MD/DC/VA Golfers - Twelve Monkeys Mental Divergence

[dcmidnight]

Tried to get out yesterday but it is just so wet out there, it wasn't worth it. Lots of spots under the trees or where it isn't getting sun/wind where there is still standing water. Course needs multiple days of wind/sun to dry out. Hit the range for a bit and then hit putts for @ 30 minutes.

 

Oddly enough, grabbed what I thought was the right headcover out of my putter bag but ended up grabbing the old F7. Was hitting it so damn good.

[dcmidnight]

I dont know if anyone follows Clay Ballard/Top Speed Golf on YouTube but last night he was talking about exactly the issues I've been dealing with. He did ~15 minutes on the top three issues people have on 60 yard shots. I think his #1 thing is definitely something I get stuck on, which is getting too armsy with the shot and not rotating/using your whole body. Wish I had watched it before I went to the range lol.

 

There are a lot of crackpot golf guys on YT but IMO they are one of the really good follows.

[FAbb]

Does anybody use a standing desk?

[dcmidnight]

Does anybody use a standing desk?

 

Tried one, did not love it. Dr had recommended it but I found just getting up every hour to walk around was better.

[TheCityGame]

dunno how many of you have read 'watership down' but it was my favorite adolescent book growing up. i'm telling my son the story from memory (botching most of it, but some nuggets in there). the 80s british made-for-tv movie was horrifying, hope he never sees that.

 

netflix is releasing 'watership down' as a limited series this december. we will watch it together, and he's probably going to be very critical of my yarn-telling OR surprise the hell outta me and say he likes my version better. mine has transformers in it, so we'll see.

 

also of note: 'black mirror' is supposed to be coming out on the 28th.

 

 

John Adams classic. Curious as to how graphic they will make the scene were the one rabbit decapitates the other... with his teeth. If I was reading to Millie, that's where the transformers would come in and save that rabbit.

The trailer looks dark. Like Eagle, WD was a big book for me in early(?) high school. Definitely read it a few times. Tried to read another book by Adams once and it started out with a lab that did animal testing and they were drowning dogs, and it was from the dog's point of view. It was horrific and I never finished the book.

[TheCityGame]

Does anybody use a standing desk?

 

Tried one, did not love it. Dr had recommended it but I found just getting up every hour to walk around was better.

Tried it years ago. I don't think it was good for my joints. I've read a bit about how much of a "risk factor" all-day sitting is, but the standing really seemed to be getting into my knees, hips, back. We might not be made to sit all day, but I don't think we're designed to stand in one place for 8 hours straight, either.

 

These days, I just try to do a bit of stretching a couple times during the day. Most important is just to get on my feet for a while after work -- golf and yoga satisfy that. I just don't think it's a good idea to go bed -> car -> office -> couch -> bed each day.

[dcmidnight]

We might not be made to sit all day, but I don't think we're designed to stand in one place for 8 hours straight, either.

 

Agreed. Walking an inside lap of our building is @ 1/4 mile. It feels better than the standing desk did.

[FAbb]

I'm just not very good at making sure I get up and move at work. I have a job where most days, I could legitimately spend the entire day at my desk. I don't have many meetings, and my work is 95 or more percent done from my desk. I'd only really need to get up to pee, fill my water bottle, and get food from the fridge.

 

At a bare minimum, I need to start making myself get up and move more throughout the day. I've got too many years left sitting at a computer to not take some kind of action sooner than later.

[TheCityGame]

I dont know if anyone follows Clay Ballard/Top Speed Golf on YouTube but last night he was talking about exactly the issues I've been dealing with. He did ~15 minutes on the top three issues people have on 60 yard shots. I think his #1 thing is definitely something I get stuck on, which is getting too armsy with the shot and not rotating/using your whole body. Wish I had watched it before I went to the range lol.

 

There are a lot of crackpot golf guys on YT but IMO they are one of the really good follows.

