Resistance Tubing Can Help Add Yards with this Golf Fitness Exercise

This simple, in-home golf fitness exercise will strengthen your golf-specific muscles for a powerful golf swing and maximum power.

Golfers are always looking for more yards on their drives and doing a golf fitness exercise that strengthens the muscles at the point of impact can be a great help. I've put together a series of simple golf fitness exercises with resistance tubing that can be done anywhere - even in your office.

Exercise tubing, or resistance tubing, is a great substitute for the fancy cable machines used in fitness clubs. It's inexpensive and each piece of resistance tubing is very portable, weighing just ounces. Such tubing can be purchased at any local sports store and even at many department stores (examples).

If you decide to buy resistance tubing, it's important to also pick up the door attachment pieces, which are usually sold separately. These allow you to attach the tubing to a door in order to do the exercise featured in this article, and many other exercises.

The exercise we're going to use the resistance tubing for here is a "pre-impact with single arm tubing drill," just one of the golf fitness exercises that can greatly improve your distance with all clubs.

As you'll see in the photos (click on the one displayed to also see a second one), this golf fitness exercise is identical to swinging through impact with your right arm, which applies a tremendous amount of power in the golf swing.

• 1. Attach exercise tubing in door jam waist high.

• 2. Turn sideways to the door and create some distance from the door for added resistance in the tubing.

• 3. Place left hand holding one of the tubing handles behind your back, while the right hand pulls tubing through impact.

• 4. Let right hand come back to start position, but remember to keep tension on the tubing at all times.

• 5. Repeat this golf fitness exercise 12 times. Switch arms if you like for a balanced routine.

This golf specific fitness exercise is just one of many of simple exercises/drills you can do right in your home or office. No more excuse for lack of time or equipment.

About the Author
Mike Pedersen is a well-known golf performance training expert who has produced DVDs, books and websites focused on improving golfers' physical abilities to play their best golf. For more information about Mike and his programs, visit www.performbettergolf.com.