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What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)
WaffleHouseTour replied to hckymeyer's topic in The Daily
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Like all the above - love yoga and find it to be very beneficial. I specifically took it up to help w mobility and flexibility in my golf game. But today I’d keep doing it even if I was told I could never golf again. Good for the body and mind. one suggestion - while I know there are a million videos on line, find a class and instructor. A good one will give you subtle cues in class that make all the difference. And don’t worry if you feel like you don’t know what you are doing, or can’t get into a pose. A) no one cares, B) everyone was there once. Depending on where you live, you can often find classes on the MindBody or Momence apps. Look for a beginner class but don’t be afraid to jump into an intermediate flow. my personal favorite is Astanga (half primary series) it’s the same flow every time. Very meditative because you know where you are going. Builds core strength and some heat. I also love a hot class, but I know that’s not for everyone. I also like a good yin class in the evening.
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Ooooh.... I like the looks of that. I had my Alphard connected to a BagBoy Quad - and loved the set up - but broke a wheel and thats why I'm in the market. I liked the pouch, the enclosure on top - and all that appears intact on the Volt. However, one of the most import things to me is the size when it's folded up. i'm comparing it to the MotoCaddy M7 - which is a bit shorter, but a bit wider.... decisions, decisions. I wish someone had a review on here. Some real world experience on hills, turning, etc...
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Putting putting putting... my coach has me working on bringing my elbows in closer to my body. My mental cue is actually to have them graze my ribs. Trying to get more "gate" action with the putter. I've always kinda locked my elbows in place well out from my sides, so this is definitely a very different feel. I'm trying not to look at the putter as it rocks back and forth because I see it opening and closing. But I'll say this - my longer putts are much better. Easier to generate more speed without pulling. So a good start to the weeks' practice.
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When Do You Normally Golf? (Times/Days)
WaffleHouseTour replied to GolfSpy_APH's topic in The 19th Hole
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I'm looking to replace my Alphard (Ive had it for years and it needs a new battery and so I'm hoping around before I do that. I'd never heard of a QOD. Looks interesting - the wheel base is larger in the front? My question is - who does it handle hills?
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What do you do with your old clubs after you get new ones?
WaffleHouseTour replied to IAGolfDad's topic in General Q&A
Give them to the pro at my club to be given to a coach or a kid on the high school teams who may need them. Have two high schools that practice at our course and though I complain about them beating up the range there is always a kid I’m sure can use something they otherwise can’t afford. -
I think I've had a good month - elliptical Mon-Fri; Yoga Sat/Sun; and 15-20 minutes with a kettlebell every other day (alternate with my Stack days). Definitely getting better w the kettle bell. Don't stick w a set routine, but try different things each time I've found on instagram - but always focused on core.
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The Stack System Review and Progress Thread
WaffleHouseTour replied to dlow206's topic in Member Reviews
Step protocol - anyone else have trouble with this? I'm in the full speed spectrum right now. I can be humming along doing well, or every making some gains one the first three sets and then I get to the Step intent. Not only do I slow down (compared to what I think I should be with the lighter weight), but that slowness carries over to the final set. I know this should be helping me w my weight shift, etc... but it's causing me trouble. Anyone else experience that? -
I'm super intrigued. I really liked the 2nd gen link - the black one. Any problems I've had with it stem from a jacket hanging over it, typically in the rain; or getting it to stay clipped to my pocket - also in the rain. I know there are some folks out there who apparently has some preview or beta versions - I'm curious how its done in a set of rain pants. Not your typical shorts - but rain pants.
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Last night during the Bills Chiefs game I had to spend the second half walking from the living room to the dining room to the kitchen to the bed room to the living room back and forth and back and forth to close my "movement" active calorie ring - but I kept the streak alive. The things we do... My watch battery had drained earlier in the day (whole other story) and so it turned off in my ashtanga yoga practice - didn't record the full class. So I know I'd burned 700 calories, but the watch etc didn't know that. But there is no place for an asterisk there - it would just show as a failure - so I walked around the house during every replay and commercial break just to keep the streak alive.
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Another week, another 7 days of closed Movement rings hitting my 700 active calories goal. Found more golf specific kettle bells to do as well. Two blizzards in the last week has thrown a wrench into my Stack routine and I'm losing "Grit" - though I think I'm due a little for snow shoveling 18 inches in -11* weather... but the app doesn't know that. On the plus side the Wordle streak remains alive as well - gotta exercise the brain as well as the body.
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When the Apple Watch first came out I scoffed at the notion of a phone on my wrist when I had one in my pocket. I’ve come to rely on it . Good for sleep tracking. Great for fitness. Never use it as a phone but I leave the phone in silent mode and get all my alerts on my wrist - good for the kind of work I do. And my wake up alarm just bumps my wrist, doesn’t wake up SheWhoMustBeObeyed at 5:30 am.
