Stronger Golf

Stronger Golf Helping pro/ aspiring pro golfers gain the clubhead speed they need to take their games to the next

We believe increased physical fitness helps golfers become more coachable, achieve higher levels of skill mastery and play injury free for longer. We deliver a innovative and evidence based approach to optimising movement, preventing injury, improving force development in the golf swing and developing sports specific conditioning, designed to unlock your potential and take your game to the next level.

18/08/2026

Scottie Scheffler is fresh off another win — and his training is a great example of what golfers can learn from elite athletes.

Not because you should copy his workout.

But because of the principles behind it:

1. Create and transfer force from the ground up.
A lot of his training involves producing force through the ground and transferring it up the kinetic chain — exactly the type of sequencing the golf swing demands.

2. Combine general + specific training.
You don’t have to choose between “golf-specific” exercises and traditional strength & power training.

The best results come from systematically applying both.

3. Train hard without unnecessarily adding fatigue.
Single-leg loading and dynamic-effort work allow you to expose the muscles to high force demands without needing maximal loads on the bar.

That makes it particularly useful during the season — or when you’re trying to train around joints that are a little beaten up.

The takeaway?

Don’t copy Scottie’s exercises. Copy the principles behind why they’re being used.

Your training should fill the gaps left by playing golf — not simply try to look like golf.

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17/08/2026

Most golfers tend to think about getting stronger in terms of methods:

- Speed sticks
- Pilates
- Strength training
- Technical work

And the truth is all these work to various degrees

But they are all only one part of the equation. And the results pale into comparison when compared to a holistic system.

Think about a drag car.

You can make the engine more powerful.

But you can also:

→ Give it a longer track to build speed
→ Make it accelerate faster
→ Improve the driver’s ability to use the car
→ Improve its ability to brake and change direction

The golf swing is no different.

If you want to maximise clubhead speed, you need to consider:

🏎️ Engine → Strength & force production

🛣️ Runway → Hand-path length & available mobility

⚡ Acceleration → Power & rate of force development

🛑 Brakes → Deceleration & change of direction

🏌️ Driver → Skill & the ability to express your physical capacities in the swing

The mistake is trying to maximise one quality in isolation.

A golfer with a huge “engine” but poor acceleration, limited runway or poor ability to express force isn’t necessarily going to hit it further.

Build the whole system.

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13/08/2026

3 pillars to increase clubhead speed.

If you want to hit it further, you need to develop all three.

1. Build force

Heavy squats, trap-bar deadlifts and other strength exercises help you build the ability to produce large amounts of force.

But strength alone isn’t enough.

You can be strong as hell and still struggle to produce that force quickly enough for the golf swing.

2. Learn to produce force quickly

This is where exercises like weighted jumps come in.

Now you’re taking the force-producing capacity you’ve built and learning to express it at much higher speeds.

But there’s still something missing…

3. Learn to express it in the golf swing

The golf swing isn’t just about producing force quickly.

You have to:

→ Transfer force from the lower to upper body
→ Sequence it correctly
→ Coordinate the movement
→ Apply force in the right direction
→ And, ultimately, learn to swing the club fast

That’s where things like med-ball throws & max-intent speed training come in.

Short bouts of maximal-effort swings with enough rest to maintain speed and quality.

So the goal isn’t:

Strength OR power OR speed training.

It’s:

Strength → Power → Golf-specific speed

Build the engine.

Teach it to produce force quickly.

Then teach it to use that force in the golf swing.

That’s how you build clubhead speed that actually transfers to the course.

If you’re not sure which of these pillars is currently limiting your speed, take my FREE Golf Clubhead Speed & Performance Scorecard.

It’ll help you identify where your biggest opportunity lies and what you should be focusing on.

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11/08/2026

Don’t train like this!

Elite athlete’s like Micheal Brennan don’t necessarily need to get stronger. They need to get better at using the strength they already have.

That distinction is easy to miss when you watch a tour player’s training session.

