I developed the CardioGolf ‘Slope’ to help golfers practice uphill and downhill lies, but it is also a great tool for exercise. You can do a variety of traditional low-impact exercises as well as strength, balance, core and even upper body exercises.

Get Your Own Cardiogolf Slope for Your Home Gym

The CardioGolf Slope

You almost never have a flat lie on the golf course, so it is important to practice your swing on sloping lies to develop feel and stability. The CardioGolf ‘Slope’ is curved like a fairway slope. You can vary the angle you place your foot to practice varies sloping lies. I developed the CardioGolf ‘Slope’ to help golfers practice uphill and downhill lies, but it is also a great tool for exercise. You can do a variety of traditional low-impact exercises as well as strength, balance, core and even upper body exercises.

The CardioGolf Slope is ideal for cardiovascular training and lower body exercises and can be used as a regular gym bench as well.

The CardioGolf Slope is curved and works similar to a balance ball or BOSU ball, also known as a Swiss ball, fit ball or stability ball. The Slope works similar to these training aids, but with the Slope, there is no need to have all the different balls. The Slope will help you work on your core body muscles-the abdominals and back muscles.  A primary benefit of exercising on the curved Sloped as opposed to exercising directly on a hard flat surface is that the body responds to the instability of the Slope to remain balanced, engaging many more muscles to do so. The Slope also double as a gym bench or a chair and is easy to move and store and can challenge your body’s balance in ways that a stable bench cannot.

Core stabilization is crucial to your overall golf performance. Your core or torso which encompasses your hips, abdominals, back and legs are the stabilizing muscles during a golf swing; these muscles hold a position while other parts of the body are at work.  The Slope is effective in strengthening your core muscles, as well as increasing your flexibility, range of motion and improving balance.  In my opinion, it is the single most important golf-specific accessory you will own. The Slope can be used in conjunction with dumbbells, medicine balls and resistance bands.

You almost never have a flat lie on the golf course, so it is important to practice your swing on sloping lies to develop feel and stability. The CardioGolf ‘Slope’ is curved like a fairway slope. You can vary the angle you place your foot to practice varies sloping lies. I developed the CardioGolf ‘Slope’ to help golfers practice uphill and downhill lies and help them with sequencing of the weight shift and balance.

Maximize Your Golf Performance

To maximize your golf performance, the golf athlete needs to do a variety of different exercises and workouts to build and fitness.  There are seven physical performance factors that are crucial to every golf-conditioning program: posture, balance, mobility, stability, power, coordination, and endurance.

The ideal way to train for golf is using a technique called Periodization. Periodization is the process of varying a training program at regular time intervals to bring about optimal gains in physical performance.  Periodization is a fancy word for seasonal training. In other words, you need to mix it up and do a variety of exercises during the year.

Your workouts should fit the season you are in.  Even if you play golf all year round, you still need to vary your workouts so not to plateau. In order to build strength, you need to constantly push yourself by increasing intensity and resistance.  But you also need to allow your body periods of rest to recover, so you don’t always want to be doing intense workouts.

Off-Season is the perfect time to get as strong as possible. Weight training and the use of a stability ball will be your main tools. Don’t be afraid to hit the weights hard and heavy – the stronger you can get, the better. This is also the best time to improve your balance, because stability is the combination of strength and balance.