Things You'll Need:
- Fitness tubing
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Step 1
Enhance your flexibility. Your lower back, hips and shoulders must be flexible to effectively complete the necessary golf swing range of motion.
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Step 2
Kneel down and place both hand on the floor just under your shoulders. Keeping your knees directly under your hips, arch your back toward the ceiling like a cat. Hold this position for 30 seconds.
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Step 3
Continue your back flexibility exercises by raising your head as you stretch your back down towards the floor (picture a sway-backed horse). Hold this for 30 seconds and then alternate again with the back up position.
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Step 4
Develop flexibility in your hamstrings. Stand with feet shoulder width apart. With your fingers laced together, raise your arms above your head. Slowly lower your hands towards your feet.
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Step 5
Hold your hamstring stretch for a second or so, and then slowly return to the starting position. Repeat the movement about fifteen times.
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Step 6
Modify the hamstring stretch by turning at the waist and lowering your hands to the left of your feet. Repeat for about fifteen reps, then do the same on your right side.
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Step 1
Use resistance weights such as exercise tubing or bands. Because the golf swing utilizes the entire body, you must weight train with the entire body at once. Exercise tubing is perfect for this.
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Step 2
Attach the tubing to a door jamb.
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Step 3
Grasp the tubing handles and hold the tubing at hip level. Walk forward until you feel tension in the tubing. Your feet should be more than shoulder width apart.
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Step 4
Turn with your shoulders and hips, so you arm goes across your body. Repeat this rotation about 15 times. Do the same with the other arm (rotating the other direction).
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Step 5
Perform your rotations at a high rate of speed. You will be working all of the muscles involved in your golf swing.
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Step 6
Repeat your rotation weight routine four times each week for the best results.
