Golf fitness is the latest buzz. More and more golfers everywhere are unlocking the key to game improvement. It's not the latest and greatest equipment that improves your game, it's tuning up your golf muscles with a golf fitness program designed specifically to produce results - fast! So what should your golf fitness program include?

A golf fitness program is just what it implies. A fitness program designed specifically for golfers that addresses the actual muscles golfers use with exercises specific to those muscles. You might refer to it as designer fitness for golfers. Would it make sense to participate in football training for golf? Of course not, different sports, different muscles. So what should your golf fitness program include and what should it do for you? Let's look at what a golf fitness plan might do for your game.

Some of the benefits reported from users of golf fitness programs are added length (up to 40 yards) on drives, lower scores, better quality of play and elimination of existing nagging golf pain, like lower back pain which seems to plague many golfers.

But, what features should you look for that accomplish these things? Here's are some components your golf fitness program should include.

1. Strength and Power conditioning. If you want to hit the ball further, you not only need to be stronger but be able to translate the strength into clubhead speed. You want a program that concentrates on building your core strength. Power is transferred through the core. See if your program includes core conditioning. Additionally, plyometric exercises should be included. These are specifically designed to work the fast twitch muscles - those designed for power and speed.

2. Can you do back flips on a balance beam or dance on your toes like a ballerina? Of course you can't. You don't have the balance to do so, you haven't been trained. They had to be trained too, nobody is born with that kind of balance. The good news is you can learn balance with specific balance drills offered in a good golf fitness program. Balance is essential to playing better golf. It will help you transfer your weight properly through the shot as well as stay in control of your golf swing.

3. How's your turn? How's that body coil? We all know that to produce distance you must be able to make a full turn and coil your body properly for maximum effect. Does your golf fitness program include flexibility exercises? In order to make a bigger turn, you must lengthen, or stretch, your muscles. Correct stretching exercises are crucial in developing a wider arc in your swing. However, most golfers stretch the wrong way, They stretch the wrong muscles, as well as don't hold the stretch long enough. Make sure your program emphasizes the correct stretches and make sure they emphasize form as well as holding the stretch as long as possible for the best results.

4. How many times have you made the turn with a promising round going only to fall apart on the back nine? Happens all the time doesn't it? This is primarily due to a lack of endurance. When you lack stamina, more mental mistakes are made, and you lose energy on the back nine. How many times have you come up short of the target on the back nine with the same club that was plenty long on the front for the same distance. Legs feel heavier on the back nine? Hitting sloppy shots? Endurance is the key here. Your golf fitness program must include stamina training with low resistance exercises done at high reps to build endurance.

5. Playing with soreness, or old golf injuries like a bad back, knee, shoulder or elbow? Pain can be eliminated with a proper golf fitness program that focuses on muscle imbalances and strengthening the key muscles used in the golf swing. When you are properly conditioned for golf, the pain will go away as your body will be using the correct muscles in the swing rather than the wrong muscles in your swing. When your "golfing" muscles are weak, your body compensates and uses other muscles to make the swing. This is how back injuries, shoulder injuries, etc. occur. When you force your body to compensate and use the wrong muscle the next thing you know, pop, there goes the back. Make sure your program addresses muscle imbalances as well as strengthening in order to eliminate nagging pain and reduce future injuries.

With a good golf fitness program you can be enjoying these benefits and more in as little as 8 short weeks. If you want to drive it further, shoot lower scores, eliminate pain and play more enjoyable golf, get on a good golf fitness plan now.

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