Day-6-Simplify Your Set-Up Keep your set-up simple. Use the same set-up for your iron and driver. The ball position differs for a driver and irons, but the distance you are to the ball remains the same. Watch the video to see how to simplify your set up. Off-Course Fitness Tip-Half Kneeling Rotation: Test flexibility between upper and lower body This … Read More
CardioGolf 1000 Practice Swing Challenge-Better Posture 05
Day-5-Better Posture A common problem among high-handicappers and even elite golfers is a lack of mobility in the pelvis and hip area from hours of sitting and lack of activity. To maximize your full potential in the golf swing, you must have the ability to take your joints and muscles through their full range of motion. Performing exercises that focus … Read More
CardioGolf 1000 Practice Swing Challenge-Tight Lies 04
Day 4-Tight Lies In order to make the best golf swings with irons off of a tight lie, you must believe you can hit them well, but sheer anxiety high handicappers experience when standing over a tight lie prevents them from hitting a solid shot. Either they don’t complete the backswing or they tense up and try to help the … Read More
CardioGolf 1000 Practice Swing Challenge-Strengthen Your Lower Body 03
Day 3-Strengthen Your Lower Body The goal of resistance training or strength training is to improve muscle structure to prevent injury. Typically, golfers are vulnerable to injuries in the neck, low back, knees, hips and wrists. For this reason, it is critical that you strength train in these areas. Golf is basically a squat sport. We start in a squat … Read More
CardioGolf 1000 Practice Swing Challenge-Waggle 02
A note from Karen: The challenge is straightforward-simply make 1000 practice swings over the month to improve your swing technique and increase clubhead speed. 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 that you … Read More
CardioGolf 1000 Practice Swing Challenge-Grip Essentials 01
A note from Karen: The challenge is straightforward-simply make 1000 practice swings over the month to improve your swing technique and increase clubhead speed. 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 that you … Read More
CardioGolf and Pilates-The Perfect Combo
CardioGolf Creator, LPGA Teaching Professional, Golf-Fitness Specialist and Certfied Pilates Instructor Karen Jansen teams up with 15 to Fit Pilates, Barre and Fitness to help you take your game to the next level. Karen will design an individualized golf-specific workout program for you combining Pilates reformer exercises with her unique CardioGolf fitness program to help you improve your core strength, … Read More
Build a Better Golf Swing-Ankle Mobility
According to golf-fitness experts Gray Cook and Mike Boyle, the body has an alternating pattern of mobile joints connected by a series of stable segments. If the pattern is altered, it will result in dysfunction, loss of efficiency, and compensation, as well as increasing the risk of injury. They also say that when one of the mobile segments become stiff … Read More
Cardiogolf Daily Dose-Morning Pre-Round Warm-up Routine
In the golf swing, the spine must stabilize as other parts of the body move. So it is important to strengthen core muscles. Â If core muscles surrounding the spine are weak, then those muscles can’t contract to create resistance to allow the arms to swing freely through the ball. It is important to strengthen core muscles, not only to create … Read More
CardioGolf-Pilates Roll-Down for Golfers
In the golf swing, the spine must stabilize as other parts of the body move. So it is important to strengthen core muscles. Â If core muscles surrounding the spine are weak, then those muscles can’t contract to create resistance to allow the arms to swing freely through the ball. It is important to strengthen core muscles, not only to create … Read More