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Thanks Malucci, I always like your support.

Well I incurred a fine yesterday. Pretty dumb on my part. I went out and knocked out 8k steps and then walked a little more later. Then I woke up at 2am realizing I forgot to finish. Dang it. Missed it by less than 200 or so. Oh well.

Pretty good lift today, here is what I did:

Squat 255x8
Squat 235x10
Squat 195x12 (x2)

Bench 170x8
Bench 150x10
Bench 140x12 (x2)

Flat bench dumbbell flys 20x12
Bent over barbell rows 95x12

This stuff was all pretty heavy but hopefully it'll just keep going up incrementally.

Now I'm off to finish getting my steps.

Life is good, WIM

Pretty good lift today, quite surprisingly. I got a bunch of sleep on Sunday night but last night wasn't very good. My dog sleeps on my bed with me and usually leaves me to sleep in peace but was all over the place last night and kept waking me up. When my alarm went off I was too tired to get up but my dog knows that the alarm means its time to get up which means it's time to eat so he wouldn't let me fall back asleep. I felt way too tired to attempt any lifting, but after I got up and showered and all that I felt much better. Anyway, here is what today looked like:

DL 295x12
RDL 245x12
Speed DL 205x12
Right leg DL 155x12
Left leg DL 155x12

Bench press 145x12
Wide grip bench 145x12
Narrow grip bench 145x12
Dumbbell bench 52.5x12
Bench press lockouts 145x12

Weighted dips BW+35x12
Forearm curls 40x8
Weighted push-ups BW+35x10

I increased my bench press a little too aggressively over last week but it was fine. I want to see steady progress so I have to be doing smaller jumps if I want to keep that up.

I'm extremely happy with my big DL set. I'm going to post the video after its done uploading. My success with DL seems to be almost completely random, I'm glad it worked today.

I made 50 putts today.

Not that great, but it's good to get back into the rhythm of it.

Off to finished getting my steps. Life is good, WIM

Today's DL set:

Another decent lifting session today. I was sort of on a tight schedule so I tried to pick up the pace a little bit to squeeze in as much as I could before I had to leave. Here is what today looked like:


LBBS 235x10 (x2)
HBBS 195x10
FS 145x12

Bench 140x12(12)
Narrow grip bench 140x12
Wide grip bench 140x12

Dumbbell flys 35x8
Hammer curls 35x10
Dumbbell Rows 35x12

My back felt a little pumped up and stressed after the squats but it went away quickly. Prob a form issue that I'll have to monitor. Everything felt pretty good though, happy with the volume.

I made another 30 putts

Not a lot of attempts, pretty good overall percentage. Went and shot -11 at a cool shorter course in the area. 1 off my personal best with some tougher pin placements so I was really happy with it.

Now I'm off to get stuff done.

Life is good, WIM

OK, got out and finished my lifting. Actually went to the gym because it started raining, but it didn't keep going so I wish I wouldn't have gone. I was promptly greeted by curls in the squat rack. Bleh. But I got through it. Here is what I did:

Bench 170x8
Bench 140x12

Squat 270x8
Squat 230x12

Dumbbell bench 40x12
Barbell curls 50x12
Cable pulldowns 50x12
Dumbbell bench 45x12
Incline machine press 100x10

Bench was easy. The adrenaline of having people around really helped actually. Really didn't want to fail any reps sans spotter and cause a scene.

Squat was really dumb. The Cage is weird and faces a mirror that is split into two pieces. I think my squat is pretty asymmetrical as is, but the mirror didn't help.

I got out and made 35 more putts yesterday, still have some to get.

Life is good, WIM

New week! Gettin back after it. I made the mistake today of playing a lengthy tennis session before lifting. It was awesome. I'm really bad, but man I wish I'd been playing for longer. What a fun sport and great exercise. When I got back home here is what I did:

Squat 260x8
Squat 240x10
Squat 200x12 (x2)

Bench 175x8
Bench 155x10
Bench 145x12 (x2)

Dumbbell flyes 25x12
Bent over barbell rows 100x12
Side lateral raises 15x10


Really not sure how I got all the reps in, but I pushed through it. Hopefully I will be relegating all my cardio activity to after lifting.

I also knocked in 60 putts with various success rates.

Now off to do other things.

Life is good, WIM

Those workouts look better than dumpster grease fire ones from a few months back.

