ABOUT KAREN PALACIOS-JANSEN
- LPGA Teaching Master Professional
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer
- AFAA Certified Personal and Group Trainer
- Nike Golf Performance Specialist
- LPGA Top 50 Teacher
- Golf Digest Magazine Top 50 Golf-Fitness Professional
- Former Vice-President LPGA Professionals
- Certified Pilates Trainer
- Lead Instructor Golf Channel Academy
Karen has her own golf events company-Swing Blade Enterprises in Mooresville, North Carolina. She is a LPGA (Ladies Professional Golf Association) Master Professional, a NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) Certified Personal Trainer, a Nike Golf Performance Specialist and Pilates instructor. She developed a golf-specific fitness system called CardioGolf available online at Cardiogolf.com and on DVD.
As a member of The Nike Golf Advisory Staff, Karen participates in Nike product development and promotions.
Karen is a Lead Instructor for Golf Channel Academy and is a regular content contributor to Golf Digest Magazine’s ‘Fitness Friday” column and other online platforms. A former David Leadbetter trained instructor and Jim McLean Golf School master instructor; Karen has been a member of the LPGA T&CP since 1994.
From 2016-19, Karen served as Vice-President of LPGA Professionals. Karen is also a part of the LPGA Education Committee and Teacher Education Program, training future members in the United States and Korea.
Karen, a freelance golf instructional and fitness writer, is formerly the managing editor for 'Golf Fitness Magazine.' Her 'Golf and Fitness Tips' blog is read by thousands of golfers each week. Karen has spent the last 10 years developing her online and social media presence. She has over 10,000 followers on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest and Instagram and more than 100,000 views of her online video tips. Her blog, Cardiogolf ranks 26th out of thousands of golf blogs according to Blog Rank and is ranked among the “Top 50 Golf Blogs” according to Blog Metrics Ranking.
Karen is married to Olympic Gold Medalist speed skater Dan Jansen. Frequently requested as a public speaker and lecturer at golf shows and conferences, Karen has helped thousands of golfers improve their golf games. For more information visit Cardiogolf.com.
Education and Career Highlights
- Master’s Degree –Journalism, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois 1990. Bachelor’s Degree-Speech and Theatre, Stetson University, Deland, Florida 1988.
- Former Vice-President LPGA Professionals
- NASM Certifed Personal Trainer
- AFAA Certifed Personal and Group Trainer
- LPGA Top 50 Teacher
- Lead Instructor for Golf Channel Academy
- Voted Golf Digest Magazine "America’s Top 50 Best Golf-Fitness Professional"
- Voted Golf Digest Magazine (Golf for Women Magazine) "America’s 50 Best Women Teachers" list 1997 to 2013.
- 2008 LPGA National Teacher of the Year.
- 2008 LPGA Southeast Section Teacher of the Year.
- Author LPGA Teaching Her Course- Researched, developed and wrote the curriculum for the LPGA Teaching Her Course-2014.
- Author Golf Fitness Book published by Taylor Trade Publishing. August 2011.
- 2003 and 2008 Voted by Golf Digest Magazine as one of North Carolina’s "Top 50 Teaching Pros".
- 2000 Voted by Golf Digest Magazine as one of Florida’s "Top 50 Teaching Pros".
- Over 100 published articles in magazines such as Golf Fitness Magazine, Golf for Women, Golf Digest Magazine, Golf Tips and Golf Magazine as well as many articles in local publications.
- Former Managing Editor Golf Fitness Magazine.
- Member of The Golf Writers Association of America.
- Speaks fluent Spanish and has traveled extensively throughout Latin America conducting golf schools and clinics. Has taught golf clinics in 12 different countries.
CardioGolf creator and golf performance coach Karen Palacios-Jansen has been named to Golf Digest’s 50 Best Golf-Fitness Professionals in America and is a Lead Instructor for Golf Channel Academy.
Karen, a LPGA Master Professional is a NASM and AFAA Certified Personal and Group Fitness Trainer and Pilates instructor. She is the former managing editor of Golf Fitness Magazine. Over the years she has instructed hundreds of professional and amateur golfers using her very own unique and effective golf-specific fitness training program. Karen and Cardiogolf have been featured in several top golf publications illustrating its success.
What is CardioGolf?
Karen used to have a dilemma: spend her free time working out or working on her golf swing. Golf may be good mental exercise, but as far as a physical exertion it can’t compete with aerobics. So she got to thinking, maybe she could do both at the same time.
Learning to play golf requires a lot of time, effort and money. To play consistently, you must spend countless hours at a golf course. To achieve power, you must train your body, spending time in the gym lifting weights and stretching most days of the week.
In CardioGolf, you’ll be doing a battery of exercises designed to improve your body movement and swing technique. Consistently, repeating golf swing exercises without hitting a ball can accelerate your improvement on the golf course. Without the judgment of where the ball is going, you can repeat the correct swing motion until it is ingrained into your memory and then the motion will be comfortable and natural on the golf course.
Through analysis and research Karen developed a program that revolutionizes how people learn and practice the game of golf. CardioGolf is a way for golfers to improve their swing mechanics and fitness levels at the same time.