I'll admit that I've often been guilty of overlooking the incredibly important role that fitness plays in becoming a better golfer, but five fitness exercises have drastically transformed my ...

Performing yoga does all sorts of good things for golfers. It improves the body's stability and mobility. It helps with stamina and breathing. It puts you in a calmer mind-set that often leads to ...

Everyone loves a golf-specific exercise that checks all the boxes. This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and her trainer Jon Freed, demonstrate the quadruped plank ...

The problem with classic ab exercises like sit-ups and crunches is that they put your the top portion of your spine (the cervical vertabrae) in flexion. In a world where you spend a good portion of ...

When assessing golfers from junior to professionals, it is clear that the loading of the trail leg is a component that is hard to master. If a golfer, or other rotational athletes, have a difficult ...

Some people bill golf as the "lazy man's sport." Players don't run, catch or throw, so it's easy to see why it would be perceived in that way. But playing a round of golf can actually be very good ...

Have you ever worked on a swing change with your instructor, felt like you really had it on the range, and then completely lost it the moment you stepped onto the first tee? Here’s the thing: It’s not ...

Between your job, your house chores, your kids' sports schedules, oh, and your desire to play as much golf as possible, it's no wonder that one of the first things you eliminate from your weekly ...

A reader who told us that they tried to exercise four times a week wanted to know whether a round of golf could count towards their quota. The short answer is yes. The longer answer is more nuanced. A ...

Golf has never been a sport where one expected to see triathlete physiques. But the lean, toned physiques of golfers such as Tiger Woods and Natalie Gulbis are changing the image of a sport that was ...

One of the popular buzzwords in modern golf instruction is “ground reaction forces,” which refers to how your feet interact with the ground when you swing. And if you want to swing with maximum ...

Amateur golf might be known as a "leisurely" pastime or a way to network with business colleagues, but recent research suggests that it could double as a form of exercise. While it may not appear to ...