I like that channel and I like that take on partial wedges. I've been highly tuned in to my weight transfer over the last couple of months and that's become my biggest thing on full wedges and partial wedges. I would imagine that what I'm doing for "weight transfer" goes hand in hand with rotating/using body. I was actually out on the practice hole the other day and trying to transfer "too much" on partial wedges. I literally couldn't do it. I'd move all the weight forward, and the wedge would just drop on the ball perfectly. That's learning the shot. Now, need to commit to it on the course.

 

I got out for a 9 hole match yesterday. I hit a 125 yard 8 iron on one hole and a 170 yard 8 iron on another hole. It was windy. I should have beaten the guy 3&2 but I missed 3 shorties. It was disgusting. I was 1 up going into 8 and lost both holes.

[HighBoomingDraws]

You know what’s worse than sitting at a desk all day long? Sitting in a car all day! As a roving sales guy I put almost 35k miles a year on my car. I did the math last year, and that’s roughly the equivalent of spending 1 out of 12 months every year in the car. On bad weeks I tighten up and back/neck gets a little finicky. I need to get with the citygame and start with some yoga soon to combat this. I mean, my sister is a full time yoga instructor with tens of thousands of followers on IG. I should have already reached out to her for some golf centric positions to try.

[dcmidnight]

I literally couldn't do it. I'd move all the weight forward, and the wedge would just drop on the ball perfectly. That's learning the shot.

 

Their 3rd focus area is what I've been talking about with the Cameron McCormack stuff and thats getting some deloft/shaft lean into the shots for better contact. And not fully releasing the club through it. Really good.

[baddomes]

Does anybody use a standing desk?

 

I've got one at home and like it. Regular desk at work.

 

Standing desk just feels right when you're embarking on creative endeavors

[FAbb]

The armsy slap wedge swing City does sometimes?

 

[TheCityGame]

I'm just not very good at making sure I get up and move at work. I have a job where most days, I could legitimately spend the entire day at my desk. I don't have many meetings, and my work is 95 or more percent done from my desk. I'd only really need to get up to pee, fill my water bottle, and get food from the fridge.

 

At a bare minimum, I need to start making myself get up and move more throughout the day. I've got too many years left sitting at a computer to not take some kind of action sooner than later.

Do you have office? Cube? Privacy?

 

I have started doing low-key yoga in my office for about 5-10 minutes a day. My office mate these days is working at home 2/3 times per week, which is nice, but otherwise he leaves at 2. I can just shut the door.

 

I'll focus on some good "counter-sitting" moves. . .plank, lunges (you can google others). Both of my frequent instructors are very focused on opening the hips, and chest, especially for people who work at computers and are on phone a lot. When I started yoga, I was tight/closed in ways that I didn't even imagine were ways to be tight in, things that I just figured "oh, that's how my body is."

[TheCityGame]

The armsy slap wedge swing City does sometimes?

 

It came out HARD at EagleMore, but I swear I'm getting over it. In addition to the several chunks I had at Eagle more, I also hit a 50º to 6 inches and one to 3 feet. hit a 50º to 6 inches on Saturday that almost went in.

 

Get back to me in march, you're going to be like,

 

"that creamy weight transfer and club drop that City does. . .

 

"

[SullGolf]

I got a convertible standing desk from gotime earlier this year. I probably use it an hour a day. Could do more.

 

No clue on health benefits, but I find its a good change when I want to do something different. I seem to focus better on a single task when I use it. Similar to folks mentioning walking, it also lets me step away and pace for a bit to think without being at the keyboard.

[FAbb]

I have zero point zero privacy at work. And since I'm poor and don't wear ABC pants like Domes, I'd probably rip the crotch wide open on my skinny boy pants if I tried any yoga moves.

 

At a bare minimum I need to get up and move more.