Michael Brennan’s programme is full of:
→ Jumps
→ Med-ball throws
→ Explosive rotational work
→ Dynamic core exercises
→ High-velocity movements

And for him, that makes a lot of sense.

Why?

Because he’s not starting from scratch.

He’s spent years building a substantial strength base and is already an exceptionally skilled golfer.

He’s therefore moved beyond the point where simply adding more strength is likely to be the biggest driver of performance.

This is what the Strength–Transfer Curve explain this nicely....

Early on, you’re in the Capacity Phase.
Strength is the limiting factor.

Get stronger → become more powerful → hit the ball further.

But eventually, you reach the Conversion & Saturation Phases - You’re strong enough.

Now the question becomes:

How effectively can you express that force?

That’s where things like:
→ Rate of force development
→ Power
→ Speed
→ Coordination
→ Sequencing
→ Direction and timing of force application

become increasingly important.

Eventually, you can reach a point where additional strength provides very little return and the focus shifts almost entirely towards expressing what you’ve already built.

That’s why copying an elite golfer’s workout without understanding where they are on the curve can be so misleading.

The exercise isn’t the programme.

The exercise is simply a tool used to develop the quality that currently needs developing.

For Michael, that means a lot of explosive work.

For a golfer who hasn’t yet built a sufficient strength base, the answer may be very different.

Don’t copy the workout.

Understand the why behind it.

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10/08/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions in golf fitness is that more strength is always better.

It’s not.

More strength is better…

Until it isn’t the thing holding you back anymore.

That’s exactly what the Strength-Transfer Curve explains.

📈 Capacity

You’re weak.

Every kilo you add to the bar improves performance.

Strength is the limiting factor.

⸻

📉 Conversion

Now you’re reasonably strong.

Strength still matters…

But power, speed and force application become increasingly important.

The gains from simply lifting heavier begin to slow.

⸻

➡️ Saturation

You’re strong enough.

Adding another 10kg to your deadlift does very little for clubhead speed.

Your limiting factor has changed.

⸻

⚠️ Interference

Keep chasing strength—especially during the season—and the fatigue can start costing you performance.

Not because strength is bad.

Because your training is no longer matching the demands of your sport.

The biggest takeaway?

The best golfers don’t just train harder.

They train the quality that’s currently limiting their performance.

For most golfers…

That still means getting stronger.

But not forever.

At some point the focus shifts from building force…

…to expressing force.

That’s why the best programmes evolve over time instead of repeating the same workouts year after year.

👇 Comment “SCORECARD” and I’ll send you my FREE Golf Fitness & Performance Scorecard to identify which physical quality is currently limiting your golf—and what you should be training next.

6 exercises that helped add 20 mph of clubhead speed.Since he turned pro, I’ve worked with Jake to help take his clubhea...
05/08/2026

6 exercises that helped add 20 mph of clubhead speed.

Since he turned pro, I’ve worked with Jake to help take his clubhead speed from around 100 mph to almost 120 mph

He can now fly the ball over 300 yards.

For a tour professional, that’s a game changer.

It means he’s long enough to take advantage of what he already does exceptionally well.

But here’s the important bit…

It wasn’t these exercises that added 20 mph.

It was the physical qualities they developed.

🏋️ Weighted Jumps → Build vertical power and impulse—qualities consistently linked to clubhead speed.

💥 Explosive Upper Body Lift → Teach the upper body to produce force quickly.

⬇️ Depth Jumps → Improve reactive strength and your ability to generate large amounts of force in a very short time.

💪 Upper Body Strength → Strength is the foundation that power is built on.

🦵 Lower Body Strength → The ability to push harder into the ground starts with getting stronger.

🧱 Overcoming Isometrics → One of my favourite in-season tools for maintaining or even building strength and power while keeping fatigue low, so you arrive on the course feeling fresh.

The bigger lesson?

Understanding which physical quality is limiting your speed and choose exercises that target it.

That’s exactly how we built Jake’s programme—and why it evolved as he got stronger, faster and more athletic.

