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Want to start a golf-fitness program?  Don’t know where to start?  Start by improving your flexibility.  Do exercises that target chronically tight muscles in golfers.

How do you develop flexibility and mobility to improve your golf swing?

The first and foremost component of a golf fitness program is to stretch and balance muscles before you work on developing stability, strength and speed.

Start by incorporating a warm-up routine before your daily workout, practice or round of golf. You want to target muscles, used in the golf swing, that are chronically tight in golfers. For example: shoulders, upper back, hips and low muscles are typically tight in golfers.

Pre-Round Warm Up Routine

• Forward Hip Swings
• Side Hip Swings
• Squats
• Bicycle Arms
• Cross Crawl
• Core Rotators
• Shoulder Rotators
• Practice Swings

Then spend time stretching and balancing your muscles on a daily basis.Here is a quick and easy routine to help you loosen up and improve your flexibility.

Flexibility Routine for Golfers

• Neck Rotators
• Side Neck Flexion
• Sweetheart Shoulder Stretch
• External Shoulder Rotation
• Internal Shoulder Rotation
• Chest Stretch
• Hip Flexor
• Hamstring Stretch