But looks like you are forgetting your pullups. Can't build a back with 35lb rows.

Ah, thanks. Yea I have an updated program I'm working on. I'll be amending my current one a little bit pretty soon.

Got out and got a pretty solid session in today. Here is what it looked like:

DL 305x12
RDL 255x12
Speed DL 215x12
Right leg DL 165x8
Left leg DL 165x8

Bench 150x12
Narrow grip bench 150x12
Wide grip bench 150x12
Dumbbell bench 52.5x12

Skull crushers 35x12
Kroc rows 70x12
Hammer curls 40x8

Really happy with the big DL set. The rest of it felt pretty standard. Really hopefully I can get 3 plates for a set of 12 next week.

I actually finished my putting today. I made quite a bit early on and the weather looks sketchy later this week so I just knocked it out.

Off to practice disc golf.

Life is good, WIM

I'm about to head to the gym and just noticed I never updated my last workout. Here is is really quickly:

LBBS 240x12
LBBS 240x8
HBBS 200x10
FS 150x8

Dumbbell bench 40x12
Dumbbell bench 45x12
Dumbbell bench 50x12
Dumbbell bench 55x10


Barbell curls 70x10
Barbell curls 80x8
Cable pulldowns 50x12
Assisted chins +50x8
Cable pulldowns 60x10
Assisted pull-ups +70x10

Now gonna go finish off my lifting for the week

Life is good, WIM

Forgot to update my final workout from last week, here is what I did:

Squat 225x12
Squat 245x8

Rack pulls 315x8

Dumbbell bench 35x12
Dumbbell bench 40x12
Dumbbell bench 45x12
Dumbbell bench 50x12
Dumbbell bench 55x8


Barbell curls 30x12
Barbell curls 40x12
Barbell curls 50x12
Barbell curls 60x12
Barbell curls 70x10

That was a little more than required from a volume perspective but was pretty uninspiring.

And today I got back out there and lifted. It was pretty rainy again so I went to the gym. Was a pretty good time to be there, no problem getting into the squat rack or on the bench. I'm busy the second half of the week so I will be attempting to cram all my volume into these first three days of the week. I should be able to get it.

Here is what today looked like:

Squat 265x8
Squat 245x10
Squat 225x12
Squat 205x12
Squat 185x12

Bench 180x5
Bench 160x10
Bench 150x12
Bench 140x12

Dumbbell bench 40x12
Dumbbell bench 45x12
Dumbbell bench 50x10

Assisted pull-ups +80x12
Assisted chin-ups 80x12
Barbell curls 60x10
Cable pulldowns 60x10

I still hate the squat rack at the gym with the mirror right in front of it but I'm getting used to it. I was kinda surprised I couldn't get more reps in at 180 on the bench, but I didn't have a spotter and didn't push it. Hopefully I'll get it on Wednesday.

My BW has been right around 182 for the last couple months. I'm fine with it. I'm not too lean right now but I'm def adding muscle, and it's noticeable. My shoulders and arms are probably the biggest change since switching to this hypertrophy routine. Hopefully by the end of the year it will be big gains.

Life is good, WIM

Decent workout today. Didn't finish super strong but started with a WR.

Here is what my lifting today looked like:

DL 315x12
RDL 265x10
Speed DL 225x12
Right leg DL 155x12
Left leg DL 155x10

Bench 165x8
Bench 155x10
Bench 145x12
Bench 140x12
Bench 125x12

Hammer curls 25x12
Dumbbell press 25x12
Skull crushers 35x12

Pretty happy hitting 3 plates for 12. Gonna upload the video. Pretty sure that's way more than I've ever done on DL as far as sheer volume on a set.

The rest of it was pretty meh. The light was burned out in my shed so it threw off my balance a little bit. The rest was pretty lackluster.

Now probably gonna take a nap.

Life is good, WIM

Here is the set:



There's some weird asymmetry going on but the back is landing evenly and the top of the pull looks ok to me. There's obviously some rounding going on but all things considered I'm glad it's not worse.

