3-22-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

3-22-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

I was only minimally sore today after doing my first P90X resistance routine in almost two years yesterday.  So I thought that tennis would go well.  Plus, I was coming off a week of a lot of tennis so I thought I would just coast on that extra practice and be hitting the ball well. None of the above.  I was back to playing with my regular playing partner in the regular venue and I was terrible... to put it mildly.  There were times when I was just returning the ball, and times when I was just junking the ball into the net.  Today, since there was no pressing engagement later on, we were able to play for close to 2 hours.  When we usually play, it is for only around an hour.  In that shorter time, we are able to finish between 2-3 sets of the adjusted scoring.  Today, in almost two hours, we barely got in one set.  In the whole time, I hit less than a handful of highlight reel shots and was on the defensive most of the time.  Most of the points I got were not from my good shots, but rather his mistakes. Concentration was at an all time low. Footwork and movement were terrible as well. I felt like I was moving like an injured cow.  Extremely frustrating and disappointing session today.  The only positive thing is that I got a nice calorie burn as a result.  But I will have to buckle down for next time, probably this Friday with my son. Our last time playing before he heads off to college.

I wasn't able to get in my Splits and Flow until later in the evening, but it felt good to stretch out.  For some reason, the front of my hip flexors are really sore.  So the stretch was good.  Also, since my kids were tired, they went to bed really early so I did the stretch in the dark.  But it felt like I was getting low. At least the pain was evident of the fact. I was able to take a little more time with it as well. Flow was good, smooth and clean.

In the end, the tennis only torched 1200+kcals.