Golf fitness training might sound grueling, sweaty and a lot of work! Doesnt have to be that way. Now of course Id be lying to you to say its easy and you wont have to make a small commitment to stick with it to see results.

But what I am saying isyou can participate in a golf fitness training program with minimal equipment and can do it right in your home or even your office.

How ?

With only a stability ball, exercise tubing and a pair of handweights. Grand totalunder $60 for your total golf fitness gym. Thats about one months membership to your local club that youll visit once or twice and never go back (but keep paying every month).

I want you to get that picture out of your head of the muscle-bound hulk, heaving hundreds of pounds with on arm, slamming it to the floor and letting out the infamous LOUD GRUNT for attention.

No..youll be doing golf-specific exercises with bands, balls and handweights that will quickly and directly benefit your golf swing. Sports conditioning or in this instance golf fitness training requires you to use your body in space incorporating balance, stabilization and sequence of timing just like your golf swing.

The direct correlation results in longer, more accurate drives, hitting a larger number of greens in regulation; and walking off the course beating the pants off of your playing partners.

Now thats instant gratification at its best!

And how about no more injuries! Im dead serious! All those aches and pains finally gone. Forever! A stronger more flexible body will have a much higher level of resistance to pain and injury. And the added bonus is swinging easier and with much less effort, but seeing the ball go much further and straighter. It will feel like an out-of-body experience.

A few words of caution!

If you hear or see any programs touting they are golf fitness and see the golfer and/or trainer using the basic machines in the gym, this is NOT golf fitness training. This is without a doubt general fitness. Not altogether a bad thing, but wont directly help your golf game.

Working on a stability ball, and using tubing and handweights you can mimic many phases of the golf swing and at the same time challenge your core stabilization, balance and muscular endurance. All critical factors in achieving optimal swing mechanics for 18 holes.

Andtheyre fun to use. Youll never get board. You can always make it more challenging from a balance and/or stabilization factor.

Just try to get one of those muscle-heads on a stability ball lifting the same heavy weights they use. Call the medics..cause its going to get ugly real quick.

You seemost people who workout in the gym never challenge their proprioceptive awareness (or simplyusing their body in space). This is the key to great golf.

The stronger you can get your core stabilizers, coupled with increased rotational flexibilityyoure headed to an awesome game of golf. Youll definitely be the envy of your foursome.

So dont hesitate to get started on your golf fitness training right away!

Mike Pedersen

Mike Pedersen is an Internationally recognized golf fitness swing trainer who has garnered the Number One spot on the net with his golf fitness training websites and products. His websites and programs have helped over 30,000 golfers from all over the world play better golf!