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How to Do the Lunge with a Twist Golf Exercise

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Lunge with a Twist

Step forward with one leg while rotating your upper body to that side.

Photos courtesy of Perform Better Golf, Inc.; used with permission
You'll notice in the photos I'm holding a weighted medicine ball. If you don't have one, you can hold a single dumbbell instead.

Step 1: Assume a standing position with your arms straight and hanging down in front of you, holding your medicine ball or dumbbell.

Step 2: As you step forward with one leg, rotate your upper body to that same side, holding the medicine ball or dumbbell chest high the whole time.

Step 3: Return to starting position and do the opposite leg.

Step 4: Repeat each side 10 times for 3 sets.

If you are consistent with this exercise, you will see improvement in your golf swing speed, power and distance in a very short period of time.

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