Ok I'm back from Vegas, back to the real world. I fit full compliance before I left and still got my steps out of town. I forgot to update my log after my final workout but here is what I did before I left town:

Squat 225x12
Squat 225x12
Squat 225x12
Squat 225x12
Squat 225x12

Dumbbell bench 35x12
Dumbbell bench 40x12
Dumbbell bench 45x12
Dumbbell bench 50x12
Dumbbell bench 40x12

Seated machine rows 100x12
Machine curls 70x12
Machine seated dips 150x12
Assisted pull-ups +80x12

Instead of being annoyed at the presence of the mirror right in front of me while squatting I took it as an opportunity to focus on improving my form. It worked and since 225 isn't very heavy my form was quite a bit better than normal.

I hurt something in my left shoulder. I think I aggravated the muscle somehow with the bar resting there during squats and then the movement of the DB bench made it worse so my final set was a back off set instead of a heavier set.

Feels good today, though. My sleep wasn't great the last 4 days but I ate well and didn't do anything to make it worse. Hopefully it stays that way through my workout as I'm off to the gym today (RAIN ARGH).

Life is good, WIM

Ok got out to the gym today. Didn't increase much, but didn't decrease much, either. Here is what today looked like:

Squat 265x8
Squat 245x10
Squat 235x12
Squat 225x12

Dumbbell bench 30x12
Dumbbell bench 35x12
Dumbbell bench 40x12
Dumbbell bench 45x12

Barbell curls 50x12
Machine tricep pushdowns 50x12
Assisted pull-ups +80x12
Cable pulldowns 70x12

Off to play cards and watch sports.

Life is good, WIM

Alright, decent lift today. Not awesome, but decent. Here is what it looked like:

Deadlift 325x10
RDL 275x12
Speed DL 235x12
Right leg DL 135x12
Left leg DL 135x12

Bench press 175x8
Bench press 160x10
Bench press 150x12
Bench press 140x12

Skull crushers 35x12
Tricep reach backs 17x12

Was hoping for 12 on the big DL set and was pretty disapointed. But looking back, 325x10 is pretty good for me. I need to reset the RDL weight, that was way too much to be doing for the form I want to have. The speed DL was super easy and I reset the single leg DLs. I needed to.

The bench felt pretty good.

Now I'm off to scoop some money playing disc golf.

Life is good, WIM

Alright, got out and finished my lifting. Weird week with thanksgiving. Messed up my rhythm a bit but I buckled down and got through. Albeit a bit light. Hopefully this will set my up for a nice voluminous week next week full of lots of heavier sets of 12 before I switch to mostly sets of 8 in Dec. Here is what I did today:

LBBS 260x8
LBBS 225x8
LBBS 205x8
LBBS 185x8
HBBS 185x8
FS 135x8

Bench 170x8
Bench 150x8
Bench 145x8
Bench 140x8
Bench 135x8
Narrow grip bench 135x8
Wide grip bench 135x8
Dumbbell bench 50x8

Forearm curls 25x10
Dumbbell press 30x10
Dumbbell flyes 30x10
Hammer curls 30x10

I debated on seeing if I could get a buyout this week with Aidan but I don't need one quite yet. Tomorrow is going to be super tough though, I might use one of my 2 'free' days that I have. The main 2 things are that I still have to get all my protein today and don't have tons of calories saved up. The other obstacle will be getting my steps and burning enough calories to eat the way I like to on Sunday with it being extremely stormy out tomorrow. But we'll see.

Life is good, WIM

Got out and lifted today. I guess it was ok. Here is what I did:

Squat 275x8
Squat 250x8
Squat 245x8
Squat 240x8

Bench 180x7
Bench 170x8
Bench 155x8
Bench 150x8
Bench 145x8

Dumbbell flyes 35x10
Skull crushers 50x10
Jumping chins BWx12

Should have probably done 270 on squat but 275 was too juicy. Plus I wanted to push myself a little bit to change it up over the last few weeks. Pretty happy with the follow up sets as well.

I really wanted 180 for 8 on bench but just couldn't make it happen. I actually should probably not have tried the 7th rep but I got it whatever.

And my shoulder hated the jumping chins so I'll be skipping those for now.

Life is good, WIM

Another day of lifting today. Was ok. Here is what I did:

Deadlift 345x6
Deadlift 275x8
Deadlift 275x8
Deadlift 275x8
Deadlift 275x8
Deadlift 278x8

Bench 165x8
Bench 165x8
Bench 165x8
Bench 165x8

Dumbbell curls 35x10
Forearm Curls 35x10

Pretty vanilla. I was frustrated with only 6 reps on the big DL set so I rage volume did the rest. The bench I just wanted to go as close as I could to my max 4x8. I probably could have hit 170, maybe I'll do that tomorrow.

