About The Program

Mach3 is a year-round golf training program that delivers not only speed, but strength and fitness. Yes, you will gain speed, but you will also gain access to our golf fitness community, where we train for the entire game!

Open To All

The Mach3 program is for golfers of all ages, genders, and playing abilities.

Fun & Safe

Workouts are fun, non-exhausting, safe, and athletic in nature.

Accessible

Speed training workouts can be held indoors or outdoors.

Optimized

Train for golf without “bulking up” and using natural golf body motions.

Mach 3 Participants Will:

  • Learn and understand Mach3’s key concept of “Speed Out in Front”

  • Discover why using dynamic, oscillating, variable resistance is the best way to train for speed
  • Find out why golfers of all ages can use the same workout protocol to gain clubhead speed

  • Make the connection between “fatigue management” and optimal results

  • Follow Mach3 protocols throughout the year to enhance their golf performance

A woman swinging a Mach3 golf speed training tool outside on a golf course.
mach 3 speed training instructors

Instructors who attend full workshops have been trained to:

  • Conduct group classes featuring Circuit Training and Round Robin techniques

  • Keep detailed records of golfers’ clubhead speed

  • Think creatively and out-of-the-box in designing golf fitness programs

  • Create a strong connection between local golf professionals and fitness professionals

  • Create a community of golfers whose goal is to stay healthy, fit, and to play better golf

Training Tools

Experience the dynamic style of Mach3 training with our array of speed and strength training implements.

Live Workshops

Our live workshops, taught all over the country, are the very best way to experience the world of Mach3.

Virtual Courses

Our virtual courses enable instructors and golfers all over the world to learn and implement Mach3 principles and training in their own programs.

Program FAQs

What we have found is that a prolonged layoff from speed training will result in the loss of about half the gains you have made. There are two reasons for this. First, approximately half of your eventual gains will come in the initial week of speed training, provided you wholeheartedly embrace our central concept of Speed Out in Front. We know, for example, that a client who picks up 5 mph in their initial Speed Check will eventually gain another 5 yards or more through their training.

Second, when you perform regular speed training workouts, you are treating your body like a finely tuned race car. You’re constantly reinforcing your body’s ability to produce effortless speed. By taking a prolonged break from your training, you’ll lose some or all the speed you have gained from the training. You will not, however, lose the speed you gained from embracing and applying the concept of Speed Out in Front. Once you have an understanding and intention of creating maximum speed upward and well out past the ball, you will be faster than you were before… forever.

A careful evaluation of our records shows that a layoff of less than two weeks will usually result in no speed lost. Between two and four weeks will lead to a partial speed loss. Layoffs of more than one month will lead to the loss of your training speed gains, although not your initial gains.

That is an easy question to answer, because we researched it. After one year of our Mach3 program, we analyzed our numbers and studied our results in relation to training frequency. There was a linear relationship between training frequency and gains in clubhead speed. It looked like this:

Workouts Frequency Average Gain in Clubhead Speed
3X/week 14 mph
2X/week 09 mph
1X/week 06 mph
2X/month 04 mph
1X/month 01 mph

As you can see, the sweet spot is three training sessions per week. By the way, 14 mph is roughly equivalent to 35 yards of carry distance on a well-struck shot with a driver. Think of the difference that could make in your game! Imagine being able to pick up each of your current drives and walk them forward 35 yards before having to hit your next shot. What kind of difference would that make in your score?

We know that many people cannot make room in their schedules for three workouts per week. If you’re serious about clubhead speed, however, you’ll try to come as close to that as possible. Even the 9 mph our clients have averaged on a twice-per-week protocol is worth about 22 yards of carry on a well-struck drive. Do everything in your power to perform at least two speed training workouts per week. You’ll love the results!

What we have found is that a prolonged layoff from speed training will result in the loss of about half the gains you have made. There are two reasons for this. First, approximately half of your eventual gains will come in the initial week of speed training, provided you wholeheartedly embrace our central concept of Speed Out in Front. We know, for example, that a client who picks up 5 mph in their initial Speed Check will eventually gain another 5 yards or more through their training.

Second, when you perform regular speed training workouts, you are treating your body like a finely tuned race car. You’re constantly reinforcing your body’s ability to produce effortless speed. By taking a prolonged break from your training, you’ll lose some or all the speed you have gained from the training. You will not, however, lose the speed you gained from embracing and applying the concept of Speed Out in Front. Once you have an understanding and intention of creating maximum speed upward and well out past the ball, you will be faster than you were before… forever.

A careful evaluation of our records shows that a layoff of less than two weeks will usually result in no speed lost. Between two and four weeks will lead to a partial speed loss. Layoffs of more than one month will lead to the loss of your training speed gains, although not your initial gains.

The answer lies in the human body’s amazing ability to adapt to a training load. You could train the same way all the time, but after just a couple of weeks your body will have adjusted to the training routine and your workouts will yield nothing but a “maintenance” mode. By dividing the year into three training zones, you can focus on short term goals as well as long term goals. Here is an overview of the training segments:

Pre-Season – Pre-Season is a time for POWER development. Power is the combination of strength and speed. Our focus is always speed, but during the Pre-Season we implement strong doses of functional strength training, too. During the PreSeason you are drawing on the base of strength you developed in the Off-Season, plus adding speed to the mix.

