Increasing Strength Archives

Watch Dr. Mercola perform dumbbell rows for your back muscles.

This is great exercise to increase the strength and endurance of the muscles in your back, both the postural muscles that hold your back up, as well as the power muscles like your latisimuss dorsi. Read the rest of this entry

Watch the above video to learn how to do the flying roman exercise.

This is one of the best exercises you can do for your lower body that does not require any equipment, and you can do it anywhere, anytime! This is a Plyometric exercise, which technically means an explosive exercise, which is great for power and in this case, great for endurance too. What this means for you is that this exercise will stimulate all your lower body muscle fibers to work extremely hard.

How is this great for golf? Read the rest of this entry

As I was playing golf growing up, I always heard people telling me, “Don’t bulk up, don’t get too muscly, you won’t be able to swing the golf club properly”. Too muscle-bound, is the phrase they used. I never questioned it too much, as none of the other golfers around me did much strength exercises. Until one day when I was at university, when I picked up a golf magazine and those beliefs about being too muscle-bound were totally shattered. Read the rest of this entry