I ate a pound and a half of Alaskan cod PWO. Was alright,

Life is good, WIM

Wooooo, got out and crushed my workout today. I was warming up my squats and it felt super light. I was planning on doing somewhere around 275x8 for my heavy set but with the weights feeling so I light I decided to get after it. In fact, I loaded up 365 to just do a heavy walkout and I felt like I could have squat it. But I didn't try and decided to get after it. Here is what my workout looked like today:

Squat 315x8
Squat 265x8
Squat 245x8
Squat 225x8
Squat 205x8
Squat 185x8

Bench 180x8
Bench 170x8
Bench 160x8
Bench 150x8
Bench 140x8
Narrow grip bench 140x8
Wide grip bench 140x8
Dumbbell bench 52.5x8

Croc rows 70x10
Hammer curls 35x10
Dumbbell flyes 35x10
Skull crushers 35x10
Forearm curls 35x10

Super happy with the top squat set. I filmed it and watched it back, it's really weird. It's like the bar was mounted on my back off center. I dunno if it's a lack of shoulder mobility or bad habits or what is causing the asymmetry. The whole set was a little sloppy, as usual when I'm hitting near the top of my range. I'll probably deload next week and then do a hard push of 8s to finish the year before switching to 5s in January.

Also happy with my bench set. Tried it on Monday and barely got the 7th set. Weird how easy everything was today.

Happy to finish this all off.

Life is good, WIM

Played my first ever official disc golf tournament yesterday!



I'll be doing a length writeup on it. Mostly for myself to help me analyze my play and figure out how to get better.

Nicely done

Thanks!

I sent a message to the local pro earlier in the week about a new line I found on a hole asking if he’s ever tried and included a video of me doing it. He said that I need to be playing tournaments and there was actually a big one coming up in a few days that I should play. After some debate I decided I finally I would get my feet wet and jump into it. After talking to a few people they said I should certainly play in the amateur division for my first tournament. So I asked a few people what they figured the winning score for the Am division would be. Much to my surprise most people said it would be somewhere around even par, probably 1 or 2 under par at best. And that’s for 2 combined rounds. I play this course once a week or so and routinely shoot under par, so I figured I would have a legitimate chance to win. Everyone says tournaments are much tougher due to stricter rules, much more out of bounds set up, pace of play, mental pressure, etc. So I figured if I could come out and play a conservative yet solid couple rounds I could put together a couple rounds that would put me in contention.

So I was able to get out a couple times before the tournament and check out the pin locations that were set up and all the out of bounds that would come into play. In my experience there are 2 aspects that go into a drive that are extremely important. Obviously executing the throw is the most important and obvious factor going into a drive. But I’ve found that many, many times I don’t know what the optimal play is when I walk up to throw a drive. A really good example of this is Hole 4 at this course on the first round. The hole itself is only about 300’ and it’s straight in front of the tee pad with basically zero obstacles. However, from the right side of the of the tee pad, all the way to the basket, there is an OB line that runs the entire length of the hole right up next to the basket and then everything about 20’ past the basket is OB. So I have 3 ways I can reach this basket. I can take something very stable, throw it hard and far out over the out of bounds and have it fade back in (hopefully) safely and land back in bounds. The 2nd way would be to take one of my straight flying midranges and go straight at it. The 3rd method would be to throw a sidearm shot over the left side where it’s all safe and get it to fade back toward the basket. So now I have to analyze all these shots when I walk up to the teepad. The weather was cold, but there is no wind so at least I didn’t have factor that in. Each one of these shots has unique risk/reward ratios and I find that I have trouble making the right decision sometimes when I’m playing a round. So that’s a huge part of the battle, just figuring out what shot to take. And then obviously selecting the right disc to do what I need it to. Then executing the mechanics and timing and everything to pull off the shot. So I went out and practiced most of the holes trying to decide which shot would be the most optimal on each hole so I could take that aspect out of it at least.

So I got there at 7am to sign up and then was able to do some warming up (it was about 40 degrees out) and get the arm going. After the player’s meeting we went to our starting holes. My card started on 18 which is an extremely difficult hole, especially at the location where the pin was at. I’ve never birdied it, I never seen anyone birdie it and I’ve only seen a couple people with long putts for an attempt at birdie. So I’m going to do a hole by hole breakdown now.

