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Archives for: January 2008

Golf tip: Is golf making you fat?

Monday January 14, 2008 | 06:32:34 am 816 words, 6232 views  
For every additional 30 minutes you spend driving in your car, you increase your chances of becoming obese by three percent, studies say. Although that may not seem like much, but within a few years, it could mean an additional 10 to 30 pounds. Add this to the time you spend sitting in a golf cart while you play golf and you could argue that playing golf could be making you fat. Hitting a ball every five minutes with bouts of rest in between sitting in a golf cart is not considered appropriate exercise to lose or even maintain ...

Golf Tip: Winterize your golf game

Thursday January 3, 2008 | 01:40:08 pm 262 words, 5928 views  
Most people this time of year hang up their clubs and just wait for spring to come around to play again, but you don’t have to wait for good weather to work on your game. The winter months are actually an ideal time to work on some aspects of your game. Why not spend a few minutes a day working on your flexibility, strength and swing technique. Spending even 5 to 10 minutes a day swinging a club will keep you supple and loose and you won’t have to relearn your swing after the long layoff. I developed an exercise program ...

Karen Palacios - Jansen Karen Palacios - Jansen

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LPGA Teaching Professional Karen Palacios-Jansen can be seen regularly on The Golf Channel as a guest instructor. Golf for Women magazine tabbed her one of America's top 50 instructors. She has trained with David Leadbetter and taught golf at the Jim McLean Golf School Instructor at the Doral Resort and Spa in Miami. Karen now has her own company, Swing Blade Enterprises, in Mooresville, N.C.