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Progress Check

 

I'm 6 or so weeks into speed training with the Stack System and as we know I have made gains with driver, both in the stack sessions and out on the course. But, it was time to validate that with some data and so I performed the progress check, which is the same program as the original baseline.

I've put those two sessions side-by-side in the images above and we can see the results speak for themselves across the board - 5mph quicker with driver, 9mph quicker with the 195kg, 5mph up on the 280kg, 4mph up on the 145g, 6mph on the 95g, 2mph on the trail arm and 5mph on the lead arm.

These are all averages set with full swings, which whilst you all know I've gained much more (15mph) those swings were based on max intent, so are not really a far comparison, they're just there as a means to help increase my ceiling. As we can see 5mph out on course has the potential to increase distance by 29 yards, which is not only a healthy gain, it's something I think I'm actually achieving.

All-in-all I'm thoroughly impressed with the progress I've seen but I know there's still plenty more to come, it's just going to require the same level of dedication I've already shown in order to extract it. 

Based on my results the app has suggested I now take on the full speed spectrum program, which I'll be doing and will continue to track my progress here. I have a few days of rest now before getting back into it but look forward to seeing where this journey takes me next.

To give you sneak preview, the next session is 4 sets, the first 195g for 6 full swings, set 2 is 145g with 8 full swings, set 3 is 145g with 6 max swings and set 4 is 195g with 6 max swings.

Let's keep pushing!

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