Highschool Golfers Working Out

[asprin02]

Ive been lifting for 4 years and playing golf for 8. My max bench is 295, leg press 900, and squat 400. Height 5'10 weight 190....Ive gained a lot of distance as Ive gotten bigger but I have noticed an even bigger increase in control, especially out of the deep rough

 

 

I lift with some BIG guys, and even those guys can't leg press 900. That sounds fishy too me. 400 squat i can believe...but 900 is a TON to press.

 

Isn't it more like ~1/2 ton :)

 

I took this as his max leg press and max squat. I would think if you could max leg press 900, you should be able to do more max than 400 in squat. We'll have to wait for the smoke to clear on this one...

[mumf91]

I can believe that someone could leg press 900 and only squat 400. Especially if he is doing actual hip below parallel squats. The leg press is a fixed path exercise that is essentially an ego booster and provides little benefit when compared to the squat. It is just a machine exercise that is fairly pointless. People should just stick to the 5 basic barbell movements clean, press, bench press, squat and dead lift. That combined with some consistent grip work would provide an excellent strength basis for any golfer.

[Carl Spackler2]

I'd encourage any junior, high school, collegiate golfer who is interested in starting a weight training program to give P90X a try. I started doing it almost 3 weeks ago. I played golf today and I have never been more flexible in my entire life, and I'm only 24.

 

The chest is extremely important, by the way.

 

 

Can you explain why the chest is important? I've been working on it as well, but did not think it would be a benefit.

[808golfers]

Ive been lifting for 4 years and playing golf for 8. My max bench is 295, leg press 900, and squat 400. Height 5'10 weight 190....Ive gained a lot of distance as Ive gotten bigger but I have noticed an even bigger increase in control, especially out of the deep rough

 

 

I lift with some BIG guys, and even those guys can't leg press 900. That sounds fishy too me. 400 squat i can believe...but 900 is a TON to press.

 

I have a friend that plays water polo (which is his main sport), paddling, and also is on the golf team, his max leg press is 1000.