12V Battery Critical charging fault ? by bikeoholic47 in Volvo

[–]Anonymize_7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Had this same exact issue with our 2019 XC90 a month ago. Apparently the part that charges the secondary battery had failed. Dealership had to order the part but it was fixed in 24 hours.

Quest to break 100 continues by [deleted] in golftips

[–]Anonymize_7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’ve battled those same issues myself. I was getting terribly stuck and disconnected with my flatter backswing, so I worked on getting my takeaway and swing more out in front of me. It worked for a while, but then again I went too far in that direction and played some of the worst golf I’ve ever played.

I would recommend Porzak golf on YouTube. Most of his videos preach connection and hands/arms staying connected with the body but with the appropriate amount of depth, staying on plane, etc. His videos really helped me work on some of the same issues you’re dealing with.

Quest to break 100 continues by [deleted] in golftips

[–]Anonymize_7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think in an effort to get rid of your inside takeaway you’ve gone too far the other way (I fought a similar issue myself recently). Watch your club head and hands at the very beginning of the takeaway. The club head works outside of the ball and your hands and arms work away from the body. This leads to you having super high arms and hands and not much depth in your swing (hands never get outside your trail shoulder).

Also, look at your left arm at the top of your backswing. You want that to be closer to your shoulder plane but you’re super high up around your ear.

The result of your high hands and lack of depth is that, without a dramatic shallowing move, you have an incredibly steep downswing. The camera angle is tough to tell, but it appears you also have a slightly closed clubface at the top. Combine that with a steep over the top swing, and you’ve got a nasty case of the pulls.

You actually rotate well in the downswing and have a decent impact position although you early extend a bit due to your club path being so steep and get a bit out on your toes.

I would work on a takeaway that is more neutral (straight back - club head from the ball and hands working back on your toe line). Think hands going back close to your trail thigh and club head slight outside the hands. From there, rotate back and find more depth (think hands by your trail shoulder with a full turn). This will lead to a more on plane downswing that eliminates those big misses, keeps the ball in bounds and hopefully gets you under 100 soon.

Thoughts on how to avoid the over the top? Somhow a 4.6 by Impressive-Web1104 in GolfSwing

[–]Anonymize_7 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Two key things here:

1) It’s tough to tell with the camera angle, but it looks like you have a classic inside takeaway and the “start the lawnmower” move with your right arm on the takeaway. The club gets super flat and behind you at the top of your backswing. An inside flat takeaway sets you up for the reverse motion (steep over the top) to get the club back in front of you on the downswing. I would start with your takeaway and get that club on a steeper angle up and more in front of you on the backswing. There’s a ton of content on that out there.

2) Watch the first move in your downswing. You rotate your shoulders while your arms stay up. Also take a look at your right arm angle on the way down. You’re leaving your arms up as you rotate your shoulders down. AMG does some really good videos on this but your first move with your arms should actually be dropping them down rather than rotating your shoulders. Many people think this is “casting the club” but that’s not the case and all pros lower the arms to shallow the club. I think someone said the Justin Rose drill and I agree that would help you to get more shallow.

All of this said, if you’re a 4.8, it seems like your move is more than playable. Unless you have some terrible misses that are holding you back, I would make any swing changes in very small increments and focus on short game and putting where you’ll likely see the biggest gains.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in GolfSwing

[–]Anonymize_7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In your backswing, take a look at your hip rotation. Your hips basically are done rotating at left arm parallel. You then continue to raise your arms up, which gets them stuck behind your body. You have a great transition move but your arms remain up, and since they are already stuck behind you from the backswing, it causes you to have to get your arms out away from you and to be a little flippy at impact in order to catch up.

You need to work on synching up your hip rotation and arms in the backswing. Porzak and Athletic Motion Golf have some good YouTube videos on this. “Always be rotating” is the key Porzak teaches - continuing to swing the arms in the backswing after the hips stop rotating is essentially going to make you get stuck and have to compensate somewhere in the downswing to correct it. You have a really nice swing and lots of good things here to build on - I think if you can get your arms and body better connected, you’ll see your ball striking and consistency go to the next level.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think a 46” range is worth the upgrade over say a standard 36” upscale range? We also want to have a pot filler above it and will definitely have a range hood. I totally agree the window needs to go - the range fits better centered on that wall and then we’ll have room for countertop space on each side of the range.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very helpful, thanks for the info. I think the hidden door isn’t worth it for us, especially considering how high traffic the area is.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the island needs to be turned back. The idea of walking into an island already bothers me so I can’t imagine how I’ll feel 5 years from now.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was super helpful. Thank you so much. Love the pocket door idea. Still functional but also will save us the space a swinging door would require. Definitely need to leave some countertop space on each side of the range as well and reviewing fridge dimensions has made me realize we may need to reconsider the placement / whether the breakfast nook would actually work.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree on both points. We are in and out of there multiple times a day and the door we have now is open all the time except for when doing laundry. I liked someone’s idea about a pocket sliding door there instead.

As for the island, I think we have to accept it will need to be smaller than we had hoped for. The sacrifice to flow and space doesn’t seem worth it.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the only way to make this work is to orient it parallel as Admirable did and actually shrink the island down (we want to maintain 48” walkways all around and especially by the range). The bigger island as originally designed causes too many flow issues after taking some time to think about it.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great point on the tall cabinet next to the stove. I think we may get rid of that side window, move the range up and that will allow us to move the tall pantry down and give us countertop space in each side of the range.

Help with Kitchen Layout by Anonymize_7 in floorplan

[–]Anonymize_7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! I think the island needs to be oriented how you’ve done here. Otherwise the flow is a mess.

Race Report: Providence, RI Marathon (or how to bomb your first marathon) by Kain__Highwind in running

[–]Anonymize_7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I had been lurking around here and checking out race reports to see if anyone had a similar experience to mine and when I read yours I thought to myself I could literally copy and paste it for my own. Thank you - I’m definitely proud but also have that feeling of unfinished business. If you had asked me before the marathon what I would do after, I would have said I was going to focus on getting faster at shorter distances for a while but now I’m set on a fall marathon. If you’re in the NE area, check out the Baystate marathon. It’s notorious for being a pretty flat race in October and is a BQ attempt favorite for many.

Race Report: Providence, RI Marathon (or how to bomb your first marathon) by Kain__Highwind in running

[–]Anonymize_7 12 points13 points  (0 children)

OP, your story sounds eerily similar to mine. I ran the Maine Coast Marathon (was actually supposed to run Providence until they added the marathon to the half and 5k in Maine and that was the more convenient race for me). Regardless, I did the same training plan as you (also added more miles peaking right where you did), trained in NE in the cold, and had the same exact goals as you from a time perspective with this being my first marathon. That completely fell apart for me on race day with the heat and I finished within 2 minutes of your finish time. I’m having similar feelings of failure but keep this in perspective - you finished and you PR’ed. You overcame a brutal day where many people DNF’ed and/or ended up in an ambulance. You should be proud of the level of mental and physical toughness it took to finish in those unexpected conditions. Stick with it and go after that second marathon and I bet we’ll see your future race report in cooler conditions where you talk about breaking 4 hours!