Because my schedule is so busy, I’m only able to work with a few golfers here in Scottsdale, in their homes. I do not have a fitness studio, so I come to you. You don’t need a fancy home gym to do a golf fitness program.

I have time in my schedule for 1-2 golfers who are serious about their golf game, and improving their golf swing power. I normally work 2-3 times per week with each client to oversee, and guide them with their golf fitness results, as well as work with them on their swing issues that are affected because of physical issues.

I’ve studied golf swing biomechanics for over 15 years now, so I can blend mechanics and fitness to eliminate swing faults and improve ball striking and consistency.

If you’re looking to improve your driving distance and golf swing consistency, and want to find out more, you can contact me and I will discuss your goals and how I may help you.

The majority of senior golfers have lost a tremendous amount of strength and flexibility, which then results in a dramatic loss of yards and consistency.

Fitness On The Champions Senior Tour

I can tell you most of the Champion’s Tour players work out. In fact, Tom Kite has done several segments on the Golf Channel showing some of his golf exercises.

They have a fitness trailer that goes around with them to every tournament, and most of them take advantage of it by stretching, warming up, and strength training with the trainers that travel with the trailer, or they bring their own with them, and many times they double as their caddy.

The point I’m trying to get across is if they think it’s important, and they know it will help, not hurt their game, shouldn’t you model the best and do the same?

The Importance Of Strength For Over 50 Golfers

A lack of strength for older golfers is one of the main culprits to a loss in distance. If your muscles are weak, they don’t fire as fast, which slows down clubhead speed, and ultimately your distance.

Stronger golf muscles also protect your body from injury. A high percentage of senior golfers play in pain, or have an injury that’s keeping them off the course. Improving strength can both improve driving distance, and reduce injuries, allowing you to play pain-free golf for years to come.

You Gotta Stretch If You Want Longer Drives

Along with strength, flexibility is right up there. Tight muscles are fragile muscles. They have lost their elasticity, or simply their ability to stretch, to allow for a full backswing, and they pull on your spine creating low back and upper back pain, which severely decrease swing power and consistency.

Plain and simple, stretching FEELS GOOD!

I know many of you might be thinking that’s a crazy thing to say, but until you do it, you can’t judge it. Muscles are meant to be stretched, as our daily lives (mostly sitting) enhance muscle restriction, tension and increase pain.

Get Your Starting Point Right

One of the biggest issues I see with senior golfers when they start exercising is they go at it way to hard and fast. Even when they hire a trainer, they do too much too soon and get sore. Then the golfer gets discouraged that his game is suffering and usually quits before he can get through that “initial” soreness, and on his way to a fitter game of golf.

It is critical you accept your starting point (initial level of fitness), and “ease” into a program. If you haven’t done anything in years, then maybe the first week, you wake up and do 10 pushups and situps a couple of times. Then, after you’ve been successful, do a little more.

This is the way to be successful long-term with your golf fitness program.

Pro Tip For Senior Golfers

If you’re like most golfers you can’t afford to hire a private trainer. You’re talking about hundreds of dollars a month. The next best thing is golf fitness products. This can be a golf fitness DVD, or golf stretching DVD.

It’s unfortunate, but most golfers ignore fitness altogether, and that’s a big mistake!

Let me ask you a question. Have you ever been on the course and told yourself you’re going to make a bigger backswing to hit it longer? What happened? I can guess the ball did not go very far, and even worse, not very straight.

Do you want to know why this happened?

You swung outside your current physical capabilities, and the result was a “tighter”, more restricted golf swing, which slows down clubhead speed, and makes it very difficult to have the proper swing sequence to hit the ball solid. I hope that makes sense to you.

So the solution is doing golf stretching exercises, and golf strength training.

I’m not talking about becoming a “gym rat”. I’m merely telling you to spend 15-20 minutes, in the comfort of your home, improving your fitness for better golf, using golf fitness products.

I can’t tell you the hundreds of golfers who have sent me emails, telling me they wish they would have started this earlier in their life, as they now feel better than they have in years, many saying decades! That’s a pretty powerful statement, but in my opinion, what other choice do you have? I mean…continue to let your physical condition decline? Come on…that’s no way to live life in your later years!

It’s time to make a change! Time to take control of your health, and play the kind of golf you so yearn to play. We all want to play better, but without the right approach, it’s just not going to happen!

The best golf fitness tips are ones that are as golf specific as possible. Some will be very close to your swing, others will be components of your golf swing. But, I do want you to realize that the golf swing is rotational. Therefore, doing as many rotational exercises as you can whether it be stretches or resistance training, will quickly enhance your golf swing power and distance.

Another thing! When you see so-called golf fitness professionals doing exercises on machines that isolate ONLY one muscle group is NOT fitness for golf. This is called general fitness. The golf swing is dynamic, and involves all of the major muscle groups in a sequential motion. Machines are controlled, most of the time you’re sitting (golf is standing), and they compensate for weaknesses on one side of your body.

Also, depending on your age, level of fitness and any current injuries, you must be very careful at what you start out with. I see this all too often. Especially the senior golfer. Trying to do exercises and stretches that are beyond their physical capabilities. Not a good scenario. Just because you might see a golf fitness exercise on TV or in a magazine, doesn’t mean you should go out and do it.

If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ll see a common theme. I’ve created simple, fun and very effective golf exercises and stretches you can do in the comfort of your home with minimal and very affordable equipment. There is no excuse not to work on your golf swing “off the course” like any other athlete would do in their respective sports.

If you’re looking for a complete program you can do in just minutes, click on Golf Exercise Tubing Program to find out more.

Watch this video below, and see the really cool golf training aid I’m putting on my driver to train my golf muscles to swing faster and more powerfully.

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Just do this golf stretching exercise daily if possible, or at a minimum before your round and at the turn.

If you’re looking for a complete golf stretching program, you might want to check out my Golf Stretching DVD, where I’ve put together four 7 minute routines you can do throughout the week. So in ONLY 7 minutes, you’ve completed your golf stretching for the day!

Here goes! YOU are the engine to how to drive a golf ball far! If you’re engine is inefficient, your mechanics break down; and the result is poor impact, and a dramatically slower clubhead speed. THIS is WHY you are not happy with your driving distance!

I can bet you right now you know how to swing a golf club. Would you agree? You’ve been swinging a club for years, so why aren’t you hitting long drives that hit the fairway. Do you just need a few more years swinging the club and pounding more balls? Is that the answer?

That’s insanity. Doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result!

You need to fix what you’ve got. Work on the engine to drive the ball a long way. Lube your joints (nutrition and exercise) to pound that golf ball. If you don’t, the engine will be faulty for many years to come.

If you’ve been struggling with your swing, and you want to find out how a golfer just like you finally found a way to play better, you’ll want to check out the improve golf swing success story he put together.