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 various 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.
According to studies, surfaces like concrete and treadmills present us with essentially simple ways to move. The continual flat surface creates repetitive motions in our joints and muscles, so movement patterns become locked into on direction.
We neglect wider ranges of motion that would happen on unstable surfaces. Whereas walking on uneven ground continually shifts our center of gravity, meaning we have to work harder to continually come back to balance in the midline, and this has a deeper engagement through the whole of our fascial, muscle and skeletal systems.
The Difference
The difference between a standard flat fitness step and my CardioGolf Slope is the curvature. You never have a completely flat lie on the golf course, whether you are walking or hitting a shot, so it is important to rehearse swinging and walking on a sloped surface.
In the CardioGolf Fitness System, we use the CardioGolf Slope to do low impact cardio, strength, balance exercises and swing drills.
The benefits of the Slope include:
- The CardioGolf Slope can be used to improve fitness and for golfers
- The Slope can be used for low-impact cardio, strength and balance exercises.
- The Slope can be used to rehearse uphill and downhill lies and to do golf-specific drills.
- The Slope can be used to do step aerobics and low impact exercises. According to studies participating in a 60-minute step aerobic class has been comparable to jogging 6 to 7 miles.
- The Slope can be used to do strength weight-bearing exercises. Studies show that weight-bearing exercises increases bone mass and bone density.
- The curvature of the Slope helps build balance and more core strength. Studies show that walking on uneven ground continually shifts our center of gravity, meaning we have to work harder to continually come back to balance in the midline, and this has a deeper engagement through the whole of our fascial, muscle and skeletal systems.
Karen Palacios-Jansen is a LPGA Class A Teaching Professional and a Certified Personal Trainer specializing in Golf Fitness. Karen serves as the National Vice President of the LPGA Teaching And Club Professionals Membership and has been voted as one of America’s “Top 50 Golf-Fitness Professionals” by Golf Digest Magazine and “Top 50 Instructor” by LPGA. Karen received the prestigious LPGA National Teacher of the Year award in 2008.
Karen Palacios-Jansen is the creator of CardioGolf, a golf-fitness program available at CardioGolf.com. Follow Karen online on Twitter and Facebook.
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