Can I develop a faster golf swing speed with your program?
I was asked the following question recently - and it is followed by my response:
“I have worked very hard to increase my golf swing speed. I do both strength and endurance training, including bench press, reps on the bench, squats and explosion exercises. Is it feasible for me to actually think that I can develop an even faster swing speed with your program?”
It sounds like you have never tried using the resistance band with an isometric training strategy. If not, then there is quite possibly a huge upside to your athletic performance.
Swinging a club fast is not determined by how strong your muscles are, but rather how fast your muscles can contract with the club in your hands. Most people possess the minimum amount of strength to do this, what they lack is the ability to contract their muscles quickly.Â
Weight training should not be used as a yardstick to measure ones potential with respect to club head speed and driving distance. In some cases, these numbers may actually be limiting your potential.
It’s not always easy to accept something that runs contrary to what we strongly believe; and, in this case, the concept that stronger muscles means faster muscles.Â
Without getting too deep into the subject, one has to ask is doing all of this weightlifting designed to make one stronger or is it designed to make one faster. Because, it cannot be designed for both, since muscles have both slow and fast twitch fibers that have entirely different characteristics and as a result, the training must also be different.
Weight-lifting is important, but it accounts for only a part of ones overall athletic performance.