Are you pushing yourself too hard in your workouts, or maybe not enough? Finding the right exercise progression for your current fitness level is crucial for maximising results and staying injury-free. Let’s explore how to get it right.

Understanding Exercise Progressions: 

An exercise progression involves gradually increasing the difficulty of a movement pattern as your level of fitness improves, this allows your body to adapt safely and effectively.

Why Exercise Progressions Matter 

Copying something from the internet or that you’ve seen someone else doing in the gym may seem like a good idea but your body may not be ready for that yet, increasing your risk of injury. Or there could be a more advanced progression that’s more suitable to optimising your results.

Matching Progressions to Your Fitness Level

An important aspect of personal training here at Swing Fit is ensuring you’re working on the exercise progression that meets your body where it’s at right now.

Recognising Your Current Fitness Stage

So how do you know what your current golf fitness stage is? Get assessed. Our TPI golf fitness assessments allow us to understand how well your body moves and current level of strength and power, this takes the guessing out of it and allows for your custom programme design.

Adjusting Progressions as You Improve

For example if you can’t touch your toes in the TPI golf fitness assessment you’ll need to be working on improving your hip hinge but how you go about this will depend on your current level of functional movement in a hip hinge. 

You may need to start simply lying on the four, before moving to a quadruped position, then advancing to kneeling and finally standing.

Benefits of Working at the Right Progression

Optimised Results

Doing a bunch of random exercises is guaranteed to deliver a random results and if reducing your handicap to single figures or scratch and beyond is your goal then having 

a periodised and progressive plan to get your fitness up to par is essential. 

Working at the correct progression level ensures that your workouts are challenging enough to stimulate progress without overwhelming your body and hampering your play.

Reduced Injury Risk

When you start training with the right level of difficulty it prevents overtraining and risk of injuries, particularly if you're new to exercise or it’s been a while since you made it a priority.

Increased Motivation and Consistency

Once you start seeing steady progress it tends to boost your motivation and make it much easier to stay consistent with your golf fitness training. 

Ready to find your perfect workout progression? Book a personalised golf fitness assessment with our certified expert today and start seeing real results!

Finding and working at the right stage of exercise progression is key to optimising your fitness journey. By matching your workouts to your current ability, you can achieve better results, avoid injuries, and stay motivated. Take the first step today and ensure your fitness routine is working for you.