I got into golf, because of work. It was almost a requirement at the time.
Having been born with no discernible athleticism, it was not only difficult, but it brought out all of my pent up anger. It was not a good time.
Soā¦.
I took lessons, played more, sometimes 3 times per week, hit a small bucket of balls almost every day, managed to get a good tee shot, and got my wedges to respond.
Started to play some okay golf.
So I played one Friday with some work friends and played the game of my life! Like a 89 or something like that. I was so excited I called my friends, managed to put a 4some together for the next day with them. Then I ended up shooting multiple snowmen, couldnāt putt for shit, it was just a bad day all around.
I gave up the game shortly afterwards.
Life is too short, Yaāknow?
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The only part of golf I am good at isā¦ driving the cart and drinking. 
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Iām here to confess that I was shocked at just how drunk people will get on golf courses. I donāt golf but I did some fundraising with the booster club when my kid played hockey in high school. One of these was on an upscale golf course and I was constantly amazed at all of the people who were completely hammered and would have been cut off several drinks ago at the little dive bar I worked at.
Apparently allowing your customers to wield clubs and drive little cars around the grass means that you can serve as much alcohol as you want to them.
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Iāve played golf at a country club exactly once in my life. We got everything for free, which is the only reason I went, and that included the booze. Did we all play terribly? Yes. Did we have a great time? Yes. Did we come very close to rolling the golf cart driving it over a small cliff? You bet your bottom dollar we did. I decided afterwards that golf was not my game.
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I donāt consider golf a sport because the ball is standing still - in every āproperā sport the ball is moving when you play it.
Also, I find it hard to understand that when my opponent is taking a shot Iām supposed to respectfully applaud, when all I want to do is crash tackle the bastard.
Not a sport.
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Yeah, I consider it like darts or Billards. A highly technical game but not a sport.
It also wastes a ton of land resources and contributes to waterway pollution through liberal applications of fertilizer and constant mowing.
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Golf coursesā¦. In Arizonaā¦. Literal insanity
A question for the powerlifters (idk who is active anymore so Iām asking here)
What is a good āoffseasonā programme I can run for a year to build a base.
Iāve hit a major plateau.
My plan is to do a bit of a bulk and stay there.I really want to hit a 150kg deadlift next year.
Edit: Iām not going to do max testing next week. Not worth it
Why do I always feel sleepy during mid-morning?
You still waking up at 0400 and training first thing?
Nah I stopped doing that ever since the semester started.
I think itās my breakfast thatās making me sleepy.
That was going to be my next guess. What are you eating?
6 pork sausages
1 cup of whole fairlife milk
3 packets of instant Cream of Wheat
Sugar Free Maple Syrup
1 cookie dough quest bar
Very fat heavy. I can see that settling in and getting sleepy, especially if youāre just sitting in a classroom/office vs working it off.
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Confession: since discovering and trying better socks that have left and right specific designs I cannot go back. I didnāt think a sock could be supportive and cushioning at the same time.
My feet thank me.
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Have you tried adding Cool Whip?
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I definitely did not know those existed.
I am at the point where I wear shoes that are designed for support/comfort (hoka bondis) unless I have a very specific occasion not to or its too hot to wear sneakers. My knees, feet, and back appreciate it.
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I had my first REALLY bad gym experience last night after 20+ years of being in gyms.
I was at the gym as usual with my wife and kids in the daycare at the gym while we worked out. It was PACKED. I did some cardio and took a call from a buddy that was returning one of my trailers he took to TX2K to race his car. We were shooting the shit as I had my airpods in and kept working out minding my own business as always.
I was working bis and tris - really just trying to find anything open. Completed my workout or what I could of it and wife and I got the kids. As I am walking to my car I get accosted by some little 160 lbs punk claiming that I was taking pictures of his girlfriend and their friends in the gym.
Mind you I have never seen or didnāt recognize a single one of them. This caught me completely off guard, which in an instant turned to some nearly blind rage anger. This little piece of shit was going to accuse me of bullshit with no proof while I am holding my 11-month-old and my wife and daughter are in tow with me in a parking lot no less.
It went sideways quick. He is lucky I have children and a wife to worry about or I would have been curb stomping him and everyone else with him. I get my wife and kids situated in the car and go back in the gym and have all the camera footage pulled, get all their names, etc.
I have spent most of my day filing harassment charges on all of them and filing defamation of character / slander civilly against them.
Since, I canāt beat the shit out of them physically anymore with what I have to lose. They are about to find out what happens when you fuck with an attorney with money. This year will be one of the worst years of their lives and I will financially empty them of whatever they have one way or another.
I am tired of these little limp-wristed Gen z dbags thinking they can do whatever they want and fuck with whomever they want. This will be a wakeup call for the lot of them - I hope.
I have been in countless gyms over my 20+ years love affair with the iron and not once have ever had an issue with any female in any gym. I always mind my own business and keep to myself. The gym is my place of Zen and my time to just listen to music and be inside my own head / world doing something that I love.
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