A note from Karen: The challenge is straightforward-simply make 1000 practice swings during the month of October to improve your swing technique and increase clubhead speed. Â You don’t need to go to the driving range or golf course, you can simply make practice swings in your garage or living room at home a few minutes a day (just make sure … Read More
LPGA Teaching Professional Karen Palacios-Jansen Blogs about Golf and Fitness
A Note from Karen: 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 share 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 … Read More
Cardiogolf Spring Training-Get the Rust off Your Game
To jump-start your golf game, you’ll want to spend a few sessions at the practice range to kick off the rust; but think quality not quantity. While it is fun to go out and beat a bucket of balls with your driver, this actually may be counter productive to your game and swing. A quality session requires no more than … Read More
Cardiogolf Spring Training for Flexibility
Take the time over the next couple of weeks to spring up your golf fitness program to help improve your body and swing. Â Try some of these golf-specific stretches to help increase your flexibility. Increasing your flexibility helps you create long, lean muscles and long, lean muscles work best for golf. When you elongate your muscles the more efficient your … Read More
Can sitting be bad for your golf game?
Is sitting bad for your health?  According to studies that inactivity ranks  as fourth in line after high blood pressure, tobacco use, and high cholesterol as a major risk factor for chronic diseases.  Inactiving has been associated with heart disease, Type 2 diabetes and cancers. Do you sit too much? Another studies shows that for every additional 30 minutes you … Read More