First 9 holes:

18. Because there is no way to really birdie this hole, this is definitely a hole where I was going to play for a 3. There is OB all along the left side, everything about 10’ past the basket is OB, and the right side of the field is safe, but it’s all blackberry bushes and you don’t want to end up there. Now I would take my straight flying mid-range, throw it hard on a high anhyzer line and leave myself a pretty doable upshot. But because it was so cold out, I noticed that it’s hard to get as much power on the discs and they just fly a little but more stably in general. So I grabbed my understanble mid-range instead to try and execute the same shot. It’s actually a newer disc to my bag which is a bummer but I’ve learned it enough to feel comfortable throwing it. So I was actually first up, not really sure why. I was really nervous but I executed the shot to perfection and landed it about right where I wanted. I was really happy to start off with a good shot and break the ice in my first tournaments. My lie ended up not being ideal so I had to use my beat in Harp to do a forehand turnover shot around some trees to get it up the hill to the basket. My forehand game is especially bad right now but I nailed the shot and left it just a few feet from the basket for an easy short putt and took a 3. Much to my surprise, I was the only one on my card to take a 3 that was a mix of all the skill levels and divisions. So picking up a stroke on the card right off the bat was a huge confidence boost.

1. Hole on at this pin placement is extremely tough to get a 2 on as well. It’s not very far but there’s a gap about 100’ off the tee that’s really important to hit and then a mess of trees past it you have to avoid to have any chance at getting it down by the basket. For me the best play is just a slow turnover mid-range shot. I lined up and threw it ok, I hit the gap that I needed to, but it clipped a branch and re-directed it the other way. It wasn’t a great lie but I I flexed my over-stable mid range and got it right down there for another easy putt. Nobody shot a 2 on my card so headed to the next hole I still had the honors.

2. This hole is what I would consider a must get birdie, at least the standards I holds to myself. There’s a right gap that’s essential to hit right off the tee, but if you hit with an overstable mid-range it almost always checks up near the basket for a reasonable putt if it doesn’t hit a tree on the way there. I executed the shot pretty well, threw it a tad to hard and left myself about a 20’ comeback putt. I’d say normally about 90% for me to hit. I’m not sure if it was nerves or being cold or both but I didn’t throw it very well and just chained out on the strong side. Pretty frustrating for me to miss that one, but I didn’t leave it short and it very easily could have been in. Half the card got a 2 here so it was a bummer to lose a stroke on one of the easiest holes on the course.

3. This was actually set up as a new location that only plays in the tournament. I didn’t practice it at all, but was lucky enough to know a local who asked if I knew about it before the tournament started and showed it to me and explained the strategy. Basically throw it 300’ down the middle, keep it safe, pitch up onto the new island green and make the putt. And sure enough that’s exactly what I did. Felt pretty good to nail it it on my first try. I have no idea if anyone in the tournament took a 2, but I’m sure a few were able to pitch it in from 60’. I know I almost did on accident.

4. I mentioned this hole in the prologue. As I get better, the best play for me here will be throw a straight flying mid-range right at the basket. But in practice, about half the time it was a really good shot and half the time it was out of bounds. The highest % play for me here was certainly take an over-stable driver, throw it hard and far over the OB and have it fade safely in bounds. This was one of the many holes I decided I was just going to play for 3 on. I figured there would be probably 4-5 birdie opportunities for me on each round and as long as I minimized my bogeys, played everything safely I would have a great shot at winning. So I ended up executing this shot perfectly and much to my surprise, when I walked up there my disc was the closest to the pin (CTP) and I had a good chance at taking a 2. I would say it was a 90% putt for me normally. As boom, I knocked it in to go to -1 for the round, and the only player on my card under par. Really happy to bag a 2 on a hole I was planning on playing for a 3.

5. This hole is insane. It’s the shortest hole on the course but’s it’s an extremely small island green and if you don’t land in bounds you have to take from the drop zone and basically 0% chance at a par save. So it’s a 2 or 4 on this hole for the most part. And even from the drop zone it’s not a sure thing that you’ll land it bounds or make your putt if you do. The best play for me was to take a putter and throw it hard right at the basket. And Boom, I nailed it. Came to rest right under the basket. Took back to back birdies to go to -2 and was feeling great.

