6-13-16 HY: T25 - Alpha: Cardio + Splits + TCF + Tennis.

6-13-16 HY: T25 - Alpha: Cardio + Splits + TCF + Tennis.

Today was a normal day... FINALLY!!! But there will be some more unusual days coming this week, but after this week, there will be a long run of normal days so that will be nice.  But for now, the name of the game is adaptation.

It was nice to get back to a morning workout.  But I was in a little bit of a time crunch because our bank guy was coming to have me sign some papers. So, I had to get to it quick.  Cardio is always a good routine for me.  I love the moves, the progressions are tough, but in a good order so just when I'm about to give it up, a new progression start and allows me to shake out some of the pain and recover some.  Especially right off the bat with that first progression.  But I was able to take the pain.  Actually, the pain has slowly been getting more bearable the more I do these routines which was one of my goals.  This type of conditioning is something I need to play tennis better and longer.  But I NAILED the routine and went Straight 25.  I was sweating like crazy and the drops started to fly.  It is the rainy season here and the humidity is close to 90% hence the buckets of sweat.  It was a great routine.

Before doing the stretch, I recorded the 22 day Push Up challenge.  I'm supposed to do only 22 push ups a day, but I ended up doing 44.  The first time I recorded the push ups, I used the Time-Lapse function but it was too fast and I couldn't see what I was doing.  So I went with the regular rate video.  I still nailed it!  For our TROOPS!

I moved into the Splits, and luckily, I started early enough, and ended early enough that the time crunch sort of became a non-issue.  So I could do a full stretch and Flow.  The stretch was great, and I was able to get really low and I got to the point where I could actually feel the pull on my inner thighs.  I'm glad to be doing effective stretches.  The Flow was as expected, smooth and clean.

I did some tennis training and drilling today.  Almost non-stop for the whole session.  We were able to go a little longer today, just about 10 minutes longer but worth it because we were practicing serves and I need all the practice I can get.  The gym was also very humid, so the sweat was pouring down.  Consistency is what I need.  I have a good stroke, but I just don't have the control I need to go up to that next step, or level.  But playing twice as much as before will hopefully push me to be more consistent. I felt a smidge better this week so that is a good thing! Last week I was on day 3 of the refresh so I didn't have the energy I needed.  But today, I pushed it.

In the end, I forgot the exact Torch rate, but combining the morning and afternoon sessions, I Torched just under 2000kcals. Woo Woo!!!