Golf
Golf specific training
The following pages provide information specific to the sport of Golf:
- Exercises to keep you on the golf course
- Golf - it is all in the swing and the mind
- Golfers elbow, elbow tendonitis and elbow pain
- Golf specific injury overview
- Getting to grips with the golfing yips
- How to Improve your golf skills and game
- Planning for a golfing getaway
- Warm-up for golf
- Which golf ball?
- Find a coach
Developing a training programme
You will find the following pages helpful in developing your Golf fitness training program.
Planning the training
- How to prepare your training program
- Example training program
- Performance Profiling - how to identify weaknesses in your skills
General strength development
- Circuit Training - develops strength and endurance
- Weight Training program using dumbbells
- Weight Training program using free weights and machines
- Weight Training program for sprinters - uses Olympic lifts
Developing elastic strength
- Plyometrics
- Plyometric Exercises - Arms
- Plyometric Exercises - Legs
- Plyometrics High-Intensity Exercises - Legs
- Complex Training - using weights and plyometrics exercises
General conditioning
- Developing your Core Stability - Abdominals and lower back
- Conditioning exercises for the legs
- Conditioning exercises for the lower legs
- Conditioning exercises for the upper body
Agility training
Some of these pages contain performance evaluation tests, but they also make good training sessions.
Endurance training - cardiovascular development
- Developing your VO2 max
- Interval and continuous training
- Hill training
- Training with a heart rate monitor - Training Zones
Nutrition
- Nutrition - determining your daily requirements
- What to eat when training and competing
- Nutritional tips
- Sports Drinks
Psychology
- Sports psychology
- Relaxation techniques
- Overview of mental imagery
- Mental imagery - developing the skill