6. And here started the toughest stretch of the round for me. There was an insane back and there were about 4 cards in front of us so I had to stand around for about 25 minutes before throwing again. I knew tournaments were slow but this was really bad. I’ve always been bad at throwing when I’m cold and this was no exception. I found the best play for me on this was to throw a stable fairway driver pretty hard on a alight anhyzer and get it to flex on up toward the basket. Well I sawed it off pretty badly, just didn’t have the power to put behind it I was expecting to have. It checked up just short of OB at least, and my upshot wasn’t too difficult. But I was a little rattled, put a little too much on my shot and went past the basket. The comeback but was an uphill, uneven footing straddle putt, but even then I’m usually +90% to make these. Well it came out of my hard weird and I had another strong side spit out. Bad bogey to get, really shook me up.

7. The only par 4 of the course, it’s +600’ and takes 2 really nice shots to have a look at a birdie. If this was just wide open and in a field, I think I would be 85% to shoot a 3 and take a birdie but there’s quite a few things that make this hole tough. The tee shot is actually pretty straight forward despite how many times I saw people try to get too fancy. You just have to take something super stable, throw it super hard, get it about halfway down and leave yourself a look at a long upshot. Here’s the problem, though. The entire left side of all 600’+ feet it OB. Then there is a mandatory at the halfway point on the right side that bottlenecks the hole and makes the placement drive super important. Once you get past the mando, the entire right side is OB so you really have to nail the upshot. But I think what makes the hole the most difficult for me is that even if you have have a nice drive the footing is trash. It’s muddy with lots of rocks and extremely uneven. It’s just really hard to throw a straight shot right at the basket without a good sunup. I tried to but left it short. I had about a 50’ jump putt, but missed it for a tap in par. Not a terrible result, but a missed opportunity for sure.

8. This hole is super tough and I’ve never birdied this pin location. There is a giant tree right in front to the tee-pad with a moveable arrow that changes which side you have to throw around. Either side is a really tight gap and I saw numerous drives hit the tree right off the bat. This time the arrow was on the right and the entire right hand side of the hole is OB. Then there is a random OB pit for good measure. Then the basket is well guarded by trees at the top of a hill. For me the best play is to just the gap off the tee with something stable so it comes back in bounds. I hit the shot pretty well but even then the upshot was a really rough line. I didn’t really hit it, clipped a tree and my disc rolled to the bottom of the hill, but at least I had a look at a long putt to save par. And that’s what I did! Stepped up, threw it hard (don’t leave it short! I kept telling myself all tournament) and hit a nice long uphill putt to save par. that felt great, but a 3 is what I felt like I should get so just taking care of business. Most of my other card mates threw a much lower line with straighter shots and that looked like actually a higher % shot, though it would have been easier to go OB. None of them did and actually the worst player on the card shot a 2 which was crazy. So now I have a new line to practice and figure out.

I’m off to get my steps, more writeup coming.

Now for the back 9.

9. This hole is pretty easy to get a 3 on but almost impossible to birdie. You have to throw a big hyzer shot to get around a mando and then pitch up about 100’ through a gap to lay up for par. Well, I accidentally threw it out a little too wide (although wide is certainly the safer play) and left myself probably 140’ out instead of 100’. Not a big deal normally but I was still off my game and left it a little short on the pitch up. I probably had my recent upshot that went long in my mind and just short armed it I guess. It’s still a putt I’m going to hit about 85% of the time but I doinked it and took another bogey. Pretty frustrating.

10. I was looking forward to this hole because the correct play on the hole results in a birdie, I routinely birdie in practice and casual rounds. The play is to line up on the pad sideways and throw a big spike hyper with an over-stable mid-range and hope it sticks on the hill where the basket it. Unfortunately I didn’t commit to the shot, rounded my form and threw it early right into the tree. I’m extremely happy to say, however, that that was my final bad shot of the round. Not that the rest of my throws were perfect, but I didn’t make any more big mistakes after this shot. My upshot was a little tricky, and it rolled down the hill but I stepped up and made the put to save par.

