It will come as no surprise to you that golf is a rotational sport, and therefore your golf exercise routine should include rotational movements. There are lots of great exercises to choose from, including variations of chopping and throwing/swinging. The problem arises when these types of exercises are included in a program before your body […]
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Have you ever started a golf fitness program in the past, and then quit? You’re not alone, as some studies estimate that over 80% of people who begin an exercise program stop after just five weeks. Now there are a lot of reasons (some more legit sounding than others), as to why people give up on their exercise routine, even
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Although a long-time traditional part of the pre-round warm up routine, I suggest that you ditch your weighted golf club or the practice of swinging two clubs together. There are two main issues that I have with this practice: Number One: It doesn’t actually help you swing the club any faster. As a matter of
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Developing a strong golf grip is under-appreciated in most golf fitness programs. After all, the last thing you want is a white-knuckle “death grip” on your clubs. However, you actually need to have high-quality, strong muscles in your hands and forearms in order to hold the club lightly, and still have a high degree of control and
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Today I would like to continue reviewing some of the best golf core exercises (and not a crunch in the bunch!). If you missed Part One on this topic, Click Here to find out why crunches are usually not the best exercise for most golfers (at least not for the first few phases of training),
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What are the best golf core exercises? Probably NOT the ones you think! Traditionally, the sit-up and the crunch (a variation of the sit-up) have been the mainstay of core conditioning for everyone from the out-of-shape couch potato to elite athletes to the military physical entrance testing. Now there is absolutely nothing inherently wrong with
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Swiss Ball workouts for golf have many functional advantages over the machines you will find in most commercial gyms. Also known as a “Physio-Ball”, Swiss Balls were originally used in the rehabilitative setting throughout Europe. Paul Chek was among the first in the US to incorporate them into healthy and athletic populations. There are a
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This is the second part of The Renegade Golf Wake Your Butt Up Series. If you missed the first installment, Click Here to get up to speed. Golf sway is a problem that approximately 40% of us struggle with, resulting in poor contact, limited consistency, and a lack of power. Technically speaking, sway is any
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What is Renegade Holistic Golf Conditioning? It’s a systematic approach to creating optimal function and performance for you as a golf athlete. The operative words are “optimal function and performance” and “athlete”. We are holistic in that we view your physical body (bones, muscles, organs, systems etc), your nutrition and lifestyle, and your mental/emotional state
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Having strong golf legs is a crucial component of your golf swing. And of all your lower body muscles, nothing is more important than your butt. It is your glutes (butt) muscles that stabilize and prevent you from losing your golf posture in terms of early extension and swaying or sliding. It is also these
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