3 Incredible Free & Easy Ways To Setup a Golf Exercise Routine To Drive The Ball Longer & Straighter Than Ever Before, Without Even Breaking a Sweat

So another golf season has ended just as you were starting to see the kind of progress that you had been striving for all season long. Too little, too late right? After all, the season is over and, short of moving to a year-round sunny climate, there is nothing you can do to maintain your late season momentum right? There’s nothing more to be done but hope that somehow, magically, you can pick up next season right where you left off. And it would have to be a magic trick wouldn’t it? Because, truth be known, you have never been able to carry over gains and improvements from one season to the next. And if forced to, you would have to admit that it’s not going to happen this year either. Next season will start with the same bad habits and sore muscles that every other year has and so the vicious cycle will be repeated.

If only there was a way to keep yourself in playing trim during the off-season. Something not affected by the weather but still effective for golf training. Well have no fear, the answer is right here.

You see the secrets to maintaining proper technique are nothing more than motion repetition and strength training. Maintain the muscle memory of proper form and technique, while adding strength and maintaining flexibility, and you will be able to start next season miles ahead of your competition. I’m sure I don’t need to remind you that so much of a proper golf swing is about controlled movement. The reason your game was getting better by the end of the season was because you had trained your body into controlled movement over the entire length of the season. But muscle memory is short term. If you do nothing to maintain it you will lose it.Here are a few simple exercises that can help you do just that.

First of all, the only equipment you are going to need to complete these exercises is a fit-tube, or stretch strap. This is simply a length of rubber tubing with plastic handles at each end. If you do not already have one they can be picked up at any fitness supply store or the sporting goods section of any department store. The rubber tubing is extremely flexible and gives you excellent resistance while allowing an outstanding range of motion that is so vital for these exercises.

For the first exercise you will need to secure one end of the fit-tube to a pole or other stationary object at about chest level. Start with your hand gripping the handle at the middle of your chest. Pull across your body while rotating your hips in the best possible mimicry of your golf swing. Keep the entire motion slow and steady; concentrating on your body’s positioning every moment. This will keep the memory of your optimal swing form solidified in your muscle’s memory while strengthening your arm at the same time.

Of course, weak legs can destroy the best form in the world. Therefore the second exercise will have you move your secured fit-tube down to the floor. Tie the rubber hosing around your ankle. Bracing yourself with one hand against your stationary object, pull the fit-tube laterally across your body in a slow, steady motion until your foot passes in front of your other leg. It won’t take many repetitions before you will feel the pull on your leg muscles. Done regularly and correctly this exercise will strengthen your legs to the point where you will never have to worry about weak legs ruining an otherwise excellent swing.

The final exercise will further strengthen the arms while simultaneously working the all-important back muscles. Put your fit-tube behind your back, gripping the tube at about the middle of your back and grabbing one of the handles behind your head. Pull the handle straight up over your head, again keeping the motion slow and steady. Do not allow your body to move left or right at all, keep everything perfectly straight. While all this is going on contract your stomach muscles. This will force your back muscles to compensate which will in turn strengthen your back. Your arms are getting a great tricep workout at the same time.

Finally, if you add in a regular trip to the driving range to make sure that you haven’t let any bad habits creep into your swing, these exercises should help you return to the course ready for a season like you have never experienced before. While all your buddies are cursing their short drives, terrible form and sore muscles you will be eating up the course. That would be a nice feeling wouldn’t it? Think about what kind of a season you could have if you started it that much ahead of everyone else? And let’s not forget, that would only be the beginning of the season While everyone around you is struggling to get their game back to last season’s form you will be getting better also. The only difference is that you will be having a season that all your buddies can only dream about. That should be worth a little daily exercise routine shouldn’t it?

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