Tag: Golf Fitness

Fitness with Averee: Quick and easy dynamic golf warm up

Heading to the tee with no warm up and straight to driver is a recipe for injury.

Heading to the tee with no warm up and straight to your driver is a recipe for injury.

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Bradley Borne from Lab 18 are in the gym demonstrating a quick and easy dynamic warm up that can be done anywhere with just a golf club. This exercise is great for extension and rotation.

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.

Golfweek‘s Get Better newsletter covers everything instruction and fitness-related. Sign up for Get Better here.

Fitness with Averee: How to combat poor shoulder mobility and rotation

Shoulder mobility can play a big role in how you swing.

Whether it be your takeaway or follow through, shoulder mobility can play a big role in how you swing.

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This week, Golfweek’s fitness guru and long driver Averee Dovsek and Bradley Borne from Lab 18, are in the gym demonstrating how to improve shoulder mobility and rotation. This exercise is great for golf because you are getting external and core rotation.

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.

Golfweek‘s Get Better newsletter covers everything instruction and fitness-related. Sign up for Get Better here.

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

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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.

Golfweek‘s Get Better newsletter covers everything instruction and fitness-related. Sign up for the Get Better newsletter here.

How do you recover from golf travel? Jon Rahm, Rory McIlroy and a PGA Tour therapist have tips

To win at Royal Liverpool, golfers need to have their bodies primed for competition, and that starts with recovery.

Driving from Los Angeles Country Club in California to TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, covers 3,055 miles and would, according to Google Maps, take you about 58 hours to complete by car.

Needless to say, after Rory McIlroy lost the U.S. Open by one shot to Wyndham Clark, emptied his locker and packed his bags on Sunday, he was not hitting the road and driving to the following week’s Travelers Championship. McIlroy stayed in Los Angeles that night, had a few glasses of red wine with dinner and headed to bed before flying east on Monday morning. However, the four-time major winner went home to Florida instead of Connecticut to see his family, get some rest and recover.

“I try to get into the time zone where I’m going as quickly as possible,” McIlroy said Wednesday evening at TPC River Highlands. “I didn’t do a good job of that on Monday night because I started watching TV, and all of a sudden it was midnight [in Florida] and it was 9 p.m. back there and I didn’t feel tired.”

Many of the game’s best players have descended upon Royal Liverpool Golf Club after flying across Asia, Africa, and Europe. They have come from Australia, South America and North America too, and must recover quickly to be at their best on Thursday and contend for the Claret Jug.

More: 2023 British Open scoreboard, video and more

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

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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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