11. This hole is extremely tough for basically everyone but for some reason I usually have this hole locked in. I recently lost my disc that I would throw on it and my replacement doesn’t quite fly as nicely but it’s serviceable. You walk up this this crazy tee pad that is a small gap and then it opens up to the left side and the right side is all deep bushes, they recommend using a spotter to help not lose discs. The usual play is just a flex forehand off the tee hope it holds long enough and then fades back in toward the basket to hit the gap. I find if you throw an under-stable mid range pretty hard it fades perfectly and slowly right toward the basket. I’ve hit the line with putters in practice, but not as consistently. Nobody even got close off the bad but I actually overshot it a bit and left myself a long comebacker for bird. I barely hit hit on the basket and didn’t make it. It was close though! Everyone else got tough 3s and 4s on the Hole.

12. This is a hole where the basket is this time is a really tough spot. I’ve had one chance ever at shooting a 2 on it, but it was like a long 50’ jump putt. The highest % play in a vacuum is a monster flex forehand shot to get it as far as possible and make sure you don’t end up to the right. The right is just a terrible place to be. One of our card mates ended up to the right and ended up taking a 6 trying to do thumber rollers to get back out. For me the safest play was to throw an over-stable drive to the right and have it fade back and leave myself a routine up-shot. The only problem is that there is an OB pitt where a good amount of hyzer tee shots will land. I really made sure to throw it hard and it checked up right where I needed it to, next to OB. I pitched it up from about 70 and dropped in my par.


13. This hole is pretty interesting. It’s a very tight window directly off the tee and then then the basket sits at the top of a hill extremely well guarded by a big bush. There’s two basic options. You can throw something out far and straight, try and get it pin high and you’ll have a window to hit a longer put. Or you can throw it short and have it skip before the bush and have a long put from the other side. I think in theory the first option is slightly higher % although I only saw one other person try it. Either way, it’s a birdie that I very rarely get. It takes a good shot, a little luck and then a good putt. So I took my harp, threw it straight down the line and landed pin high, so I executed the first part. And then I hit the nice long putt to take a 2 and really get my confidence going.

12. This hole is a nice long tunnel shot about 300’. I took my straight flying mid-range and cranked it down there but put a little bit of an anyzer on it and it turned over a little. It faded out a little bit, I played it up and tapped in the par. I really need to get a straight flying mid-range back in my back. I used to throw a Rival in this spot but got away from it. It was just too cold to be trying to throw a mid-range 300’ for me. Something I need to remember.

13. This hole is really simple if executed correctly. You just throw a stable mid-range pretty hard off the tee. You need it to check of shy of OB and then hit a comeback putt, the basket is behind a tree not very visible from the tee. There’s OB behind the basket on the comeback putt but you really gotta brick the putt for it to come into play. The disc landed right where I wanted it to, and I drained it for another 2. I was really happy nail this hole and scoop another birdie.

14. This hole is sort of weird and I wish I would have practiced it a little bit more. The basket is straight ahead but the left is lots of shrubs and there is this weird giant pole in the middle that kind of takes a normal hyper line out of play. It’s at the top of a hill and probably plays about 320’. The best play here is def a midrange right up the gut, right at it but I didn’t have it dialed in from this distance and didn’t want to try it. The last time I birdied it I took a super wide hyzer line with an over-stable fairway driver and skipped it up toward the basket so I tried that again. The shot was ok, but I missed the long uphill put and actually put myself in a dumb place to hit a comeback putt but I nailed it and didn’t look back.

17. The final hole of the round. This hole is extremely simple but not extremely easy. It’s a a pretty wide open tee shot but there a really tight gap about 40’ in front of the basket so it essentially plays like a tunnel shot. Well for me it does. Everyone else threw these weird flex lines and tried to hit the gap, but I just threw my hard straight down the middle for basically a walk off birdie. Only one on the card to shoot it in 2, was amazing.

I'm de-loading this week. I decided it last week. Yesterday I was feeling great and was wondering if I should even do a de-load but when I got out and started warming up I definitely think its in order. My knees don't feel that great and my right arm is flared up. So here is what I did today:

Squat 225x8
Squat 185x8
Squat 185x8
Squat 185x8

Bench 135x8
Bench 135x8
Bench 135x8
Bench 135x8

Dumbbell press 25x10
Dumbbell flyes 25x10
Skull crushers 35x10

The bench might have been too heavy for a de-load. Its not that it was too heavy to do or anything, my right arm just didn't feel that great doing it so I should have backed off. Oh well. I should be ok, didn't feel like I made it worse or anything.

Now I gotta get a bunch of stuff done.

Life is good, WIM