DRVN BLOG
Golf Fitness, Training & Performance
Evidence-based articles on golf fitness, strength training, mobility, and how to build a body that supports your swing — for every level of golfer.
Golf Exercises for Seniors: A Joint-Friendly Routine (With Printable PDF)
A joint-friendly routine of golf exercises and stretches for seniors — eight moves, 15 minutes, no gym required. Includes a free printable PDF to track your reps.
The Off Season Is Where Your Best Golf Is Built
The summer reveals what your body can do. The off season is when you change what that is. Inside the five-phase DRVN progression — Strength, Power, Speed, Biomechanics, Skill Transfer — and what it delivers for three very different golfers.
Performance Is Longevity — Why Training For Golf Is Training For Life
The mobility, strength, and aerobic capacity that make you a better golfer are the same forces the longevity research says will keep you healthier, sharper, and living longer. Here is the evidence — and how DRVN training builds both at once.
The Longest Hitters Win More. Here's Why That Matters Even More For You.
Distance off the tee is the most trainable performance variable in golf. The Strokes Gained data proves it, and the opportunity is biggest for the everyday golfer.
How Derek Rebuilt His Body Around Golf
Derek Lacelle has spent three decades reshaping what it means to compete — junior golfer, personal trainer, CrossFit competitor, military sports coordinator. Golf fitness is his latest form, and DRVN is how he sustains it.
How to Build a Successful Golf Gym
A step-by-step playbook for building a profitable golf-specific gym — from positioning and equipment to certified staff, measurable programming, pricing, and getting found by golfers in your market.
Mariah Swigart Is Making Golf Move Different
How Phoenix coach and creator Mariah Swigart built a career where fitness ties everything together — from Putt and Pilates clinics to a 56,000-strong following — and why she added the DRVN Certified Pro credential to back it up.
Golf Posture: The Setup Fundamentals That Unlock Rotation
Correct golf posture isn't a checklist position — it's a product of hip hinge, thoracic extension, and core control. Here's how to build a setup that lasts 18 holes.
Golf Swing Exercises: Build the Movement Your Swing Needs
The best golf swing exercises organized by what they fix — mobility, rotation, power, and speed. A phase-by-phase guide to training the body behind the swing.
Athletes Need a Second Sport. Noah Henry Picked Golf.
The athletes who hang up the cleats at twenty-two have to figure out what their bodies are for next. Most do not. Noah Henry's path — college soccer, a semi-pro try, a job with the Cardinals, a creative practice for performance brands, and now golf — is one answer.
He Quit Golf for Three Years. Then He Built Fairway Club.
How Logan Dahmer walked away from golf, came back through coaching, and built Fairway Club — a vintage-feeling, four-bay simulator studio in Lee's Summit and a new DRVN Partner Facility serving the greater Kansas City area.
He Will Not Coach Your Swing. He Will Change the Body Around It.
How Zac Ansaldo brought Olympic-weightlifting precision to coaching golfers in Sarasota — and why his clients in their 60s, 70s, and beyond are playing the best golf of their lives at Florida Athletic Club.