Comment “SCORECARD” and I’ll send you my FREE Golf Fitness & Performance Scorecard to identify which physical quality is currently limiting your golf—and what you should be physical quality you should be training.

03/08/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions in golf fitness is believing that if an exercise looks like the golf swing, it will automatically improve your swing.

It won’t.

That’s not because the exercise is bad.

It’s because it’s trying to solve a different problem.

The gym isn’t where you learn golf skills.

The gym is where you build the physical qualities that make those skills possible.

Take this exercise.

It can help improve the mobility, strength and separation needed to make a better backswing.

But those physical improvements don’t magically become a new movement pattern.

If you’ve always made the same backswing, you’ll probably continue to make the same backswing… unless you spend time on the range learning how to use your new physical capacity.

Think of it this way:

🏋️ The gym builds the engine.

🏌️ The range teaches you how to drive it.

Both matter.

But they have different jobs.

Understanding that distinction changes how you approach both your training and your practice.

Instead of expecting the gym to fix your swing, use it to create more movement options, more speed potential and a body that’s capable of making the changes your coach is asking for.

Then take those new capabilities to the range and turn them into better golf.

💬 Have you ever done a “golf-specific” exercise expecting it to change your swing? Let me know below.

One of the biggest mistakes golfers make is expecting the gym to improve their swing mechanics.Or expecting practice to ...
31/07/2026

One of the biggest mistakes golfers make is expecting the gym to improve their swing mechanics.

Or expecting practice to build the physical qualities they don’t have.

They’re different environments with different jobs.

The gym builds the car.

It builds the strength, power, mobility and robustness that make better golf possible.

The range teaches you how to drive it.

It teaches your brain how to organise those physical qualities into an efficient, repeatable golf swing.

The problem is that many golfers try to combine the two.

They turn strength exercises into golf swings with a dumbbell. Or they expect a mobility drill to magically fix their backswing.

In reality, you end up doing a poor job of both.

A better approach is to ask two simple questions:

What physical quality am I trying to develop?

Where is the best place to develop it?

If the answer is strength, power, muscle or tissue capacity...

The gym is almost always the best place.

If the answer is sequencing, timing, strike or swing mechanics...

That’s a job for the range.

When each environment does what it’s does best, they stop competing with one another and start working together.

That’s when progress really accelerates.

Build the athlete. Then teach that athlete to play golf.

👇 Comment “SCORECARD” and I’ll send you my FREE Golf Fitness & Performance Scorecard to identify the biggest physical limitation holding back your golf—and exactly where you should focus your training.

28/07/2026

One of the biggest mistakes I see in golf fitness is people arguing over what’s most important.

Strength?
Mobility?
Cardio?

The answer is... it depends.

Here’s a framework that I use to help create clarity:

Compounding skills 📈

These are qualities where improving them continues to improve performance.

For golfers, strength and power are great examples.

The stronger and more powerful you become, the greater your potential to produce force—and ultimately clubhead speed.

The returns keep coming.

Threshold skills 🚧

These are qualities where you simply need to be “good enough.”

Mobility is a great example.

If you don’t have enough mobility to make an effective golf swing, it’s going to hold you back.

But once you can comfortably get into the positions your swing requires, spending another 30 minutes a day stretching is unlikely to be the thing that adds 20 yards to your drives.

The same applies to cardiovascular fitness.

You need enough to recover well, tolerate practice and walk 18 holes without fatigue becoming the limiting factor.

Beyond that, the returns are much smaller.

So yes, I believe many golfers underestimate the importance of strength and power.

But I also think it’s a mistake to ignore mobility or cardio if they’re the qualities currently limiting your performance.

The goal isn’t to maximise everything.

It’s to identify your biggest bottleneck and spend your time where it will have the greatest return.

Not sure what’s limiting your game?

Comment “SCORECARD” and I’ll send you my FREE Golf Fitness & Performance Scorecard to identify the biggest physical factor holding back your distance and performance. 👇

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