How to Maintain Your Spine Angle and Stay in Your Shot
Karen Palacios Jansen shows how to prevent tops, pulls, and slices by maintaining your spine angle and staying in the shot.
Karen Palacios-Jansen is a LPGA Master Professional, a NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) Certified Personal Trainer, a Nike Golf Performance Specialist and Pilates instructor. From 2016-19, Karen served as Vice-President of LPGA Professionals. She is also a part of the LPGA Education Program, training future members in the United States and Korea. Karen has been voted LPGA Teacher of the Year and has been named to the Golf-Digest Magazine Top 50 Fitness Trainer list.
In May 2025 the LPGA Professionals announced that Karen Palacios-Jansen, LPGA Master Teaching Professional, was the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award.
Recently Karen Palacios Jansen’s CardioGolf® program moved online. CardioGolf® Online Studio has hundreds of workout videos and tips to help you improve your golf game and fitness at the same time. For more information visit CardioGolf.com.
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Karen Palacios Jansen shows how to prevent tops, pulls, and slices by maintaining your spine angle and staying in the shot.
Prepare your body for the course with an at-home fitness routine from Karen Palacios Jansen. Using a golf club, resistance band, and hand weight, you’ll focus on warming up key muscle groups, improving balance, and rehearsing swing positions to build stability and power.
Improve your power and sequence with Karen Jansen as she demonstrates drills (like the Cross-Crawl and Running Man) to enhance the rotational separation between your torso and your hips during the golf swing.
Karen Palacios Jansen breaks down the swing into three core athletic movements: the grip, the hip hinge (posture), and the pivot that are essential for consistency and fluid motion.
Karen Palacios Jansen shows how gripping the club too tightly hinders your swing with a simple scale and drill to help you find the right grip pressure for more consistency and power.
Many golfers mistakenly lift their arms or tilt their upper body instead of rotating their torso and hips. Karen Palacios Jansen demonstrates three simple drills to help you train the proper rotation for a powerful and repeatable swing.
Karen Palacios Jansen shows why the putter grip is unique. Learn the proper hand placement and the popular reverse overlap grip to minimize wrist action and improve your consistency on the green.
What if your golf bag could teach you the secret to a better swing? Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates a no-equipment drill to help you “swing on plane.” You’ll learn to feel the right club path, fix your over-the-top or flat swing, and gain consistency.
Get ready to move better, feel better, and swing more freely with this moderate-impact cardio and agility workout from Karen Jansen designed specifically for golfers. Improve your coordination, balance, and rotational mobility for a more powerful and consistent swing.
2025 Nancy Lopez Golf Achievement Award recipient Karen Palacios Jansen explains why your ball slices and gives you some easy drills for straighter shots. Understand the clubface and swing path connection!
Learn how to maximize your wrist hinge for a more powerful and accurate golf swing. Karen Palacios Jansen of CardioGolf.com breaks down the mechanics with drills and fitness exercises to improve your technique.
Struggling with your irons? Karen Palacios-Jansen from CardioGolf.com explains how incorrect setup can alter your lie angle, leading to inconsistent shots. Learn her simple DIY test to check your lie angle and improve your iron play.