In-Season – This is a 6-month segment during which you will be playing most of your golf, whether competitively or recreationally. The major goal of Pre-Season workouts is pure speed garnered in a non-exhausting fashion so that it supports your playing schedule. We’re not trying to make you tired. A tired golfer is a slow golfer. We’re trying to make you faster! During the In-Season segment, we use most of the tools known as the Rope Rodeo… tools that you can move very fast but that do not exhaust you. The sets are very short – often less than 8 seconds. You’ll train in short bursts, with plenty of time for recovery.

Off-Season – This is the time to build strength. What kind of strength? Golf strength. We don’t lift heavy weights… we don’t need that in order to gain speed. There is some weight training, but again the sets are VERY short. The set should be finished long before you get tired. We’re treating you like a finely tuned race car, not a beat-up old jalopy!

No. The technical name for our type of training is Oscillating Dynamic Variable Resistance. In Mach 3, you’re using tools that you can move fast, but most importantly you are both creating the resistance and reacting to it simultaneously. As the rope or chain whips back and forth across the floor or the ground, the resistance is alive and ever-changing. This is diametrically opposed to the way a cable, band, or pulley works. Those training tools offer only a straightline, predictable resistance. Your central nervous system is not highly engaged or challenged. Ropes and chains are totally the way to go in speed training. Much more dynamic, much more challenging to your balance, mobility, stability, and functional strength!

We’ve learned to answer that question with a firm, “I have no idea.” We knew when we gave birth to the Mach3 program that we would get an additional 4-6 mph out of everyone, simply by showing them a different way of “stepping on the gas” in their quest for speed. We have been continually surprised, however, at the magnitude of our results. Across the board our students have gained an average of 11-12 mph of clubhead speed. Some have even gained as much as 14- 17 mph. One gentleman, a +5 handicap, gained an unbelievable 23 mph on his top clubhead speed.

How can this happen? It happens in two ways. First, you learn how and when to put the pedal to the metal during your swing. The best analogy is this… If you’re driving a race car around a curve, when do you accelerate? In Mach3 you quickly learn that your intention to create maximum speed upward, past the ball, is where the gains are born. The sure speed killer is trying too hard too soon – too early in your swing – and thereby dumping all your energy into the ground. SPLAT! It lies there like a sack of potatoes. The sooner you buy into the fact that your speed gains are waiting out in front of the ball, the sooner you’ll get faster. Trying too hard too soon is like stepping on the accelerator from the moment you enter a curve. You’ll likely sail right off the track, out of control, rather than smoothly accelerating to top speed as you exit the curve.

The second way speed gains are born is through training. Our training style is unique. It’s dynamic, lively, engaging, and exhilarating. It’s designed to ramp you up, not beat you down. You should feel at the end of the workout as if you could rip a tree out of the ground. If you’re ever crawling out of the gym, exhausted, at the end of a Mach3 workout, well… we failed you miserably. Fatigue does not equal a productive workout. Pain does not equal workout success! We want you feeling better, not worse. More alive, not half dead. You should be able to leave a Mach3 workout, drive straight to the golf course, and unleash a barrage of birdies!

How fast can you go? We don’t know. Only you will be able to answer that question. We’re not into predictions. Let’s just get to work and find out!

Yes. No one can get faster forever. Sooner or later you will have reached your maximum top speed. But… even at that point, you can always continue to up your average. Training for Top Speed is fun. It’s the “hook” to the program. Our golfers love to come to the gym and compete. Everyone wants to set a new personal record every time they step up to the plate. Many of our students are therefore surprised when they find out that we consider AVERAGE speed to be more important than TOP speed.

Your Average Speed is your playing speed. In practical terms, it’s the average of your speed over 10 to 15 balls. We have found that our good players usually have a differential of about 7 miles per hour between their Average Speed and their Top Speed. This is important because you should be able to distinctly feel the difference between the two.

All our golfers can tell you exactly what they do when they want to reach for that magical 7 mph that leads to an additional carry distance of 17-18 yards on their drives. One of our Tour players, for example, accesses his “Higher Gear” by extending his backswing by one inch, playing the ball one inch further forward in his stance, and trying to swing faster out in front of the ball. It’s that specific. Everyone does it in a different way, but YOU need to know how YOU do it. That way your speed becomes a weapon in your arsenal.

Our goal is to bump up your Average Speed as high as possible. Then, you must develop an even higher ceiling… a place you can go when opportunity knocks. That opportunity is what cries out for your Higher Gear. It’s there for you whenever you want it. The key is, YOU decide. In the same way that you would choose to hit a fade or a draw, or a high shot or a low shot, you make a conscious choice on each tee box to use your Average Speed or your Higher Gear. You go to the Higher Gear when you have a “green light” situation. You feel comfortable on the tee box – for whatever reason – and you use your unique “speed key” to gain that additional 17-18 yards. You own your speed – it does not own you. Use it as a weapon. Anyone can do this. It’s not magic. You are the Boss of your speed!

