There is still more than one month left of summer and plenty of time to play your best golf ever.  If  your game hasn’t improved as much as you wanted to this summer, try adding some golf-specific exercises into your daily routine to help you move better and more freely. Stay tuned for golf-fitness exercises and drills that you can do at home or in your office every day to help not only improve your swing technique but also help you build mobility, strength and endurance on and off the golf course.

30 Drills and Golf-Fitness Exercises to Do Before the End of Summer

1. Modified PiYo Flip

2. Shoulder Butterfly Stretch

3. Feet Together Drill

4. Reading the Break Drill

5.  “L” Drill

6. Uphill Lie Drill

The reverse pivot occurs in the backswing when the golfer’s back leg straightens and the body weight is shifted to the front leg and the upper body tilts toward the target. This motion inhibits amount of torque a golfer can create on the backswing because they cannot rotate their body forcing them to make compensations in their swings on the downswing.

Does Your Backswing Look Like this?  If so, try the uphill lie drill.

This reverse pivot or reverse weight shift as it is sometimes called is due to compensation caused by weakness of the back leg’s hip, and thigh muscles, specifically the gluteus maximus muscles (buttocks) and the quadriceps. If these muscles are weak, the golfer will not be able to physically handle shifting their weight correctly onto their back leg on the backswing. The golfer will tend to straighten the back leg by locking the knee, which helps support the body weight, and then the golfer will tend to shift the weight to the front leg to maintain balance. A reverse pivot forces the golfer to start the downswing with the upper body, denying them of enough leverage to maximize clubhead speed. A reverse pivot will also put a tremendous amount of pressure on the lower spine, which can cause pain or injury.  Most golf professionals will tell you that common swing faults such as poor posture and lack of rotation or a reverse pivot are from physical limitations and until you address those limitations you may never improve. Are your physical limitations holding you back from playing your best golf?  Take the Cardiogolf 30-Day Challenge to find the best exercises for you.

To learn golf-specific exercises try my Cardiogolf 30-Day Golf Fitness Challenge today.  Online Golf Fitness System now available to download on your smartphone or tablet.

Jump start your golf game and fitness level with this unique system from LPGA Teaching Professional and Golf Fitness Specialist Karen Palacios-Jansen. Karen has created a unique and customized online program which ensures that you can have fun and improve your golf game while fitting exercise into your busy schedule. The Cardiogolf Online Golf Fitness System can help you increase your flexibility, mobility, strength and balance specific to golf.

Email Karen at KP.J@swingbladegolf.com or visit KPJgolf.com for more information.