Extreme Fitness For Golf

About the Book

In Extreme Fitness for Golf, PGA Professional and American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Instructor Jon Corliss shows and explains in detail how to exercise for golf.   Corliss follows accepted exercise principals which make Extreme Fitness for Golf adaptable to all fitness levels.  Following his tenet to “live the message,” Corliss combines the best strength building exercises and the best golf specific exercises into his own workout program that carried him to the winner’s circle of the 2003 Virginia State Open Championship.  Extreme Fitness for Golf gives specific routines to help you play the best golf of your career.

Corliss found an ally in Joni DeSmet, Master of Exercise Science from Old Dominion University, and owner of Pungo Personal Training to handle the photography and confirm the validity of the exercises principles.

About the Author

PGA Professional and American College of Sports Medicine certified trainer Jon Corliss captured the 2003Virginia State Open Championship in dramatic fashion and attributed his victory in large part to the intense fitness program employed over the past few years.  Playing against the 160 best golfers in Virginia, Corliss, 46, birdied the 73^rd hole to defeat 28 year-old tour player Paul Scaletta by one stroke.

Jon Corliss has been a PGA professional for 13 years and an American College of Sports Medicine Health Fitness Instructor for three years.  He has played in numerous Tour events, including the 1986 Kemper Open at Congressional and the 1999 Michelob Championship at Kingsmill.  Corliss teaches at Heron Ridge Golf Club in Virginia Beach, VA and helped Sue Vreeland establish The Virginia Beach Golf Academy.

Additionally, Corliss earned certification from the Advantage School of Golf Fitness in Annapolis, MD.