Back in 1974, Arthur Jones invented the Nautilus exercise machines. He proved that you could achieve maximum increase in muscle size and strength in less time, with fewer workouts, using full-range resistance exercise.
Dr. Ellington Darden PhD, author of The Body Fat Breakthrough, worked with Jones and Nautilus for 20 years and personally trained thousands of athletes. However, he noticed that hardly any golfers took advantage of this knowledge.
The mentality in the golf community was that big muscles were not as important as control, grip and the type of clubs you used.
Unfortunately, that kind of thinking caused a lot of players not to reach their full potential. It’s probably causing you not to reach yours, too.
Your golf performance is governed by six factors:
- Body proportions – provide the working muscles with an advantage in leverage.
- Neurological efficiency – permits the muscles to contract with a higher degree of efficiency.
- Cardiovascular endurance – an absolute requirement for life itself.
- Flexibility – helps you generate more force by using a greater range of movement of the shoulders and hips.
- Skill – channels the force produced by muscles into proper direction and performance.
- Muscular strength – gets the most out of your big muscles to launch your drives.
Nothing can be done to improve body proportions or neurological efficiency. But we can do something about the other four factors.
Golfers already know to train to improve skill. Cardiovascular endurance is closely related since it increases stamina over hours of basic golf practice. The same can be said about flexibility, as golfers perform stretching exercises to keep their joints mobile.
Only one factor remains largely neglected. And, sadly, that just happens to be the only factor capable of supplying movement.