Brother, Can You Spare Some Pins?

The long awaited, somewhat anticipated bowling update. As you know, Galan, The Captain, and me joined a mid season bowling league. Well... We're 5 weeks in and are in 5th place. Galan and the Captain doing fine with averages of 168 & 170 while I'm bringing up the rear with a 133 average. I've got some stats if you're interested. Bowling Standings (Scoundrel will love it!)

Swami's Statistics..............Avg Avg Todays
Wk ....HCP Gm1 Gm2 Gm3 SS HS Ln Bef Aft Avg +/-
1 1/10 72 119 128 112 359 575 7 119 119 119 0
2 1/17 72 158 116 179 453 669 1 119 135 151 32
3 1/24 60 116 135 124 375 555 10 135 131 125 -10
4 1/31 63 120 126 146 392 581 6 131 131 130 -1
5 2/7 63 126 164 127 417 606 2 131 133 139 8
Avg/Game: 128 134 138 Next Weeks Avg: 133

Galan's Statistics .............Avg Avg Todays
Wk ....HCP Gm1 Gm2 Gm3 SS HS Ln Bef Aft Avg +/-
1 1/10 36 189 136 171 496 604 7 165 165 165 0
2 1/17 36 146 206 176 528 636 1 165 170 176 11
3 1/24 32 136 169 190 495 591 10 170 168 165 -5
4 1/31 33 168 157 189 514 613 6 168 169 171 3
5 2/7 32 146 166 183 495 591 2 169 168 165 -4
Avg/Game: 157 167 183 Next Weeks Avg: 168

The Captain's Statistics .......Avg Avg Todays
Wk ....HCP Gm1 Gm2 Gm3 SS HS Ln Bef Aft Avg +/-
1 1/10 35 184 127 187 498 603 7 166 166 166 0
2 1/17 35 167 127 169 463 568 1 166 160 154 -12
3 1/24 40 204 194 146 544 664 10 160 167 181 21
4 1/31 34 218 117 160 495 597 6 167 166 165 -2
5 2/7 35 198 169 194 561 666 2 166 170 187 21
Avg/Game: 194 147 171 Next Weeks Avg: 170

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Workout and Bowling

As Scoundrel points out quite clearly, I have been coming up short on my posts. I still read all the posts (mostly from Scoundrel), but haven't made the time to post myself.

Training Update:

I just started Week 4 of 6 today on my second round of the "Increase your Bench by 40 lbs" workout. I really like the workout and continue to see results. I'm not seeing the same increases as the first 6-weeks, but I didn't expect to. I've also missed more workouts in the last 4 weeks, mostly due to being tired and not getting enough sleep. I normally get 6 hours, but there were some days where I was getting about 5, so I'd skip a workout.

Last week was training all week and high calorie lunches, a dinner, and Super Bowl weekend. I'm way up to 187 lbs, not too bad considering. I'll be eating better again this week and Lent is coming up.

Bowling:

I continue to make small increases weekly in my average. And I still hold a slim lead on our semi-pro Captain, so I feel good. I have trouble hitting the pocket consitently at Flaherty's where I have more success at other lanes. My ball has too much breaking action for my normal postioning and delivery. I make small adjustments weekly to try to hone in on the pocket, but I've had mixed success. My best result is throwing harder to get more slide and less bite, but the angle of attack on the pocket does not give me the best pin action. I'll continue with small adjustments in hopes of getting it right and maybe have a 550 or 600 series.

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Something old...

Is something new.
Galan has finally gone and done it. He has committed to a bowling league.
On Thursday nights at 21:15, Galan, the Captain and I are bowling in a mid-season league. It should be lots of fun. I haven't bowled on any sort of regular basis in almost 20 years. Thursday we met for some practice. Galan and the Captain were bowling near 200s, while I was bowling just over 100.

The last time I bowled in a league was at the U of M at Coffman Union with Abe and a others I can't even remember. Scoundrel do you remember? A guy at work had an every other Sunday league about 15 plus years ago and I subbed once in a while. Look here for weekly updates. Team name suggestions welcome.

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