Golf Fitness & Golf Performance Training Through the LGP Golf Performance System

Understand how your body influences mobility, speed, and consistency through the LGP Golf Performance System.

Trusted by Competitive Golfers, Corporate Athletes and Performance-Driven Players.

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The LGP Golf Performance System

The LGP system has helped golfers ranging from amateurs to PGA Tour Professionals better understand how their body influences their swing.

Do any of these feel familiar?

• Your swing changes under pressure
• You can’t rotate the way instructors ask
• Practice doesn’t transfer to the course
• Your body feels tight during the swing

If so, the issue may not be your swing — it may be how your body supports it.

Lance Gill on Cable machine Training
Golfers often discover that swing limitations they have battled for years are actually physical limitations that can be solved through structured training.

15–30 minute conversation  
No obligation  
Designed to determine if the LGP System is the right pathway for you

What Is Golf Performance Training?

Golf performance training is a structured approach to improving golf by developing the physical capabilities that support the golf swing.

Unlike traditional fitness programs, the LGP Golf Performance System evaluates how your body moves before prescribing training.

How does your body influence:

• Rotation
• Sequencing
• Force production
• Clubhead speed
• Durability across a full round of golf

At Lance Gill Performance, golf performance training is built around devloping six core physical capabilities that influence how a golfer moves. 

These capabilities form the foundation of the LGP Golf Performance System.

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Why Most Golfers Train the Wrong Way

Most golfers attempt to improve their game through:

• More practice
• More lessons
• More stretching

Yet their swing often remains limited because the body cannot support the movement the swing requires.

Common outcomes include:

• Early extension
• Limited rotation
• Loss of posture
• Inconsistent contact
• Reduced distance

These swing issues often appear technical — but they frequently originate from physical limitations in how the body moves.

The golf swing is a movement problem before it is a technique problem.

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The Six Pillars of Golf Movement

At Lance Gill Performance we organize golf movement into six physical pillars that support the golf swing.

Most golfers have limitations in one or more of these pillars — which is why understanding how the body moves is the first step in the LGP system.

Pillars

Mobility
Enough range of motion to reach key swing positions.

Stability
Ability to remain balanced and controlled during movement.

Strength
The ability to control movement under load.

Power
Producing force through the ground and rotational system.

Speed
The rate at which muscular power moves the body.

Skill
Applying these physical capabilities to the golf swing.

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How to Know If Your Body Is Limiting Your Golf Swing

Many golfers assume their swing problems are purely technical.

But in many cases the body simply cannot support the movement the swing requires.

Below are common signs that physical limitations may be affecting your golf performance.

Diagnostic Checklist

  • Limited Rotation
  • You struggle to complete your backswing without lifting or tilting posture.
  • Early Extension
  • Your hips move toward the ball during the downswing.
  • Loss of Posture
  • Your spine angle changes through impact.
  • Inconsistent Contact
  • Solid strikes are difficult to repeat even when your swing feels correct.
  • Reduced Distance
  • You feel like you are swinging hard but not producing speed.
  • Pain During or After Golf
  • Lower back, hip, or shoulder discomfort appears during play.

If several of these patterns feel familiar, the next step is understanding how your body currently moves and how that movement influences your swing.

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Discover What Your Body Is Doing in Your Swing

Justin Spoerl — Systems Architect for the LGP Golf Performance System — works with golfers to understand where their body and golf are today, and design the pathway toward where they want their game to go.

Trusted by competitive golfers, junior athletes, and performance-driven players seeking a structured pathway to improvement.

 

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Learn More About Golf Performance Training

Why Stretching Alone Doesn't Improve Golf Performance

Flexibility without strength often leads to:

• Instability
• Compensation
• Loss of posture
• Inefficient sequencing

Mobility without control rarely transfers to a better golf swing.

The goal is not simply increasing range of motion.

The goal is developing strength through that range, so the body can control movement under speed.

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Two Ways to Begin Improving Your Golf Performance

Some golfers prefer to start with a conversation to understand how their body influences their swing.
Others are ready to explore the training programs that guide the LGP system.

