GolfSpy AFG

Hey man, much appreciated, the encouragement and the perspective. I was listening to a Fit For Golf podcast perspective this morning with Sasho McKenzie(?) and he was explaining the different areas he looks to find where an athlete can gain speed. What listening to that made me contemplate was my “need for speed” will likely need to evolve to a greater emphasis on technique and overspeed training. And, I need to cobble together some scratch and pick up a radar... I’m not surrendering on this by any means, I have every expectation of hitting bombs in a couple months. Just feeling some anxiety and soreness at the same time! Thanks man

Nice. What loft do you envision gaming it at?

I wanted to write another post, separate from my usual workout posts, to bare my soul a bit. I find myself struggling from a motivation standpoint of late, and overall feel a bit of trepidation over this whole process I've inflicted on myself. After about a month of this program, I played what turned out to be my last round of the year. I posted about it here, but on my usual home course I hit several (for me) bombs that reached 300 yards and left me with sometimes more than a club less than I normally would find myself. I had my playing partners dropping the occasional "wow" and "holy sh!t"...suffice it to say it was extremely motivating, and I try to hold onto that experience as I slog through these winter months. However, as I also posted about here, my last GolfTec appointment was really disappointing. I showed up expecting to see a big MPH jump, and saw almost nothing. Again, I will say that I think personally, I don't perform well in an indoor hitting bay versus being outdoors. And, trying to go for broke on a few tee shots after your instructor has spent 30 minutes working on a prescribed "fix" with you for something else probably isn't the best formula. But the experience left a bit of a bad taste in my mouth as it relates to this whole experiment. One, I recognize that I am making this harder on myself, and likely more inefficient, by not having a radar or monitoring device during the SuperSpeed work, Two, getting up at 4 am, getting the truck out of the garage, putting an extra layer on, and cranking out SuperSpeed reps in the garage, in the winter, in Nebraska is proving to be quite the slog. I'm going to stay at it;, I've come too far at this point. And I'm sure something will fire me up soon enough. Just struggling a bit at the moment and feeling some fear that this would be wasted time and energy, and that this whole "experiment" could actually prove somewhat publicly embarrassing if it proves ineffective.

Today was SuperSpeed Level 4, followed by an A2 workout that kicked my butt. Med Ball Chest Slams - 10 pound ball, 3 x 5 Machine Chest Press - 210, reps at 5, 2 (I think I'm going to replace this with a Smith the next time around) Arnold Presses - 60s, reps at 6, 2 Machine Dips - 250, reps at 12, 4 Lat Pulldown - 190, reps at 6, 2 T-Bar Row - 180, reps at 6, 3 Standing Internal Rotations - 20, 3 x 12 Standing External Rotations - 20, 3 x 12 Box Jumps - 3 x 5

@chisagbeing the effective salesman that he is, convinced me...I finally picked up a TaylorMade SIM DHY, 22 degree. I had some GG gift cards and this was doing well enough in the bay for me that I picked it up to tinker with. We'll see. I'm constantly tinkering with that part of the bag. Case in point... From left to right, the new DHY, a JPX 919 Forged 4 iron, an MP-20 HMB 3 iron with a Recoil shaft, a TS3 4h, and a TS3 3h. All will see some play this year in some combination I'm afraid...I seem to be perpetually searching for the right mix of playability, forgiveness, and anti-hook bias.

I just finished my rankings and turned on the auto-draft. Sigh. I hate missing the draft, but junior has basketball practice, and I refuse to be one of those parents with my nose in the phone, especially when he scores and looks to see if I saw it...

Those are two radically different putters...what's the story there? How did you decide to order these two and which one is going in the bag?

So I thought I was going to be live for the draft, but turns out my 7-year old has basketball practice so auto-draft it is. @Berg Ryman, again thank you for the autodrafting tips. Just to be clear, if I turn on autodraft, and I pre-rank players, the system will default to autodrafting from that pre-rank, right? There's no check box to click to direct the site to auto-draft using the pre-rank?

