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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.

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New Year’s resolutions for golfers — and how to keep them

In 2023, I will improve my golf game through …

New Year’s resolutions. We all make them, yet we almost all fail to keep them.

It’s time to change that. Make 2023 the year you follow through on your goals. What better place to start than on the golf course?

Here at Golfweek, we’ve put together a list of what we think are important New Year’s resolutions for your game. From increasing distance to improving short game and fitness, we’ve compiled not just what to do, but how to do it to help you achieve your goals.

If you’re looking for a deeper dive into golf fitness, check out Averee Dovsek’s gym guide.

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.

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

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