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Here it is...as promised yesterday - a video preview of a golf-fitness workout on the Vortex Equipment. Keep in mind this is only a 2-minute preview, your session at the fitness center will be an hour.

A quick description:

There are 4 different exercises. Each one was done for 1 set of 10 repetition. The important thing for you to notice are the limited amount of time it takes to switch from one exercise to the next, how much work gets done with limited movement from one area to another, and how incorporating one piece of equipment (the BOSU Trainer) completely changes the exercise.

The four exercises demonstrated below are:

1. Squats on the BOSU with overhead press
2. Trunk rotations with stability ball (right and left side)
3. Alternating high rows on BOSU trainer
4. Swing exercise

With only these four exercises, we worked on:

• muscular strength - obviously by pushing, pulling, lifting and twisting the weights
• stability - notice, too how my feet are constantly moving when standing on the BOSU trainer
• posture - staying in correct posture is tough work when performing exercises like these
• balance - see comment on stability, the feet constantly moving really shifts your center of gravity
• core - the abdominals are almost constantly engaged and they get an extra workout when doing the rotations and swing exercise
• coordination - reaching out, twisting and pulling all while attempting to keep correct posture AND perform the exercise correctly is a tremendous challenge to your coordination.

All of these are important components of your golf-specific fitness program.

The equipment used was minimal: a stability ball, BOSU trainer, golf handle made by Gene Mitchell and, of course, the Pro Trainer II's from Vortex.

Now that you've seen it and are ready to try it for yourself, register here.

Oh and go here to post your comments.