Exercise: Medicine Ball Chops

This exercise allows you to closely simulate the physical demands of the golf swing. As such, it is an excellent exercise for improving total body/general athletic power and golf power.

Exercise Tips:

• Assume normal golf posture while holding medicine ball. Maintain that posture, especially spine angle, throughout the exercise.
  
• Try to shift weight like you would in your normal golf swing
  
• Try to rotate your shoulders to 90 degrees at the top of the movement. Even though you might not get there, try anyway.
  
• Let the momentum of the ball “carry” you into new ranges of motion
  
• This is not a “strength” exercise. Use no more than 10 pounds.
  
• Use a smooth tempo. No jerky movements.

Benefit To Your Golf Game:

• Increased dynamic flexibility in the hips, back and shoulders.
  
• Very golf specific training movement. Excellent benefits for your power levels.
  
• As you are using virtually all of the muscles in your body, you are training very efficiently and effectively. You are improving multiple components of your game (balance, stabilizers, proprioception, core strength, dynamic flexibility) at the same time.
  
• You will also experience a great hormonal response from regular use of this exercise.