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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.

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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.

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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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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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WATCH: Texas is putting in the work during winter conditioning

It’s a grind.

Texas is in the full swing of their offseason workouts en route to the second spring season under Steve Sarkisian.

The program is in a tough spot as the only way they can go is up, but if they somehow manage to replicate the poor season they had in 2021, people will likely be losing jobs.

The first season post Tom Herman and Sam Ehlinger saw Texas take a step back, finishing 5-7 and having many people questioning if they made the right hire at head coach. While that may be an overreaction, Sarkisian and his staff went to extreme measures this offseason to add as much talent as humanly possible.

Texas pulled in the No. 5 recruiting class, along with the No. 8 transfer portal class and are expecting many of the new faces to either start or play a big role right away.

The staff is making sure the players are working hard and buying into the culture this offseason.

These winter workouts will give some new, and maybe even some older players a chance to stand out ahead of spring ball where there will be position battles all over the field.