The Leap of Faith is what you must make in order to gain clubhead speed without worrying about the technicalities of your swing. You must sense the entire motion, rather than trying to intellectualize its parts. You must have faith in the notion that your intention of sending your energy upward, past the ball, and creating your maximum speed well out in front of the ball, will create your technique for you. It’s not the other way around. You don’t try to come up with a technique that will make you faster. You allow your technique to be spawned from your intention to be Faster Out in Front. Speed Out in Front! That is the concept on which our entire program is built!

You must also make a Leap of Faith that you will not hit the ball with less accuracy just because you are swinging faster. There is absolutely no reason that this should happen. Think about it… in Mach3 you are gaining speed via greater efficiency. Efficiency is also the greatest contributing factor to accuracy. This has nothing to do with swinging harder. Some outsiders think we are jumping out of our shoes, swinging as hard a s we can and hoping something good happens. NO! It has NOTHING to do with swinging harder. Your intention of generating maximum speed out in front of the ball will enable you to shed wasted motion. You become more efficient, and therefore faster.

The faster you swing, the straighter the ball should go.

The 10 Golden Rules of
Golf Speed Training

VIEW PDF 1 Make speed your exclusive goal. A goal is most easily achieved when not mixed with other goals. When speed training, train for SPEED and don't simultaneously set your sights on other goals such as strength, mobility, or endurance. Everything you do should support your quest for speed. Yes, you might do some strength and mobility work, but it will be limited to essential movements whose purpose is to support the speed training. 2 During workouts, carefully manage fatigue levels. A tired golfer is a slow golfer. There are all sorts of ways to make an athlete tired. If you do so, you will also make them slower. This is the hardest things for many athletes and coaches to accept, because most of them equate an exhausting workout with a “good” workout. A perfect speed training workout will leave the golfer energized, not exhausted. Feeling better, not worse. Ramped up, not beaten down. If your golfers are dragging themselves out of the gym, you did them a disservice. They should feel like they could walk out the door and rip a tree out of the ground. They should be able to drive straight to the golf course and tee off, not have to drag themselves home to the couch and recover for 24 or 48 or 72 hours. 3 Utilize short sets. The workout is an explosive, energizing event, not an endurance contest. The length of your sets should normally be between 6 and 8 seconds, with 8 to 24 seconds rest in between sets. Occasionally you can drop in a 12 or 16-second set, but it should be rare. Your golfers should go all out for a very short period of time, and then recover enough to do that again. In fact, speed training in its purest form would involve sets that last only 4 seconds, with about 45 seconds of rest in between. That could make for a slightly boring workout, though, and rest periods in the 8 to 24-second range will do the job and keep them engaged. Use tools that provide dynamic variable resistance. That means ROPES, and in the right environment, chains. Ropes and chains are the very best tool because they provide dynamic, variable, OSCILLATING resistance. It is somewhat random and unpredictable – the golfer is simultaneously creating and reacting to the movement of the rope. These tools are also very safe because the force curve perfectly matches the actual sports motion, and because the rope/chain is not exactly “with” the golfer when the golfer is in transition, the resistance is LOWEST as the golfer is changing direction. With high speed rope/chain training, each rep is NOT exactly the same...and that’s a good thing! We don’t seek perfect... we seek ATHLETIC! 4 5 Every movement is a full body movement. There is NO isolation. No such thing as training one body part, or even one half of the body (upper, lower, etc.). No such thing as a “hip exercise” or a “chest exercise” or a “back exercise.” No such thing as a single plane movement. It’s the whole body, every time, all the time. 6 Measure 5-10 full driver swing in every workout. Golf speed training is FUN, mainly because it is clearly defined by a number, and golfers love to compete. Keep track of two things:
a. Average speed – this is equivalent to the golfer’s “playing speed
b. Top speed – this represents the golfer’s “highest gear,” which can be used on wide open holes where the risk of hitting into trouble is minimal. 7 Make sure the golfer is relatively fresh when it is time to step into the hitting net. If the workout has been tough, make sure they can rest and drink water for a few minutes before they hit. Remember, the goal is to be fast, not tired. It’s all about performance. 8 Encourage your golfers to teach themselves. They should keep notes regarding what they feel makes them faster through the ball. They should fearlessly experiment. After a couple of weeks, each of your golfers should be able to clearly state to you exactly what yields their fastest swings. 9 Involve yourself in making sure each golfer has a custom fit driver. The modern game demands that for best performance, a golfer needs premium equipment. If budget prohibits them from buying new equipment at retail prices, do your best to search the internet (Ebay) to help them find a driver that they can swing fast. Choice of driver – and the fact that it is a good fit – makes a HUGE difference. 10 Golf speed training is non-technical. Bogging down in the intricacies of swing technique is like letting the air out of the tires on a dragster. There is one swing thought that universally helps golfers swing faster... CREATE THE MOST SPEED PAST THE BALL. That intention spawns the technique, not vice versa. An artistic rendition of a golf course.