 

And I need to get back on the wagon with exercising. I actually put the clubs away, and don't intend to do any swinging through at least this month. My less bad wrist has been killing me. Gonna give things a week or two to calm down, then jump back into the routine exercising, without golf to distract me. I'm really going into this winter with the intent to put golf on the back burner.

[GooseHook]

Does anybody use a standing desk?

 

Have a Varidesk 36 at work. It sits too high on the desk when I'm seated, and I can't get it quite right when standing. 3/10, traded out tight hips for a sore neck all the time.

 

Edit: if you do get one. make sure you have a thick mat to stand on.

[SullGolf]

Goose brings up an important thing on the height. Since it sits on the desk, it raises your sitting height. If you can't put your desk down, or raise your chair more, it can be a problem. Right now my previously comfortable desk is a bit too high when sitting. I can't raise my chair more, so I need to lower my desk an inch or half inch. I can do it, but it's kind of a pain because it's a "custom" desk (Ikea kitchen countertop) and I need to replace the things I used for spacers.

[FAbb]

that creamy weight transfer and club drop.

 

[GooseHook]

Goose brings up an important thing on the height. Since it sits on the desk, it raises your sitting height. If you can't put your desk down, or raise your chair more, it can be a problem. Right now my previously comfortable desk is a bit too high when sitting. I can't raise my chair more, so I need to lower my desk an inch or half inch. I can do it, but it's kind of a pain because it's a "custom" desk (Ikea kitchen countertop) and I need to replace the things I used for spacers.

 

Best ones I've seen are the whole desk top on gas struts. Fully adjustable, usually with adjustable monitor arms. For being an "average" size man, I find very few things at work ergonomically pleasing. I want to throw my Aeron chair in a bonfire. At least in the summer time I can be in the field a couple days per week.

[ceejay81]

Is it time to leave for Pinehurst yet? I'm over the December and January weather already.

[Johnny T]

Is it time to leave for Pinehurst yet? I'm over the December and January weather already.

 

 

No kidding. I’m ordering some new shoes this week to prep. Clothes may not be fresh but my shoes will be! Trying to get hooked up with some AVX balls too but not sure if that will come through. Trying to not buy any clubs before then too.

[eagle1997]

Is it time to leave for Pinehurst yet? I'm over the December and January weather already.

 

 

No kidding. I'm ordering some new shoes this week to prep. Clothes may not be fresh but my shoes will be! Trying to get hooked up with some AVX balls too but not sure if that will come through. Trying to not buy any clubs before then too.

 

scotchgarding the uppers of my shoes has kept them looking so fresh and so clean. highly recommend. also, rotating between 12 pairs* helps as well.

 

i'm working on a pinehurst email, a hive email and the B-roll. coming soon to a computer screen near you!

 

 

*could be more. i didn't actually count. some at the office, some at home, some hidden at home, some in the car. i've become a shoe-caholic and i need to stop the madness.

[Kent01putt]

Last time I counted I had 32 pairs of golf shoes. I found some in the garage(3) that were so old they have a flap over the shoe stringes.

[ceejay81]

 

i'm working on a pinehurst email, a hive email and the B-roll. coming soon to a computer screen near you!

 

 

 

[GoTime]

i'm working on a pinehurst email, a hive email and the B-roll. coming soon to a computer screen near you!

 

 

 

 

[dcmidnight]

Grangers works really well on golf shoes too.

[TheCityGame]

You know what’s worse than sitting at a desk all day long? Sitting in a car all day! As a roving sales guy I put almost 35k miles a year on my car. I did the math last year, and that’s roughly the equivalent of spending 1 out of 12 months every year in the car. On bad weeks I tighten up and back/neck gets a little finicky. I need to get with the citygame and start with some yoga soon to combat this. I mean, my sister is a full time yoga instructor with tens of thousands of followers on IG. I should have already reached out to her for some golf centric positions to try.

You don't say...

 

 

[FAbb]

HBD is going to really regret posting that piece of information.

 

If he doesn't already regret it.