The Push Up is the King of the horizontal pressing movement pattern, and our choice here at RGT for developing golf strength and power in the upper body, including the core (which most golfers don’t realize). The barbell bench press has nothing on this beautifully functional and adaptive exercise. No matter what the huge bodybuilders tell […]
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The ability (or lack-thereof) to maintain ideal golf posture and spinal angle during the golf swing is the Achilles heel of so many golfers, and a constant headache for instructors worldwide. This problem can have several causes, but in this video I will address the most common one: weakness of the postural muscles, especially those
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If you’re anything like me, then you love a good cup of Joe, or maybe three. And we’re not alone, as caffeine is the most popular psychoactive drug in the world, with coffee being the main source for getting it into our systems. But coffee can be a sort of Dr. Jekyll/Mr. Hyde drug. With
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Golf rotation exercises are among the most popular movement patterns here at RGF; and for good reason. They strengthen the key muscles used in the golf swing, and develop strength, power and distance. Although we’ve discussed in previous posts that there are a myriad of valuable planes of movement in which to strength train, and
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Many of my PGA golf instructor clients tell me that their amateur students can have a tough time with proper weight transfer onto their lead leg. Of course, this can greatly diminish their ability to create consistent power, not to mention putting additional stress over time on their shoulders, elbows, and wrists. In today’s video,
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One of the most challenging initial aspects for many of our clients is how to increase their golf shoulder turn. As you are certainly aware, your range of motion in your backswing (or lack thereof) will have a definite effect on many aspects of your ball striking, most notably on your distance. What many golfers
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It would be challenging to find a golfer on the planet that doesn’t want to increase their distance with all of their clubs. How about you? One of the crucial elements to achieving more distance is to increase your golf swing speed. There are a several different areas that you can improve to get this
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So what exactly does golf fitness look like? There have been several winners lately on the PGA Tour (the latest being Kevin Stadler) that don’t seem to be the (visual) epitome of health and fitness. This prompted the question from a friend of mine of whether or not golf fitness was even necessary… maybe just a fad.
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As all of you long-time Renegade Golfers know, it is vital to follow a protocol of Mobility and Stability basics before you get into golf strength and power exercises. And everyone agrees that the only cycle of workouts that are more fun than strength training is POWER training. So let’s say that you have faithfully been
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Golf power exercises are the hands-down favorites here at Renegade Golf Fitness. Our golfers have a great time smashing, swinging, throwing and hammering all sorts of different implements. Today I’d like to share a video demonstration of a few ways to use a Medicine Ball and a wall, that is guaranteed to increase your power
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