The best golf exercises don't just make you stronger. They make your golf swing easier to understand

Golf performance coach Justin Langhill highlights five functional golf exercises designed to improve body awareness and movement patterns. By training pelvic-torso separation, trail hip loading, and ground force transfer, golfers can create more clubhead speed and better understand their physical swing mechanics.

• Effective golf exercises develop body awareness alongside strength and mobility.
• Practicing pelvic-torso separation helps improve swing dynamics and rotation.
• Learning to properly load into your trail hip allows for efficient ground force transfer.

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