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.
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.
Karen Palacios-Jansen shows why the top of the grip on a putter is flat and demonstrates how to take the popular reverse overlap putting grip.
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.
Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrates how side lunges as a warm-up exercise will help your weight shift out 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.
If you’ve been struggling and not hitting consistent shots then it may just be your grip pressure. Here’s a drill from Karen Palacios Jansen to get your grip pressure just right.
The three key golf fitness practices Karen Palacios-Jansen recommends are a good pre-round warm up, managing your energy during the round, and off-course stretching to build your flexibility.
Double benefit! Warm up and learn the correct weight shift movement with Karen Palacios-Jansen’s Shoulder Rotators to Pivot drill.
Karen Palacios-Jansen has a quick drill to help you with the common swing fault known as ‘coming over the top’.
Christina Ricci and Karen Palacios-Jansen demonstrate the ‘Lean In’ concept with the driver to maximize your distance off the tee. So, let’s get to it!
Karen Palacios-Jansen from CardioGolf demonstrates the right way to stretch the muscles that affect how your shoulders turn in the golf swing.
The key to striking the ball from a tight lie (when there isn’t much grass under the ball) is to maintain your spine angle throughout your swing.
