You’ve kick-started the new decade with a new attitude, promising to stick to your New Year’s resolution and finally get your game – and yourself – in shape. For some of you, this has meant wholesale changes to your diet to help you look, feel and play better. For others, it’s been an investment in a gym membership to find a few extra metres off the tee. Good for you – you’ve already cleared the first hurdle.
But to create truly lasting change, your workout environment needs to be motivational and inspirational. From there you should ensure that your gym has the right equipment for the training you need in order to achieve the results you desire.
For most golfers, the following equipment is everything you could ever need:
• Dumbbells: Strength and stability
• Barbells: Strength and power
• Kettlebells: Functional movement
• Cable Machine: Rotation and dynamic movement
• Medicine Balls: Explosive power
• Swiss Ball: Core stability
• Resistance Bands: Activation and mobility
• Foam Roller/Massage Ball: Mobility and balance
• Exercise Mat: Stretching and core strength
If you are lucky enough to be able to create your very own gym like this absolute dream we created for our client in Noosa [above], then you must consider this: maximise free and open space, create multi-use areas, spare no expense when it comes to quality equipment, invest in good flooring, make your space beautiful and get a killer sound system.
Whatever your goal is for the year, remember “a journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step”. That first step is often the hardest, but once you start you will be unstoppable. So, for those who haven’t already – hey, it’s only February! – take the plunge, join that gym you’re intimidated by or build the ultimate fitness room in your home and make 2020 your best year yet… on and off the fairways.
*With nearly 20 years’ experience as a player, Oliver Yourn’s interests now lie in helping other golfers achieve their goals through specialist golf fitness programs and training. As a strength and conditioning coach, he has worked with Asian Tour and tier 1 Australasian Tour professionals. See FitGolf.com.au for more.
Read on for more Healthy Golfer tips from Oliver Yourn and Australian Golf Digest.
