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I hear over and over again how a golf workout - or more specifically, lifting weights - will hurt your game, not help it. This is pure nonsense. If weight training was detrimental to sports performance, then why does every athlete in every professional sport do it?

But there is a right way and a wrong way to implement your golf workout program, to make it the most effective program for golf improvement. Every program I prescribe for golfers incorporates both a golf strength component and a golf stretching one. That means for every strength exercise there is a corresponding stretch. This is the most effective way to improve both golf-specific strength and range of motion.

You've got to think of your golf workout as a means to improve your golf-specific range of motion and strength to maximize your time investment and achieve the results you want.

Here's an example of what I mean: