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In the ballpark

 
One of the nice features of the stack app is that it understands you need rest between sessions, with a day off between each session scheduled if you want to stay at a 100% grit score (I always aim to stay at 100% as I want to get as many sessions in as possible). Anyway, I digress, the nice feature is that if you do a speed priming session prior to a round it will then move the session down the line by a further two days, giving your body the reprieve it needs.

In my case I did just that ahead of a competition round, in order that I could get loose and limber for the round, especially as I was already a little sore from pushing my body over the previous few days. That said, when it came due for my next session I was playing another competition on that day too. However, with the rest I'd had in between I decided to push on with training before heading out onto the course.

I wasn't at my absolute quickest with the 195g, albeit only 1mph short on the average, but I made up for that with more records on the other weights. A 102mph on the 95g step, which is 3mph quicker than my previous best and the same for the set, with a 101mph beating my previous 98mph was a pretty decent result.

I followed that up on the 80g with a 103mph, just stealing a march on my previous best, whilst the numbers began climbing on the 240g too, with a 93mph top speed and a set record of 91mph.

As part of my increased will to increase my club head speed and improve my game as a result, I have also signed up to Fit for Golf and will embark on routines from the app on my down days from stacking and playing. Genuinely the exercises I do prior to a stack session, which are included in the stack app, have already improved my mobility and general fitness massively but I want to see how far I can push things along with the help of FFG.

Let's keep pushing, 110 is on the horizon!!!

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