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.
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.
Use the Body Motion, Step & Swing, and Shift & Turn Sequence Drills from Karen Palacios Jansen to learn to move your weight correctly in your golf swing.
The start of your swing sets up your entire golf shot. This drill from Karen Palacios Jansen will help you make sure your takeaway is wide and smooth.
Karen Palacios-Jansen from CardioGolf.com shows how to keep your clubface square by taking a neutral grip and lining up the face at address. Then rehearse with half swings to start hitting solid shots.
Alignment is the easiest fundamental to work on, and probably one of the most neglected principles of golf. Karen Palacios Jansen shows how to set up an alignment station.
Practice something about your game every day. Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates her favorite practice drills for reinforcing sound golf swing fundamentals and mechanics.
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 demonstrates the Windshield Wipers exercise which will give you flexibility and help you rotate your hips in your golf swing.
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.
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.
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 demonstrates the Lunge with Twist exercise to help you increase strength and mobility in your lower body.
Work on your golf swing and get some exercise at the same time with Karen Palacios-Jansen
