Brad Thompson Golf Fitness

I am a Golf Fitness Professional that specializes in helping serious golfers hit the ball farther.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Golfers,

Want to start the week off right?

Never miss a Monday workout.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

There’s a local legend here in Las Vegas about a man who drank a beer a hole and shot a course record 58.

Impressive stuff.

But if you want to remember your rounds and potentially not ruin your life, drink water every hole and eat every 3-4 holes.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Being able to rotate into your backswing while staying on the inside edge of your trail foot really puts you in a great position to push laterally in the downswing.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

If you do these 3 things, you will be able to maintain all your gainz during the golf season, and start your off season in a really good spot.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

3. Maintain intensity.

Just because you’re dropping the volume, doesn’t mean you should be dropping the intensity as well.

That means you’re still pushing it relatively close to failure with your lifts,

If it’s speed work, it should still be max effort.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

2. Reduce volume.

If you typically did 3-5 sets of an exercise, do 2 sets.

This when done with a heavy enough weight, you can still maintain many qualities, but won’t be sore from it.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

1. Drop frequency down.

Instead of training 3-5 days a week. Drop it down to 2 days a week. You can still maintain many qualities with less frequency.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Just because golf season is starting doesn’t mean you have to completely ditch the gym.

Here are a few things you can do to maintain the gainz during your in season.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

If there’s something you’re struggling with in your swing and you can’t figure out why, go get assessed and see if you have the prerequisite joint motion.

If you don’t, improving your mobility will help speed that up.

If you do, well…..keep grinding 😓

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Trying to do the program of someone who gets paid to train isn’t going to work too well for the golfer who has a full time job and kids.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Never overestimate how much just getting warm can help improve your mobility.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Should golfers bench press?

Here are some things to consider:

1. Do you have enough mobility to do it well with no pain?

2. Is getting stronger at it improve clubhead speed?

3. Is getting better at it starting to rob your mobility?

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

A MB side toss is a great exercise for creating rotational power, but is also a great exercise for teaching the concept of a proper pressure shift and sequencing.

Early pressure shifts= 🚀

Late pressure shifts = 🐢

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Hitting balls to get warmed up = 👎

Getting warmed up before you hit balls = 👌

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Using supersets in your training is a great way to train.

They can help with training density (ie. More training done in less time), improve technique or transfer of a breathing reset (ie. Breathing reset followed by a similar exercise) or power (ie. Contrast training)

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Need to spice up your core exercises?

Learn to fully exhale while doing them.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

When training mobility:

Don’t crank through the range of motion you don’t have.

Do get to the end of your range of motion and slowly increase it from there.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Practicing trying to hit a ball as far as possible is still the most sport specific training you can possibly do.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Telling golfers to “just lift heavy things” is the same as a golf instructor telling a golfer “just hit golf balls” to get better at golf.

[Brad Thompson Golf Fitness @Hit_High_Bombs]

Whatever swing changes you’re trying to make, make sure you have enough range of motion to do it.