Another solid workout today. Actually, I overslept so I ended up not getting to the gym until 8:30. I also took my SuperSpeed sticks into the gym and used them in there, and that was probably a more productive session than the just-woke-up and wearing layers & freezing sessions I've been doing in my garage. In any event, SuperSpeed Level 4, followed by: Med Ball Wall Slams - 10 pound ball, 3 x 5 Barbell Curls - 110, reps at 8, 3 Hammer Curls - 60s, reps at 7, 3 Box Jumps - 3 x 5 Standing Cable Anti-Rotations - 50, 3 x 10 Machine Leg Press Calves - 260, 8 reps Single-Leg Deadlifts - 60s, 2 x 8 Leg Press - 700, 2 x 8

Garcia’s tantrums are legendary. Poulter, nothing personal, just some Ryder Cup animosity...

@Berg Rymanthanks for the post...helpful stuff for a first-time fantasy golfer. The pick guys you like thing though...I’m a big Spieth fan so I may have to go a different direction. Maybe I’ll go full dark side and let the hate flow through me...pick P Reed, Poulter, Sergio...

Interesting. Are you suggesting I'm not programming it correctly if I'm doing it as part of a back workout? I don't disagree that there is a lot of quad recruitment, but especially at the second half of the ROM back and traps are certainly working hard.

Thank you both for the feedback; very much appreciated.

So maybe this is a bit odd of me, but the gym was remarkably empty yesterday morning, so I felt a lot less stupid about taking a video of a deadlift set. Here it is. In the event @BMart519or maybe @Chip Strokesin particular, or anyone, have some form critiques please do share. This was the first of two sets of five, and you can see between the fourth and fifth rep I had to "reset" my grip a bit... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaHspWzk91E&feature=youtu.be

I’m thinking the pictures you posted are iron shots (?); did you see an appreciable difference in launch angle with driver doing this?

Easy, don’t start a Tupac - Biggie thing on MGS...

Got back at it and had a very good workout this morning. I’m getting stronger even though I’m strictly in maintenance calorie mode. SuperSpeed Level 4, then: Med Ball Chest Slams - 10 pound ball, 3x5 Dumbbell Inclines - 85s, reps at 7, 1 Kneeling Landmine Shoulder Press - 45, reps at 11, 3 Cable Pressdown - 200, reps at 11, 5 Close-Grip Chins - 12, 3 Trap Bar Deadlifts - 400, 2 x 5 Box Jumps - 3 x 6 Standing Cable Internal Rotations - 20, 3 x 12 Standing Cable External Rotations - 20, 3 x 12 I’m still a little frustrated on the deadlift in that my grip is failing me before anything else, but a sixth rep per set is close. Then, 420 baby!

I have that same problem with driver sometimes. Is there a specific drill you’ve been prescribed or just a focus on the feel of head over right foot you mentioned?

Thanks all for the advice here from a little while ago...finally sold it today given the ER7 raffle prize arrival. I didn’t bother trying to restore the paint fill and listed it for $175, which is about $40 above the PGA Value Guide trade-in but about $25 below prices I found for it retail on line. Sold it 12 hours after listing for the asking price on FB marketplace.

Man that’s just plain dumb on their part. How many clubs get sold because people try and like...never going to happen if you charge just to get in the bay with it.

For me, I was already drawing it but was over-cooking it, often when my body would stall and my hands would take over and flip the club. The PlaneMate has helped me to keep my body turning, so I haven’t hooked it in a long time. Dare I say I only miss one way now (slight push)... Hope that helps.

So I just started my boys on Star Wars; doing it chronologically rather than by movie release order, so they’ve seen Episodes 1 and 2 and now we’ve started The Clone Wars. I feel funny being a grown @ss man watching a cartoon but it’s actually pretty good. The funny part is my oldest is running around saying “I’m Anakin Skywalker!” Boy is he in for a surprise...

Winter in Nebraska...kids are getting more TV time than normal. You know it’s bad when your 3-year old daughter threatens to Care Bear Stare you and your 7-year old son threatens to Force choke his younger brother, all in the same conversation.

Sorry the photos aren’t of the best quality, wanted to rush some pics to this thread! And here it is next to my ER2B... So now I have a big decision to make, to game or not to game. The ER2 has the Gravity Grip, but honestly while I believe the technology is sound I still can’t say I’m crazy about the feel. I’ll follow this up with another thread, quasi unofficial review maybe...

Well looky what arrived today... More to follow, or is it a d1ck move to post these pics? I figure people might want to see the stick but wouldn’t want it to come across as rubbing it in anyone’s nose...