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Golf Fitness Confidential by KPJ

Remedy for the Reverse Pivot

The reverse pivot (when the golfer’s back leg straightens and the upper body tilts towards the target) is one of the hardest faults to change in a golf swing.  If you reverse pivot, you may lack power, but don’t despair, there are things you can do to get rid of it.

Reverse Pivot

Sometimes the fault is just lack of understanding of correct swing mechanics, but most of the time it is because the golfer lacks mobility between the upper and lower body.

Here are two things you can do off course to help you shed the reverse pivot.

Ideally, you want to separate your upper body from lower body to rotate your shoulders around your spine so not to tilt toward target

Off-Course Exercises

Learn how to turn your upper body away from target.  To get the feeling of your upper body turning away from target, not towards it, put your front foot on an elevated surface (as to simulate an uphill lie on the golf course) so that your upper body tilts away from the target.  Take practice swings and feel how your back knee stays flexed and your torso rotates away from target.

Step on an elevated surface to simulate an uphill lie

A reverse pivot can be caused by limited trunk to pelvis separation, reduced spinal mobility and limited flexibility in the lats.  Here is an exercise to learn how to separate your upper body from lower body and stretch out those lats (the muscles that run down your back from under your arms).

1. Sit with good posture on an exercise ball.

2. Place a golf club behind your shoulders.

3. Gently turn your upper body over the resistance of your lower body.  Try not to tilt your hips. You can move your head as you turn to help increase range of motion.

4. Hold the stretch for a moment and release and repeat several times.

 

Turn your torso without tilting your hips

 

What is Cardiogolf?


Cardiogolf (www.cardiogolf.com) is a 60-minute golf-specific workout that is taught by certified instructors using an area in a gym or at a practice range. Using the specially designed Cardio Club participants learn exercises to promote better swing mechanics, flexibility, strength and balance throughout the golf swing. The exercises are set to music which makes this program ideal for a group exercise class. It accommodates every golfer regardless of gender, age and skill level or fitness level.

Who developed Cardiogolf?

The Cardiogolf Fitness Program was created by Karen Palacios-Jansen.  Karen, an AFAA certified personal trainer and LPGA teaching professional and is managing editor of Golf Fitness Magazine.  Over the years she has instructed hundreds of professional and amateur golfers using this unique and effective program and has been featured in several top golf publications illustrating this success.

Why 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.

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.

Cardiogolf –The Core Workout is the second DVD to LPGA Teacher of the Year and Certified Personal Trainer Karen Palacios-Jansen’s Cardiogolf Fitness Program. Cardiogolf uses easy-to-learn movements without the need of leaving the privacy of your own home.  In Karen’s newest DVD, you’ll learn core specific exercises to help improve your golf swing, lengthen your drives and reshape your body at the same time. You know you need to exercise for better health, so why not practice your golf swing at the same time.

There is nothing like Cardiogolf on the market today.  This unique golf fitness program is designed to improve swing biomechanics, increase clubhead speed for more power and tone your body at the same time.  Karen demonstrates proper technique step-by-step in a unique format that is easy to follow.  The workout can be modified and intensified to fit the needs of players of all levels. Karen has taught her Cardiogolf fitness program to hundreds of golfers to help them achieve incredible results.  To order visit www.cardiogolfcore.com or call 1-704-663-5199.

Golf Fitness: Play Better, Play Without Pain, Play Longer and Enjoy the Game More by Karen Palacios-Jansen: Book CoverClick here to buy my new Golf Fitness Book

Every golfer, at every level, can shoot lower scores and play injury-free with the golf-specific programs outlined in Golf Fitness. This book looks at the tips and techniques used by today’s top golfers: Master’s Champion Trevor Immelman’s exercise routine, Stuart Appleby on how to develop the “power move,” LPGA Tour pro Suzanne Petersen’s routine for top performance, Phil Mickelson’s trainer Sean Cochran on staying fit in the off-season, and more. Golf Fitness includes exercises to improve the golf swing, details on better warm-ups, whole-body workout routines, and notes on nutrition. The book also looks at the mental game, and how the mind and body can work together for lower scores. Any golfer looking for an edge will find it in Golf Fitness.

 

 

 

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