Week Feb 23

Weight: 260 lbs Height 6' 0" Handicap 26

Mon:30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 480 cal) + 5 upper body weight machines.
Tues: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 490 cal)

Wed:
Thurs: 25 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 400 cal)

Fri:

Sat: Driving Range: 2 buckets Working on all clubs.
Sun:

Overall Comments:

Continued aerobic training. Physically stronger. I am better able to exert myself. The aerobic workouts are getting to be strenuous. I will have to consider extending them in duration.

The swing practice is getting better also. I am starting to show some consistency in making good contact with all my clubs. The 3 wood off the deck is definitely the worst of the bunch, with the teed 3 wood being the next worst. Most of the courses I play have one or two holes where hitting the tee shot more than 230 will be bad. And 200 is a bit short. So the 3 wood, 15* or 17* hybrids are my choices.

I am really making good/better contact with all my long clubs -- 5i and up. Nice to see long ball flights. Some slicing, some pulling. I am not really able to see the distance -- either I cannot determine where it is landing or I am not seeing the landing spot. Much over 160 is pretty hard for me. Eventually I will need to measure the distances. I have some issues with the back swing. I am still sliding back rather than just rotating my spine/hips/shoulders. It turns into a reverse pivot at times. Not as bad as it used to be, but still not right.

Wedges swing is improving -- crisper, higher velocity, faster tempo swing with high follow thru. Definitely causing a high arching ball flight. I am hearing a different sound when hitting the wedges. I hope it is that I am hitting down on the ball, and getting spin. Hard to tell at the range as the surface is soft from all the rain/winter conditions. The ball is definitely stopping. Only mishits are getting any roll.

My shorter irons are going well also. Again, the sound of contact is different -- more like the club hitting the ball first, then the mat. Ball flight is high and straight. However, I am hitting the ball both right and left of the center line. I am not sure of the cause (open or closed face, ball too far forward or back in stance?). In any case, the flight is straight, just the destination is right or left 5-10 yds. Same issue with back swing as above. It is a bit different as I am less upright. But still there. Also noticing being too close to the ball such that I cannot get my arms inside. I am almost blocking my own swing path. Luckily this is not with all the swings and a good warm up swing typically causes me to realize I am setup wrong.

Maybe movies? Not yet.

Week Feb 16

Weight: 261 lbs Height 6' 0" Handicap 26

Mon:30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 480 cal)
Tues: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 490 cal)

Wed:
Thurs: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 480 cal)

Fri:

Sat: Driving Range: 2 buckets Working on all clubs.
Sun:

Overall Comments:
Experimented with the p3proswing analyzer. Very interesting observations. More to follow.

Swing practice is improving. Short irons are actually flying better by moving the ball into the center of my stance. Due to my vision, the ball looks behind the center. But the ball is flying better, both in terms of distance and path. The 6i is moved forward a bit. 4i and higher still farther forward. Still inconsistent with 3h up.

Week Feb 9

Weight: 262 lbs Height 6' 0" Handicap 26

Mon:
Tues: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 10 resist; 470 cal)
Wed: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 430 cal)
Thurs: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 11 resist; 500 cal)
Fri:
Sat:
Sun:

Overall Comments:

Workouts are feeling better, getting in the time with less and less effort to reach the end of the program. Maybe time to increase the time interval. Need to get back to working with the trainer -- old trainer left; need new one.

No golfing practice. Need to clean out barn and set up practice area.

Week Feb 2

Weight: 264 lbs Height 6' 0" Handicap 26

Mon: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 10 resist; 470 cal)

Tues: 27 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 10 resist; 420 cal)
Wed:

Thurs: 30 min elliptical trainer workout ( 140-160 s/min; 10 resist; 470 cal)
Fri:
Sat: Driving Range: 2 buckets Working on 3w/1h/3h/4 and some 9i/7i and pw

Sun:

Overall Comments:

Continued improvement in cardio area. Much strong -- able to hold performance over the entire time interval. Tried treadmill. Knees did not like it.

Continued working on the long clubs. Improving but still inconsistent. Noticed with the driver, I properly shift my weight. With irons and 3w, I am not. This is definitely an area to work on. While working the 9i, I noticed that I am not putting the ball in the center of my stance. By making sure, I am in the middle, the ball travels better. If I forget to shift my weight, the ball goes right.