Apr
13
2008

Progress Update: April 13, 2008

Posted by Double Eagle in My Progress

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It looks like spring has finally arrived. We’ve had great temperatures lately, though a fair amount of rain also. Still, it has allowed me to start to get into more of a mid-season practice and play routine.

I’m off to a decent start already, mostly because I was able to play somewhat regularly throughout the winter. Not as much as I would have preferred, but I wasn’t forced to put away my clubs for months.

That has given me a head start this year. Looking at my statistics for this year so far (I’ll put them up on the stats page near the end of the month), I’m already better than I was at this time last year, but definitely not where I want to be.

I’m hitting a lot more fairways, more greens, and taking fewer putts. These are due to changes I’ve made with my swing and putting stroke, as well as the fact that I’m more sharp, with having been able to play sporadically throughout the winter.

If I had to point to a single reason why I’m not close to where I want to be, it’s physical conditioning. I haven’t dropped the weight that I expected to and am not in the physical condition I want to be in. However, I am making progress in those areas. Still, fatigue affects my golf game.

After putting up a not-terrible 42 on Thursday (with a triple-bogey blow-up hole), I followed up with a bad 46 on Saturday. I had done a range practice session a few hours before and was a little rubbery in the legs. Had I taken a cart, maybe I would have been more fresh, but that’s beside the point. I should be able to condition myself to practice and play without fatigue causing me to be so sloppy.

That aside, I hit some really good shot and my ball striking is coming around.

Tweaks

I’ve fallen behind in some of the planning activities I want to accomplish for the season, including developing my updated practice and exercise plans, so I need to get on top of that.

Obviously, I need to ratchet up my workouts, because I’m very disappointed with where I’m at.

It’s time for me to resume my lessons, as well. I’ve been waiting until the weather is decent, so I could make sure I’m able to do my post-lesson homework effectively. It doesn’t make much sense to get a lesson then be stuck not being able to practice for a long period.

All in all, in spite of several areas that need vast improvement, I think I’ve made a lot of progress and I think it’s going to show as the season gets going. I’m really looking forward to getting into a good groove.

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There are currently 5 responses to “Progress Update: April 13, 2008”

  1. 1

    Nick Fogelson said:

    Checkout my last post on fitness results from the free program at http://www.mensworkoutguide.com. This is an unsolicited plug I get nothing from it. The program is great! Its very intense but only takes about an hour six days a week (3 days strength + 3 days interval training.) I haven’t even followed it exactly and I’ve still lost weight and become stronger.

    Posted on April 13th, 2008 at 2:56 pm

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    Double Eagle said:

    That seems like a great program, Nick. It looks like you’re seeing some great results.

    I would probably have to modify it some to be able to fit in that many workouts in the week during the golf season. That would have been perfect for me over the winter when there’s not much golf practice or play going on.

    I’m going to try and give some serious thought to my workout and golf plans over the next week to try and optimize my time to be able to fit in more workouts while not losing out on golf time, if possible.

    Posted on April 13th, 2008 at 10:56 pm

  3. 3

    The Happy Rock said:

    That is going to be a heavy schedule.

    Practice and workout plans, lessons, working out, practicing, and playing.

    Working out some system for review and accountability seems like an absolute necessity. It will be easy to let parts of the plan slip.

    GTD it!

    Posted on April 14th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

  4. 4

    Double Eagle said:

    It certainly is a heavy schedule and I will have to work out a decent system this year. Last year, everything was more piecemeal and haphazard than I wanted it to be. This year, I need to refine things.

    Can I apply GTD to something like this? I see where it helps with prioritizing tasks, but what about many repetitive tasks like working out and practicing?

    Posted on April 14th, 2008 at 8:31 pm

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    The Happy Rock said:

    My quick definition of GTD is a action management system that is designed to clear your head by recording everything into your system such that you can trust everything is a place were it will get done, so that you can fully invest in the next task at hand. It is designed so that you review your short-term and long-term goals and organize them such that they are broken into actionable tasks. You will be doing some of that if you do the things listed above, the rest is desinging the system such that you do daily/weekly/monthly reviews in a way that feeds back positive change into the system.

    Just my two cents.

    Posted on April 14th, 2008 at 9:26 pm

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