Golf Exercise Equipment

What is Golf Exercise EquipmentAnd

How Can It Help





Golf exercise equipment can be a variety of pieces; but what truly is golf exercise

equipment?



Youd be surprised to find out it is not expensive; and is not necessarily in a gym or

health club either.



Yesthere are golf machines for stretching and strength building that are well over one

thousand dollars, but are definitely not needed.



When you think of the golf swing, its a dynamic movement completed in space with your

whole body. So any kind of training or golf exercise equipment should be able to

accommodate this.



For starters, a pair of hand weights (dumbbells) are inexpensive, portable and can be

used for dozens of golf-specific exercises. They dont have to be heavy or cumbersome.

Youd be surprised what a 5 to 8 pound pair of dumbbells can accomplish with the right

golf exercises.



Next on the list of golf exercise equipment is tubing. You may have seen it in articles, on

the television or in a catalog. Exercise tubing is extremely portable, very inexpensive

and also can be used to mimic many phases of the golf swing, but with resistance.



I personally use exercise tubing in all of my programs, with all of my personal clients

and in my own golf workouts. It can give you one heck of a workout if you have the right

resistance. These bands come in varying tensions from light to extra heavy.



Another piece of golf exercise equipment is a stability ball. Its the big beach ball looking

thing that is used in offices to sit on, in many exercise classes, at most health clubs and

all of the physical therapy clinics.



Why? Because again its portable, inexpensive and very versatile. Doing golf exercises

on the ball incorporate core stabilization, balance and stability. All important factors in

a mechanically sound golf swing.



And the last piece of golf exercise equipment is the weighted medicine ball. You might

remember them from several decades ago as the big leather balls that the old fitness

fanatics used to improve strength and power.



Well now theyre back! They are used in every sport-specific strength program in

existence. You can do so many sport-like movements with them and they weigh as much

as 20 pounds, so you can imagine the benefit from a power standpoint.



I have a couple of my bread-and-butter exercises I use in all my programs that

incorporate the weighted medicine ball and they are very effective.



So there you have it! Three or four pieces of inexpensive and portable golf exercise

equipment.

About the Author

About The Author: Mike Pedersen is one of the top golf fitness experts in the country,

author of the Ultimate Golf Fitness Guide, and founder of several cutting-edge online

golf fitness sites. Check out his new golf fitness training site at Perform Better Golf.