak upper back and glute muscles and poor ankle mobility. These restrictions are usually due to reoccurring muscle damage and the lack of flexibility work. Also, over compensation of more dominant muscles causes weakness in important movement and stabilizer muscles. Injury often occurs because the more dominant muscles get fatigued and the smaller, less dominant muscles cannot handle the stress of the movement. Common injury areas are the knees, hips, lower and upper back, and shoulders. Stability in these joints is very important for a lengthy, productive season! This leads us to the main goals of an off-season golf training program.

1. Improve muscle tissue quality in the prime movers involved in the golf swing.
2. Increase joint mobility or stability in joints that do not have proper movement or support from surrounding muscles.
3. Develop strength and powerful, explosive movement patterns relating to the golf swing.
4. Increase endurance to make consistent swing patterns through a full round of golf.
   

These are the areas that can have the greatest impact on your golf game. A well designed golf performance training program should effectively and efficiently target all of these areas.