Golf has always been viewed as a game of leisure. But today’s golfer is leaner, stronger, and fitter. Until the last few years, golfers didn’t know how to go about incorporating golf fitness, or specifically resistance training for golf.

They have had a vision of going into the local gym and being intimidated by the “muscle heads.” It can also be overwhelming to decide what plan of action to take and if it will be worth the time and effort. I have listed some myths about strength training for golf and the truths about them as well.

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Even as you read this article, golf fitness exercise programs continue to positively revolutionize the games of many golfers around the country and indeed around the world. A golf fitness exercise program plays a major role in helping many golfers achieve consistent and good results on the course with their swing.

Still many golfers are yet to fully appreciate the potential of a golf fitness exercise program and many are not aware of the fact that they usually have a huge impact on a golfer s game.

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Functional training has been the buzzword that’s been around in the fitness industry these days, and
this type of training makes so much sense you’d wonder how we took so long
to start it! Here’s the premise: take the movements that you do everyday and create
exercises that mimic those movements. The benefits are huge, so much so that many high
level professional athletes employ functional movements into their routines
to take their playing to much higher levels.

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Golf Fitness?
Ten years ago it was an oxymoron. Have you seen some of these guys on the PGA tour lately though? Slim and slender with more ripples in their arms than a fresh potato chip. I mean these guys are incredibly in shape. Golf didn’t used to be based around fitness, but now to compete at a professional level, you better be hittin’ the gym daily. Take the top 10 golfers in the world for instance. The only two guys over 200 pounds are Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh, who have both dropped over 25 pounds in the last few years. And well, the stat sheet shows what Vijay

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Some PGA Tour players have been playing for a couple of weeks in Hawaii and California. Others like Vijay and Ernie have been playing on the European Tour. Regardless of how many tournaments the pros have played this year, they have been working on their games for more time than most of us realize. Make no mistake about it: in golf or baseball, football, basketball or any other pro sport there is no longer an off-season.

So while this may be the first official shot of the season for some, the training process to get ready to make that shot has been quietly going on for months.

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