Long LONG day!!!
I played in a tennis tournament today and the conditions were terrible. I played in rain, wind, snow, and hail. It was extra special because I played doubles with my son. It was my first official tournament since coming to Japan. I was nervous and didn't do as well as I could have, or should have. But I can say I did my best and it was fun playing with my son. We ended up playing 5 matches. Three in a round robin tournament and two in a consolation knock out tournament. Started the day at 8:30am and got home at close to 5pm. Tired tired. Oh, I didn't wear my HRM so I don't know how much I burned, but It was a lot I suspect.
When I got home, I knew if I sat down to relax I wouldn't get up again so I went right to my workout and started the routine. I had a great workout, but my legs were dying. Fortunately, I made it through the legs and lower body section non-stop. I couldn't stay on my toes for all the push ups, so I did what Chalene said and went down on one knee for half of the tricep push ups. But I gutted it out on the triangle push ups on my toes. Tri's were BURNNNNING!!! Great workout.
Splits were surprisingly good. I didn't splits train yesterday, but I did do a lot of foam rolling, so maybe that had some affect on today. I was able to get right to the mark and push it.
This week, I am going slow. I'm going to relax through the flow and really internalize the moves. I noticed that when I was going fast, I was using speed to compensate for some of my imbalances. So, I'm going to go back to the beginning and do another ironing job this week. I cannot cheat and lean into a move to keep my balance, rather, I have to really have balance. But I'm going to focus on everything again, positioning, balance, breathing, fluidity, etc. Slow will be a challenge.
In all, over 500kcals after tennis. Great way to blast into the new week!
Splits were surprisingly good. I didn't splits train yesterday, but I did do a lot of foam rolling, so maybe that had some affect on today. I was able to get right to the mark and push it.
This week, I am going slow. I'm going to relax through the flow and really internalize the moves. I noticed that when I was going fast, I was using speed to compensate for some of my imbalances. So, I'm going to go back to the beginning and do another ironing job this week. I cannot cheat and lean into a move to keep my balance, rather, I have to really have balance. But I'm going to focus on everything again, positioning, balance, breathing, fluidity, etc. Slow will be a challenge.
In all, over 500kcals after tennis. Great way to blast into the new week!
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