7-04-16 HY: T25 - Alpha: Cardio + Splits + TCF + Tennis.

7-04-16 HY: T25 - Alpha: Cardio + Splits + TCF + Tennis.

Started my Independence Day with a Shake!  Lovely way to start anything!  Went right to my workout.

My arches are getting stronger!  Not as much pain or discomfort in the first progression.  Usually I'd be dying just getting past the Basic Jacks, but I had some leeway on that pain today.  Went straight through for a Straight 25.  There was a problem though, or actually two problems.  1. I was sweating like crazy and it was flying everywhere.  2. I wore the wrong socks and I started getting a blister on my left arch.  Aside from that, NAILED IT!!!

Went right to the Splits and Flow.  Everything went well and I was able to get down low and do a good clean and smooth Flow.

Tennis in the afternoon after class is always nice.  But I have only two sessions of this left for the year. The gym was HOT!!! and HUMID!!! Today's weather was the hottest it's been in a long time.  Summer is here!  But fortunately, opening the windows offered some relief.  Today was drill and training day.  Stroke practice, volley practice and server practice.  My second serve is coming back, but I'm still having a problem with reigning in my first serve power.  I keep hitting it long.  I need to generate more head speed or it's all for not. Maybe those big booming serves are for a younger time.  Maybe I should just play the angle and finesse game.  We'll see.  It was a very good session.

In the end, I torched almost 2000kcals today.  A little over 600kcals in the morning and just a little over 1300kcals from the tennis.  Tennis is usually a little less, but since we were drilling today, no match, my heart rate stayed up a lot longer... and higher.  Good Monday!