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Golf fitness items to keep your 2024 New Year’s resolutions

Do your best to stay healthy so you can spend as much time as possible on the golf course in 2024!

Welcome to 2024! It’s another year, and that means it’s time to set goals for the next 360 days or so.

Many people decide around this time of year that it’s time to get into shape and pay more attention to their health. Golfers can do the same!

Fitness and physical health are incredibly important when you’re trying to shoot lower scores.

So, we’ve decided to put together a list of some fantastic golf fitness items from brands like WHOOP, Therabody, Hyperice and more.

Check out some of our other equipment lists here: Best golf beanies for fall and winter golf | Best jackets for cold-weather golf | Best golf hoodies

Fitness with Averee: How to take advantage of hotel gyms when traveling

Watch this week’s tip here.

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It’s rare to find a hotel with a complete gym full of all types of equipment.

Minimal equipment makes it difficult to get creative with your workouts and stay on track with your training program.

This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek demonstrates a full-body workout you can do in a hotel gym with a single dumbbell.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” above and check here for previous episodes.

If you’re interested in instructional content, check here to see Averee out on the course.

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Six helpful tips golfers can use to prevent injuries

Mobility can be a great place to start in your training.

As most of the country is beginning to defrost after a long winter, your body may not be used to playing long rounds of golf or even practicing.

In preparation to swinging a club in the cold weather, many golfers fail to properly warm-up for a range session or their round and that can be a recipe for injury.

Common injuries among golfers affect the back, knees, wrists, shoulders and more. The back is not designed to rotate for a golf swing, so mobility can be a great place to start in your training.

Members of the NYU Langone Health Sports Performance Center team spoke to Golfweek’s fitness guru Averee Dovsek and gave some helpful tips on preventing injuries for golfers.

Contributors: Heather Milton MS, RCEP, CSCS, Jamie Nguyen MS, OTR/L, Monica Seu OTR/L, CHT, CLT

10 days of winter workouts: Box jumps for power

Everyone is on the hunt for more power in the golf swing and half the battle comes from lower body strength.

Everyone is on the hunt for more power in the golf swing and half the battle of speed comes from lower body strength.

Golfweek’s Averee Dovsek demonstrates how to do a plyometric box jump, which will help with lower body strength and will get players to use the ground during their golf swing. Start on a low box and work up to a higher box. Rushing into higher boxes off the bat could result in injury.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” and check here for previous episodes.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

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10 days of winter workouts: Medicine ball rotational throws

Better rotation, more power.

Exercises using a medicine ball can be a great start in developing a better turn, weight transfer and pivot.

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a medicine ball rotational throw that helps with rotational power in the golf swing.

Many people are looking to gain speed in 2023 and this exercise is a great place to start. A lot of speed comes from your lower body and the rotation you can make, so a medicine ball is a great tool to increase your power and get comfortable with rotating.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” and check here for previous episodes.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

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10 days of winter workouts: Medicine ball slams

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a medicine ball slam that helps with the power of your golf swing.

There are many different variations of medicine ball exercises that can help you achieve rotational and power goals.

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a medicine ball slam that helps with the power of your golf swing.

Many people struggle with controlling and implementing power at the proper time during their golf swing. The weight of a light medicine ball is a great tool to feel weight transfer and where to make impact with your power.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” and check here for previous episodes.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

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10 days of winter workouts: Smith machine squats

A strong lower body is essential for a good golf swing.

Having a weak lower body was so 2022. The new year is here and Golfweek is determined to broaden your fitness knowledge and give you some golf-specific exercises with “10 days of winter workouts.”

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a smith machine squat that will help improve your lower body strength.

Many people struggle with knee pain and we explain how moving your feet forward in the set-up can help minimize pain. The smith machine is a great tool to help the body stay balanced while squatting safely and effectively.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” and check here for previous episodes.

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10 days of winter workouts: Hex bar jumps

This exercise primarily works the quadriceps and glutes, but also involve the calves, hamstrings, and core.

Golfweek is here to broaden your fitness knowledge and give you some golf-specific exercises with “10 days of winter workouts.” Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a hex bar jump.

A hex bar jump is close to a deadlift, but instead of decelerating at the top, you go into a jump. The key to learning this explosive power movement is starting extremely light while focusing on form and a low repetition range.

This exercise primarily works the quadriceps and glutes, but also involve the calves, hamstrings, and core.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” and check here for previous episodes.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

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10 days of winter workouts: Kettle bell swings

This full-body kettle bell swing exercise will help with the strength and stability of your golf swing.

The countdown is on to set New Year’s resolutions. Golfweek is here to broaden your fitness knowledge and give you some golf-specific exercises with “10 days of winter workouts.”

Averee Dovsek is in the gym demonstrating a full-body kettle bell swing exercise that will help with the strength and stability of your golf swing.

This exercise activates a variety of muscles and helps with endurance. The kettle bell swing is a hip-hinge movement that targets the glutes, hamstrings, abdominals, quadriceps, lats, adductors and diaphragm.

Watch this episode of “Fitness with Averee” and check here for previous episodes.

If you’re looking for more instruction, click here.

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