[Vickie]

Hi Des, It is the greatest challenge to begin and maintain a workout program. I train people in their homes, most of which have minimal equipment only a couple with real home gyms. Initially the best thing you can do is decide how many days a week you can exercise, how many minutes you can tolerate each day and then be sure you are addressing all of the muscles in your body.

**The main key is to understand that you never want to work the same muscle group two days in a row. **

Even though triceps and shoulders are key, they are considered secondary muscles to the larger, core muscles of the body. So in order to get the maximum performance of these catalysts of great ball distance you must strengthen them with respect to the other, larger, primary muscles.


Your chest is the muscle that pulls your arm across your body and the tricep is it's secondary muscle. The Lat muscle is responsible for controlling the turn of the body and is the primary stabilizer for your hips.

If you want short but effective training, and if you are willing to be in the gym atleast four days I would suggest you create 20-30 minute workouts and split up the muscles you are working.

Example:

Monday and Thursday:
Chest Press withbarbell or dumbbells
Lat Pulldown or Chins
Pec Dec or dumbell butterfly's
Seated/Low Row
Biceps
Abdominals

Tuesday and Friday
Leg Extension
Leg Curl
Shoulder Press
Super Leg Press
Lateral Raises
Forward Raises
Rear Deltoid
Abductor
Triceps
10 minutes of stretching

I know this sounds like a lot but once you get your flow you can move through it very efficiently. Notice we are splitting the muscles up so that one group is resting while the other is working. This way you never have to stop between exercises and it makes your time very efficient.

As long as you alternate you can put the four days together Mon - Thurs and then take three days off of strength and focus on you other needs; cardio and flexibility

If you are unsure about the form hire a trainer for just a couple of sessions to get started confidently and then just show up for yourself.

Also, every now and then, when you just don't want to be in the gym or just to mix it up, do your workout at home with some light dumbbels that you can sit in your closet and do your pushups and your shoulder work at home

Also go to the library and look at some of the training books both general and golf specific. Arnold, the Gov, has a book that explains almost every exercise known to mankind both on machines and with dumbbells complete with some very intimidating pictures. It can be a great resource even if you don't need it in your personal library.

Love to know how you progress. Vickie