Whether you are casual or an amateur player, keeping fit will certainly help your game. Most of us aren’t inclined to go to the gym, so here are a few simple exercises that you can do to keep fit.
1. Straight Arm Raises will help strengthen the rotator cuff and therefore improve your swing. Get close to a wall and turn your back against it. Hold a couple of moderate weights in your hand and stand straight. Now, without bending your elbow, raise both hands in a slow arc ending above your head. If you do this properly, the weights would have travelled in a 180 degree arc. Do three sets of 10 repetitions and increase the weight as the exercise becomes easier.
2. Lunges will help to build up strength in your legs and hips. This in turn helps you generate a lot of power in your drives. Do three sets of 10 repetitions each. As it becomes easier, you can try adding a small step in front so that it increases the difficulty. Always remember to keep the knee on the front foot from going past the toe on the front foot.
3. Squats can add more strength to your legs. Stand straight with your hands on your hips. Now squat slowly while keeping your back straight. The motion you want here is that of you sitting down in a chair without bending you back in any direction. Do not bend your knees past your feet. The same number of sets and repetitions from the other exercises also apply here.
4. Pushups can build up a decent amount of upper body strength without the use of weights. To work the chest and a little bit of the shoulders, you can try inclined pushups. All you have to do is find a desk and incline yourself in a 45 degree angle and commence your pushups. Do the same number of sets as before in this exercise as well.