5 Remarkable Benefits of Pilates for Golf Performance

by Libby McCabe (Pilates Instructor)

If you’re anything like us and you love to play golf, you’ve probably also spent time thinking about what you can do to improve your game on—and off—the course.

Golf Pilates at Livewell Health Melbourne is the perfect complement to golf play and practice, it can help with endurance, strength, mobility, flexibility as well as balance and coordination, so you can get the most out of your game. In fact, pilates is the perfect cross-training that be practiced indoors and in as little as 30 minutes—like on your lunch break.

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“If I had one regret on my training journey, it’s that I wish I had incorporated more Pilates. I feel so much stronger, centred and balanced.”

— Michelle Wie West, American Professional Golfer

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Here are 5 reasons why practicing Pilates is likely to boost your golf performance:

1. Improve strength and balance of your entire body

Livewell Golf Pilates aims to create and maintain strength and balance in the body, which is ideal for golfers, who tend to create force in a single direction during drives and iron play. It does so through a mixture of single-side and bilateral exercises in different planes of movement to build strength in multiple directions.

2. Targets underutilised stabilising muscles

A mixture of work in large muscle groups and smaller, stabilising muscles helps prevent injury and improve stability throughout the entire body. Continued practice of Livewell Golf helps to improve your swing speed, control and consistency.

Tiger Woods is responsible for a fitness focus to the fore in professional golf and since then there has been an increase in uptake of strength training, cross training and recovery methods by professional golfers.

In 2020, Bryson Dechambeau increased his swing speed by 32km/h through strength training, which increased the distance of his drives. Pilates aims to increase strength, but it also has other benefits that can contribute to better overall play.

3. Improve body awareness

In Livewell Golf Pilates workouts there will be opportunities for you to improve your body awareness and focus, which will improve balance and movement coordination. This is beneficial for less athletic golf movements, such as putting and chipping.

4. Improves postural strength and spine health

The benefits of Pilates do not end at the golf course. Livewell Pilates training is effective in improving postural strength and combatting the effects of desk work and “tech neck”. Livewell Golf Pilates strengthens the core, back and shoulders, which help keep your spine and joints healthy, so you can move with confidence.

5. Improve mobility and range of motion to benefit your swing

Golf Pilates Melbourne is a full-body workout — it will train larger muscle groups, such as our legs, hips, back and core — that help creates power through your drive.

Golf Pilates program builds mobility and flexibility through the hips and spine to improve range of motion in your swing. Livewell progressive strength-based golf workout is perfect for all levels of experience, including beginners, as it will be tailored to suit your body most effectively.

If you are looking for an edge in your golf game, book in today for a lunch time Livewell Golf Pilates session. We will be delighted to help you boost your mobility, build power in your swing and sharpen your technique.