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I don't know what the "best" exercise or workout is - but I do know that doing something every day is better than doing nothing. To that end, keeping track of what you are doing I find to be a good motivator. I really like my Apple Watch - big improvement over my FItBit which never thought I was doing anything in a hot yoga class no matter who wiped out I was. With the AppleWatch more than the time spent exercising I'm motivated by how many "active" calories I've burned and did I close my "move" ring (red). My daily goal is 700. Eight days into the new year, eight daily goals met. Doesn't have to be Apple, but I strongly encourage anyone serious about improving their health adopting some way to track your activity in real time. Not just at the end of the day. But how am I doing at noon, or at 6pm, or at 9pm toward reaching my goal.... On more than one occasion I've been known to walk up and down the stairs at bed time until I hit my daily goal in active calories burned, just to close the ring, just to keep the streak alive. Accountability! (or may be obsessiveness...)
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The Stack System Review and Progress Thread
WaffleHouseTour replied to dlow206's topic in Member Reviews
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My off season has always been Elliptical for 40 minutes first thing in the morning Mon-Fri followed by 30 min of stretching; with Hot Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga on Saturday and Sunday. I've decided that I need to incorporate more strength/resistence training beyond the yoga workouts. Age and desire to swing faster. My fitness goal for 2024 is to incorporate a kettle bell routine into that schedule with an every other day approach. Instagram has been a great source of suggestions on what to do w a kettle bell - I have one 35lb bell. My goal is to do 20-30 minutes every other day and on those days shorten either the elliptical or follow up stretching. The alternate days are Stack swinging days... So far the kettle bell has been a lot of chops, halos, rotational swings, lunges, single leg hip hinges, single arm presses and rows. The challenge of one bell; its either too heavy or too light for certain routines. But I do that ones I can - and that's better than not doing any at all. The thing I like about the bell is its fairly versatile - despite the statement above - and I can mix things up and not do the same thing every day.
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I'm experiencing a problem and wonder if anyone else has as well - the eWheels is fully changed, but won't turn on. Press the button and nothing. If I have it plugged into the charger and press the button it lights up - all the lights are one - but if I unplug it, then it instantly turns off. Two emails to Alphard have gone unanswered. Last month it just quit working while on the course. Stopped mid round. I assumed I had forgotten to charge it after the last round. Put it on the charger, waited for it to go from red to green; turned it on to make sure the "wheel of light" was all there. Good to go. Get it to the course, won't turn on...
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2021 Official Review: Motocaddy M5 and M7
WaffleHouseTour replied to GolfSpy MPR's topic in Forum Testing Reviews
Sorry to hear that. That is encouraging. Another questions if I may - do you have to remove the battery to charge it, and/or fold up the cart? In some of the videos in this thread I saw it being removed before folding - I just wasn't sure if that was required to be able to fold up the cart. I've got an Alphard eWheels that is dying on me and I'm considering replacing it. Looking at the plus/minus of the different carts. -
2021 Official Review: Motocaddy M5 and M7
WaffleHouseTour replied to GolfSpy MPR's topic in Forum Testing Reviews
Long term use question for you MotoCaddy M7users - after three seasons of use - how is the battery life? Have you seen degradation or are you still getting what you need? Anyone replaced the battery? @ole gray @BIG STU -
The Stack System Review and Progress Thread
WaffleHouseTour replied to dlow206's topic in Member Reviews
How much variation do you all see from swing to swing in any given set? In the final 195g I typically will see differences of 4-6mph from swing to swing. Sometimes 10-12 mph. Othertimes its just 1 or 2 mph difference. But typically its 4-6 mph. I chalk this up to poor form, and swing mechanics more so than strength or speed. A sudden throwing over the top for instance. -
Looks really interesting. Here is the problem I see - trunk space in the car. Obviously they had to lay the seats down. I have to put my bag in my car diagonally, and that's where I have trouble getting my eWheels into the trunk along with it. I like that they put a real emphasis on not tipping over. Moving the big wheels and the weight forward is a smart idea. Hurray for that. But not sure I like the idea of the "trolley" built into the bag. May work for some, but if you just grab the bag for practice, to the range whatever that may prove inconvenient. But maybe for some that is just fine. Good luck to them.
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Cold weather gloves are always a challenge. Its as if the laws of nature require a trade off between warmth and grip. My go to has always been the old FootJoy WinterSof black knits. I see FootJoy has something new this year - a combination of fleece and leather on the palm - https://www.footjoy.com/men/golf-gloves/stasof-winter-pair/000SSW.html?dwvar_000SSW_color=66801E#start=1 Has anyone given these a try? Anyone find the holy grail of warmth and tackiness?
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Today starts the annual 24 hours of soaking and salting our turkey. I’ve tried multiple brines over the years, citrus, bacon, etc… but with my brothers family coming over this year I’ve returned to my old favorite - the maple syrup turkey brine. What’s yours? Maple a syrup brine recipe below: 6 bay leaves 3 tbps peppercorns 2 cups kosher salt 16oz pure maple syrup 1 head of garlic 2 gallons of water Bring to a boil then let cool Wash turkey and remove insides. Submerge overnight.
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1 - get the driver speed up to 105mph 2 - improve strike/center of the club face w said driver 3 - lower my Strokes Gained Approach to -2 4 - lower handicap to 5