Golf fitness

[JTitan12]

does anyone have or know of any golf fitness books that you would recommend?

[Big Brother Dunk]

I know there are some golf fitness books/DVDs out there, but I can't think of any off-hand.

I do yoga regularly, and as you might expect, it's a great exercise for stretching. What surprised me however, was how much strength I gained as well. Terrific exercise.

[Andy_79]

Do you live in the U.K. ? If so, join Fitness First and do their "Fit for Golf" workout. You can join for 30 quid a month or so. Worth doing.

[Pa Jayhawk]

Not a book, but you may get use out of this, and it is free.
http://www.golfonline.com/golfonline/fitness

[DrBrown]

I dont have a book to recommend either. Everything Ive read and heard is all about the stretching. Being more flexible only leads to more control and more swing speed with less effort. The other big one that adds the power is doing any kind of exercise for lats. I have a bowflex and I do pull downs and a few other exercises for my back, shoulders and chest. Upper body strength and being flexible while toned is what gives you distance. And of course having more strength and endurrance will always help you finish a round strong and be more in control of the club. Not the greatest advice in the wrodl but its all I know and its helped me a little.

To stress the importance of stretching, I used to have a swing speed around 110mph with a driver and now Im down to 98mph because I've put on all this extra muscle in the upper body w/out maintaining my flexbility. So you could say Im a moron for not keeping up with being flexible anymore because after putting on 10 pounds of muscle I swing slower.