Slacking but still stacking and definitely making gains...

I haven't posted here for ten days as I've had somewhat of a busy schedule to cope with, however, I've maintained my stack schedule as best as I can through that period...

Session 17 saw my top line drop a little compared with recent sessions, as recorded a 94mph stack speed which equates to 103mph eSpeed and a 287 yard distance potential. But, that's not the story of that session as I was 4mph quicker with the 95g in a step set, taking the record up to 106mph and managed a set average of 103mph, which is also 2mph quicker than before.

Meanwhile, on the 60g step set I achieved a 108mph and a set record of 106mph, with these step sets really starting to pay dividends in terms of sequencing the swing.

Moving onto session 18 and you'll see my usual day off between sessions had slipped due to other commitments but I was back to 96/105mph on the stack/eSpeed, which equates to 293 yards distance potential.

And, it was a similar story on the other weights, with a record/set record set on the 135g, a set record on the 95g and a healthy jump on the 255g.

Ideally, my next session should have been two days after session 18, however, life got in the way once more and I wasn't able to train again until 4 days later (although I did my mobility exercises each day between). And, well, the results kind of speak for themselves... as I made more significant progress in session 19, with a 6mph jump on the 105g to 107mph, whilst increasing the set record by 6mph to 105mph.

This was followed up by a 4mph jump on the 80g to 109mph with a set record of 106mph and a 1mph jump on the 240g to 94mph and 92mph for the set.

By the time I got to the 195g I still felt like I was still moving pretty quickly though, which isn't always the case and whilst the first two reps fell a little short at 96mph, I followed that up with a 97, 98 and 99mph reps. The quickest I'd been on the 195g was 97mph so this was fantastic to know I have that extra in the tank and as a one-off see's me over the 300 yard distance potential barrier for the first time.

So, we're moving in on the 110 target but next up, we go for the 99mph average... #LGLG

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