If you've been following this blog for a while you know that I am quite passionate about strength training and its benefits. I truly believe that anyone over 40 should incorporate strength training into their overall fitness plan. However, there is often a lot of pushback from golfers regarding the merits of strength training. A [...]
If you want to become a good golfer, you've got to develop a variety of skills. These include putting, short game and full swing skills. Each of these broad skills can be broken down further into more specific skills such as lag putting short putts chip shots from short grass chip shots from the rough [...]
How strong do you need to be to play golf at a high level? Not very strong if you are young and have super fast hips. Tiger Woods at 21 probably only weighed 155 pounds soaking wet, but he was obviously super long off the tee. Justin Thomas is another golfer who is not very [...]
A new year has arrived, so it's time to set your goals for taking your golf game to the next level. Here is how to play your best golf in 2024, and how to continue to build on your improvement. Get some golf knowledge Most golfers are absolutely clueless about such topics as the [...]
Overhead press in my garage There's a very simple reason why Tiger Woods showed up at the Hero Challenge looking even more muscular than just a few months ago. At 48 years old now, and with all sorts of wear and tear to his body, Tiger is incapable of moving his body anywhere [...]
Years ago, I learned an excellent analogy for swinging the golf club, and then I added my two cents to it. I was working with Jim Estes, an instructor here in Maryland, and he compared swinging a golf club to an underhand throwing motion. At one time or another, many of us will stand along [...]
Mid Ocean Club One of my all time favorite vacation destinations is Bermuda. With spectacular beaches and golf courses, it is literally one of my favorite places in the world. Bermuda is typically a summer destination, but if you want somewhat cooler temperatures while still being able to swim in its beautiful waters, [...]
Hamstring stretch There was a time when I really felt that flexibility was the most important physical component to work on to help with my golf swing. I've moved away from that idea, since I am older and recognize that strength training is critical to playing golf at an advanced age. However, flexibility [...]
Like the vast majority of golfers, whenever I've headed out to my practice facility, I always start my session by hitting a big bucket of balls. That usually takes me about an hour, and then I head over to the short game area and hit a few bunker shots and wedge shots from about 60 [...]
2022 Long Drive Champ Martin Borgmeier Over the last couple of days, I've watched a couple Youtube videos involving strength training for golfers. The two videos couldn't be more different. One video was titled "Best Shoulder Workout For Golf." The other video was by reigning world long drive champion Martin Borgmeier, who provided [...]