Get into Golf Shape Before the End of the Year

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Check out my blog for Golf Specific Exercises There are roughly 3 months until the New Year.  That is plenty of time to get in Golf Shape.  Don’t wait until the New Year to start your golf fitness program.  Start by doing a few exercises everyday and you will not only improve your game, but you’ll shape up your body … Read More

Don’t Let a Wrist Injury Keep You out of the Game

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Christie Kerr’s wrist injury during this year’s Solheim Cup may have cost the Americans the Cup.  Obviously she felt horrible that she could not participate the last day, but could her injury have been avoided?  Read about how to avoid the most common golf injuries in my new book Golf Fitness available on Amazon.com. The 10 Most Common Golf Injuries Golf requires … Read More

Core Muscles are Essential to Golf Swing

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Core muscles, which include the abdominals and the low back, are essential to the golf swing to create power. Strengthening the core can be done with simple plank exercises. Plank exercises can be done almost anywhere at any time. Performing plank exercises on a regular basis will help strengthen muscles to improve golf swing and prevent injury. Lie facedown on … Read More

LPGA Teaching Professional and Personal Trainer Karen Palacios-Jansen blogs about all Things Related to Golf and Fitness

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As an LPGA Teaching Professional, certified personal trainer and former managing editor of Golf Fitness Magazine, I come across massive amounts of information about golf and golf fitness. In this blog, I will be sharing with my readers useful information about all things related to golf and golf fitness including tips on strength, flexibility and endurance, mental strategies, nutrition, swing tips … Read More

Cardiogolf Can Prevent Obesity

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Right now in the US, about one-third of the population is obese. This wasn’t the case 30 years ago and in a study, released a few weeks ago in the Journal of Obesity, suggests that by the year 2030, nearly every American will be overweight or obese. Well, not me! Although I will be starting the back nine of life by … Read More

Underwear Technology that will Improve Your Game

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Golf manufactures are making it easier it for us to improve our games: better golf clubs, improved golf balls, special golf training aides, golf-specific nutritional products and now specialized underwear to help you play your best. Underwear?  Yes, I said underwear. In this day and age, the pros are willing to try anything to get an edge on their competition … Read More