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Karen Palacios-Jansen

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 14 practice drills - Womens Golf
Structure Your Practice Session With My Favorite Practice Drills
Practice something about your game every day. Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates her favorite practice drills for reinforcing sound golf swing fundamentals and mechanics.
Wood Chop Exercise - Karen Palacios Jansen
Work Your Core Golf Muscles With the Wood Chop Exercise
Karen Palacios-Jansen builds her core strength with the Wood Chop exercise using the same movement pattern as the golf swing. Good for power, speed, and endurance.
Karen Palacios Jansen - Windshield Wiper Exercise for Hip Mobility
Improve Your Hip Mobility with Windshield Wipers
Karen Palacios Jansen demonstrates the Windshield Wipers exercise which will give you flexibility and help you rotate your hips in your golf swing.
Golf Specific Warmup Routine - Karen Palacios Jansen - Womens Golf
The Golf Specific Warm Up Routine
Karen Palacios-Jansen's workout warms up your muscles so that you're able to make a better turn. It helps elongate your muscles, gives you flexibility and rehearses the moves you use in the golf swing.
Karen Palacios Jansen quick alignment
Check Your Aim with this Quick Alignment Tip
If you have a hard time lining yourself up, try this quick alignment check from LPGA Professional Instructor Karen Palacios Jansen to make sure that you are aimed at the target.
Karen Palacios-Jansen, LPGA Teaching Professional, demonstrate how to increase hip mobility
Improve Your Golf Swing and Your Balance With Hip Rotators
LPGA Class A Teaching Professional and Certified Personal Trainer Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates how to increase your hip mobility with the hip rotators exercise.
Karen Palacios-Jansen - Lunge with Twist
Improve Your Golf and Fitness with the Lunge with Twist
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates the Lunge with Twist exercise to help you increase strength and mobility in your lower body.
Shape Your Swing Workout - Karen Palacios-Jansen
The Shape Your Swing Workout
Work on your golf swing and get some exercise at the same time with Karen Palacios-Jansen
Speed Skate Lunges for Golf - WomensGolf.com
Generate More Power in Your Swing with Skate Lunges
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates her speed skater exercise to move your hips through the full range of motion and build strength in your hamstrings, quadriceps and core.
Warm Up Exercise - Standing Hip Wraps - Karen Palacios Jansen
Why Warm Up Before Golf?
Avoid Big Numbers on Your Card! Karen Palacios-Jansen explains the costs of not doing your warm up and demonstrates the Standing Hip Wraps exercise.
Weight Shift through side lunges warm-up with Karen Palacios Jansen
Improve the Weight Shift in Your Swing with Side Lunges
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates how side lunges as a warm-up exercise will help your weight shift out on the golf course.
Nutrition on the Golf Course - Karen Palacios Jansen
Nutrition on the Golf Course
Would you change the way you eat if you knew certain foods could help you play better golf? Karen Palacios Jansen explains how to fuel up for a round of golf.
Karen Palacios-Jansen 14 practice drills - Womens Golf
Structure Your Practice Session With My Favorite Practice Drills
Practice something about your game every day. Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates her favorite practice drills for reinforcing sound golf swing fundamentals and mechanics.
Wood Chop Exercise - Karen Palacios Jansen
Work Your Core Golf Muscles With the Wood Chop Exercise
Karen Palacios-Jansen builds her core strength with the Wood Chop exercise using the same movement pattern as the golf swing. Good for power, speed, and endurance.
Karen Palacios Jansen - Windshield Wiper Exercise for Hip Mobility
Improve Your Hip Mobility with Windshield Wipers
Karen Palacios Jansen demonstrates the Windshield Wipers exercise which will give you flexibility and help you rotate your hips in your golf swing.
Golf Specific Warmup Routine - Karen Palacios Jansen - Womens Golf
The Golf Specific Warm Up Routine
Karen Palacios-Jansen's workout warms up your muscles so that you're able to make a better turn. It helps elongate your muscles, gives you flexibility and rehearses the moves you use in the golf swing.
Karen Palacios Jansen quick alignment
Check Your Aim with this Quick Alignment Tip
If you have a hard time lining yourself up, try this quick alignment check from LPGA Professional Instructor Karen Palacios Jansen to make sure that you are aimed at the target.
Karen Palacios-Jansen, LPGA Teaching Professional, demonstrate how to increase hip mobility
Improve Your Golf Swing and Your Balance With Hip Rotators
LPGA Class A Teaching Professional and Certified Personal Trainer Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates how to increase your hip mobility with the hip rotators exercise.
Karen Palacios-Jansen - Lunge with Twist
Improve Your Golf and Fitness with the Lunge with Twist
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates the Lunge with Twist exercise to help you increase strength and mobility in your lower body.
Shape Your Swing Workout - Karen Palacios-Jansen
The Shape Your Swing Workout
Work on your golf swing and get some exercise at the same time with Karen Palacios-Jansen
Speed Skate Lunges for Golf - WomensGolf.com
Generate More Power in Your Swing with Skate Lunges
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates her speed skater exercise to move your hips through the full range of motion and build strength in your hamstrings, quadriceps and core.
Warm Up Exercise - Standing Hip Wraps - Karen Palacios Jansen
Why Warm Up Before Golf?
Avoid Big Numbers on Your Card! Karen Palacios-Jansen explains the costs of not doing your warm up and demonstrates the Standing Hip Wraps exercise.
Weight Shift through side lunges warm-up with Karen Palacios Jansen
Improve the Weight Shift in Your Swing with Side Lunges
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates how side lunges as a warm-up exercise will help your weight shift out on the golf course.
Nutrition on the Golf Course - Karen Palacios Jansen
Nutrition on the Golf Course
Would you change the way you eat if you knew certain foods could help you play better golf? Karen Palacios Jansen explains how to fuel up for a round of golf.
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The Golf Specific Warm Up Routine

Karen Palacios-Jansen’s workout warms up your muscles so that you’re able to make a better turn. It helps elongate your muscles, gives you flexibility and rehearses the moves you use in the golf swing.

Warm Up Exercise - Standing Hip Wraps - Karen Palacios Jansen

Why Warm Up Before Golf?

Avoid Big Numbers on Your Card! Karen Palacios-Jansen explains the costs of not doing your warm up and demonstrates the Standing Hip Wraps exercise.

Nutrition on the Golf Course

Would you change the way you eat if you knew certain foods could help you play better golf? Karen Palacios Jansen explains how to fuel up for a round of golf.