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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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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Here at Renegade Golf Fitness, we’ve had great off-season junior golf workouts and training cycles with a bunch of dedicated and talented juniors. Across the board, they’ve excelled at all levels of performance attributes, including postural and structural integrity, stability, range of motion… and then the really FUN STUFF – getting stronger and producing maximum
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Golfers tend to be very committed, focused and compliant with practice, fitness, and anything else that will improve their performance. This is one of the reasons I love to work within this golf-specific fitness niche. The “shadow side” for many of your personalities can be a Obsessive-Compulsive attitude towards golf (and other endeavors), that can
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One of my golfers said the other day “Success in life is about a little push and a lot of pull”. I told him that I thought life was like a box of chocolates. When it comes to designing the best golf strength training program for yourself… it turns out we’re both right. Huh? Let
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When you walk into any “big box” gym in the US, you will no doubt see rows and rows of exercise machines. The vast majority of these machines are designed to have you sit down while you exercise. So why my utter disgust with this Orwellian-looking scene? Glad you asked! And I promise to keep
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Everyone is talking about Rory these days… and with good reason! The kid is on fire. He’s won three of his last four tournaments. To be successful on any of the Tours, you’ve got to have three foundational elements in place: 1) Killer Golf Skills – full swing, flat-stick, course management, etc. 2) Solid
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Today I’d like to share with you a couple of innocent-looking exercises. Of course, you always have to look out for the quiet and innocent ones, at least that’s what my granddad told me. These exercises are for relatively small muscle groups, but the stability that they provide (or not) can determine how much strength
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