Fitness & Training segment?

[WUTiger]

iacas,

A couple of times in the past people suggested putting a Fitness & Training segment into The Sand Trap forum area.

We get exchanges now on the topic, but the threads tend to be split up among Golf Talk and Instruction and Playing Tips . If we had a separate Fitness segment, we could keep the discussions grouped together rather than scattered across other sections.

Does this sound viable, having a F&T; section? Any drawbacks you see?

[iacas]

iacas,

I think my answer remains the same: we don't get anywhere near enough discussion of these topics to warrant a new section of the site.

You could say that it's because we don't have a new section, but I don't think that creating it will result in much discussion. You could help the case for a new sub-forum by listing all of the threads I could move to the new sub-forum if it's created. Do it in the next five minutes and the sub-forum might exist in the next ten minutes. P.S. "Training" is probably not the best word, so I'd suggest coming up with a different name, like maybe "Fitness and Exercise" or something. I'm "training" myself when I'm practicing my swing or chipping, and I'm constantly "training" myself to be a better instructor. I wouldn't want people accidentally putting swing stuff in the sub-forum and "Training" might lead them to do that occasionally.

[WUTiger]

Good point on the problem with Training as a term. Fitness and Exercise would be a much better title. Even with these two search words, I still came up with several threads that should remain in Instruction, or Tour Talk.

The raw Fitness and Exercise search words turned up 54 threads; I pruned out six which only link weakly to Fitness and Exercise (i.e., items which urged people to work out w/o addressing specifics)

[iacas]

There you go. If I missed some threads give me the URL to them so I can move them over too.

Also, "How do you deal with blehh kinda moods" probably doesn't qualify, does it?

[WUTiger]

"Blehh kinda moods" belongs in The Grill , right next to "What are you drinking?"

More seriously, thanks for the setup of F&E.; If only the US government was as responsive to its citizens.

[iacas]

"Blehh kinda moods" belongs in

No problem. Let this serve as evidence that I can be swayed by a well reasoned argument.

30+ threads (and maybe others - if you see any that belong there let me know) is enough to set up a new forum. Worst case I fold it back into the other sub-forums in a few months.

[ejimsmith]

I love the new section!

[TN94z]

Thanks for the new section! I pulled for this section the last time. I am really glad to see it and I think it will really grow now that there is a section on this topic. I know all of my friends are starting to to talk about exercising for golf specifically and are always asking what they can do to accomplish their goals.