There are many different ways to go about increasing the power of your golf stroke. To increase your swing power, you should practice frequently and use a variety of tools to work on strengthening your swing.

Here, our experts at Burl Oaks Golf Club will go over some of the best tools and exercises to use when you’re aiming to improve your swing power.

Golf Power Swing Fan

Golf power swing fans have been helping golfers improve their games for years. This tool is essentially a golf club handle with four large, plastic fan blades attached to the end that create air resistance when you swing.

While you are supposed to use this tool frequently, you need to make sure you are doing it correctly. Don’t lunge with your whole body into equipment, instead swing it normally and feel the resistance it creates.

By doing this on both sides, you increase your strength.

Speed Whoosh

Another tool that has been around for years, the Speed Whoosh, is an easy way to train your muscles to work at a faster rate. Essentially, this tool has a handle with a more flexible make with a plastic ball attached at the end.

By swinging this tool over and over again, you get the feel for a faster swing, while also training your fast twitch muscles to remember how to move at that speed, which ultimately increases your swing power.

SwingRite

One of the most underrated, yet effective tools for increasing your golf swing power is a SwingRite. This piece of equipment is designed as a smaller club, which allows you to practice both indoors and outdoors.

You can adjust this tool for swing rates between 45 and 110 mph, and when you have the proper release, it makes a clicking noise. With this tool, you can work on your swing power, timing, impact, and more.

This tool has been around for years and is proven to help golfers improve their overall game.

Golf Exercises Designed to Increase Your Swing Power

Golf, like any other sport, has specialized training exercises and regimens you can do to increase your swing power and up your swing speed. Building up your swing power takes time, and you should try to do each, or at least one of these exercises, a day to see faster results.

Given that golf is a game of routine, constant practice, and accuracy, you should work for these things when exercising.

Lateral and Glute Lunges

One of the first things you can do, whether at work or at home, is implementing lateral and glute lunges into your daily workout.

Lateral lunges work out hip muscles, improving your mobility and strength in that area. Additionally, lateral lunges involve you keeping your posture straight, which is a good habit to form for when you are golfing. With improved mobility and strength in your hips, you can take a deeper swing with better follow-through.

Instead of moving side-to-side with lateral lunges, you move forward and back with glute lunges. Because you changed up the direction you are moving, you work on strengthening other muscles in your hips. For both lateral and glute lunes, start by doing three sets of 10 reps each.

Planks

Because a golf swing involves the full rotation of the mid trunk, working out your ab muscles is essential for increasing your swing power. Planks are a great option for working out your abs because they can be done anywhere.

Build up strength in different types of ab muscles by doing side planks as well. Just don’t push yourself too hard before a match.

Yoga

While yoga isn’t specifically a golf exercise, it is great to take up for your health and to ease your body before and after a competitive 18-holes. Yoga improves muscle flexibility, which means you can take fuller shots. With enhanced flexibility, your stroke has more of a natural swing and greater power.

Additionally, yoga stretches your muscles and eases your joints. You can feel less physical and mental fatigue on and off the course by taking up yoga. While you may not consider yoga as strength-intensive as weight lifting, it does help you build muscle and the right kind of muscle, not just bulk.

Lastly, practicing yoga helps you focus on the course, so you’ll always use your full strength.

Contact Burl Oaks Golf Club Today

If you want to take advantage of an elite golf course and an expert staff, contact Burl Oaks Golf Club today. As a member at our golf club, you have access to one of the best courses in the Twin Cities metro area, as well as state-of-the-art amenities.

To learn more or to become a member today, give us a call at 952-472-7017 or message us on our contact page.