15–30 minute conversation  
No obligation  
Designed to determine if the LGP System is the right pathway for you.

The LGP Golf Performance System

The LGP Golf Performance System identifies physical limitations, builds targeted training programs, and continually refines the process as the body adapts and performance improves.

How the LGP Golf Performance System Works:

Assess

Understand how the body currently moves and how movement influences the golf swing.

Report

Identify physical limitations affecting performance and build a roadmap for improvement.

Train

Develop a customized training program aligned with the golfer’s goals, schedule, and performance priorities.

Re-Assess

Measure progress and refine the program as the body adapts.

Process flow map: Assess, Report, Train, Re-assess

Meet Our Expert Performance Team

The LGP Golf Performance System is delivered by a team combining expertise in golf instruction, performance training, and system design.
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Lance Gill

Lance serves as President of LGP and is a leading golf performance authority working with golfers ranging from amateurs to tour professionals.

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Kayleigh Franklin

Kayleigh serves as Performance Director, responsible for assessing athletes and guiding them through the LGP training process.

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Justin Spoerl

Justin serves as Systems Architect helping golfers understand the pathway between their current physical capability and their performance goals.

Who the LGP Golf Performance System Is For

The LGP system supports golfers across multiple stages of development.
Professional Golf Swing

Competitive Golfers

Improve distance, durability, and consistency.

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Amateur Golfers

Move better and support a more repeatable swing.

Professionals

Professionals

Maintain performance through travel and competition.

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Corporate Golfers

Stay healthy and perform better without excessive practice hours.

Man experiencing lower back pain discomfort.

Golfers With Pain or Limitations

Restore movement and reduce physical restrictions.

What Golfers Often Experience

Golfers who enter the LGP Golf Performance System commonly experience:

• Improved mobility and stability
• Increased swing speed
• Reduced pain and physical restriction
• More consistent contact
• Greater endurance for practice and play

While every golfer’s progress is different, these outcomes commonly emerge as the body becomes stronger, more mobile, and better coordinated for the demands of the golf swing.

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Example Results From the LGP System

When golfers improve mobility, stability, and sequencing, measurable changes often occur in their swing performance.

Before Training
Limited hip rotation → early extension → inconsistent contact

After Training
Improved hip mobility → better sequencing → +10 mph clubhead speed

 

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Golf Fitness & Golf Performance Training — Common Questions

This section answers common questions golfers ask about training for golf.

What is golf fitness?

Golf fitness is a specific discipline designed to help you move, rotate, and generate power the way the golf swing demands — while keeping your body healthy and preventing injury for decades.

What is golf performance training?

Golf performance training develops the physical capabilities that influence the golf swing.

At Lance Gill Performance this follows the Assess → Report → Train → Re-Assess framework.

Does strength training help golf performance?

Yes. Strength training can improve clubhead speed, driving distance, and movement control.

Why isn’t stretching alone enough?

Flexibility without strength and control rarely transfers to golf performance.

Can golf fitness increase driving distance?

Yes. Improvements in strength, rotational power, and sequencing often increase clubhead speed.

How often should golfers train to improve their swing?

Most golfers benefit from training two to three times per week to improve mobility, strength, and rotational power while allowing sufficient recovery for consistent performance.

Is golf fitness only for professional golfers?

No. Golf fitness benefits players at every level by improving mobility, stability, and endurance for the demands of the golf swing.

Understand What Your Body Is Doing in Your Swing

Most golfers try to improve their swing without fully understanding how their body influences movement, power, and consistency.

The first step in the LGP process is simply gaining clarity.

During a short strategy conversation, Justin helps golfers understand:

• How their body may influence their swing
• What physical limitations may exist
• What a structured pathway toward improvement could look like

Golfers ranging from amateurs to tour professionals have used this process to better understand how their body influences their swing.

15–30 minute conversation  
No obligation  
Designed to determine if the LGP System is the right pathway for you

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