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Golf workouts at home for clubhead speed with PGA Pro Jaacob Bowden: Part 2
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We’re back for workout two of our weeklong at-home golf workout program.
For our first workout, we did a few basic exercises to break you in, mostly targeting the downswing. In case you missed it, here again is that video.
And if you’ve followed GolfWRX for the last few years, I’ve actually previously talked about these Day 1 starter exercises in this article: 6 exercises using resistance bands for more distance.
For our second workout, we’re going to add in two more blocks of training, along with a variation of our first workout.
- Day 1 – Dynamic Swing Strength
- Day 2 – Isometric Downswing Strength, Dynamic Swing Speed, Full Swing Repetitions
- Day 3 – Isometric Downswing Strength, Dynamic Downswing Overspeed, Full Swing Repetitions
- Day 4 – Rest & Recover
- Day 5 – Isometric Downswing Strength, Dynamic Swing Strength, Dynamic Swing Speed, Full Swing Repetitions
- Day 6 – Dynamic Downswing Overspeed, Full Swing Repetitions
- Day 7 – Rest & Recover
First, we’ll do some isometric training exercises to target your downswing.
I first learned about isometric training in the mid-2000s when I was competing in long drive and was researching other sports and athletes. Back then, there was no YouTube and there was almost no info on golf fitness training online. So, I had to look outside the golf industry to figure out ways in which I could increase my strength and clubhead speed.
When I was a kid, my brother Aaron and I watched a lot of Bruce Lee movies. I remembered how fast and powerful he was despite not being very big. After reading some books about Bruce’s training, I learned more about isometrics…and then simply applied those principles to the golf swing, particularly the downswing.
Second, we’ll do the same exercises as our first workout. However, this time, we’ll drop the resistance roughly in half and up the reps. Originally, I went to college to be a pharmacist, and I remembered from Physics class that Power = Force * Distance / Time. When I was training to win the 2003 Pinnacle Distance Challenge with a 381-yard televised drive, I was spending time experimenting around in the weight room to get more golf swing power. Based on the power equation, I thought I should train to not only increase my strength, but also to safely train with the weights at speed.
I remember that at some point, the weights got to be too heavy and with the loss in speed I was also losing overall power. So, sometimes for variety, I would drop the weight down enough so that I could go faster. I had also learned about various power principles from reading some of Fred “Dr. Squat” Hatfield’s thoughts on powerlifting, and as I studied, learned, and experimented for application to golf, I was further influenced by Louis Simmons and Westside Barbell, a famous powerlifting gym in Ohio. Westside’s athletes have tons of powerlifting and strength records and I recall some of their training routines could involve a couple of strength days per week combined with a couple of speed days.
Integrating these type of things among many other training concepts from other sports (Example: professional basketball dunkers, explosive track and field disciplines, etc) really lead to amazing results that hadn’t yet existed in golf, not only for myself but also for other golfers who I was training.
Lastly, we’ll get in some reps, specifically working on increasing the useable controlled speed of our full swing, ideally using a radar device like the Sports Sensors Swing Speed Radar.
Have more of a look below in Video 2 of our 5-part video series on golf workouts that you can do at home.
Note: This article is for informational purposes only. Consult a physician before performing this or any exercise program.
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Ryan Mextorf
Apr 21, 2020 at 3:44 pm
Hi Jaacob! Good to see your word getting out there. Was a pleasure meeting you and playing at East Potomac a few years back – hope you’re doing well.
Jaacob Bowden, PGA
Apr 21, 2020 at 4:01 pm
Thanks, yes, you too. We’ll have to get together for another round once the local courses open up again.