7-21-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

7-21-16 HY: Tennis + Splits + TCF.

Tennis Day!

According to the Combat schedule, I'm supposed to be doing a HIIT workout, but Tennis Day takes priority.  I was a little bummed, but when I discovered, the schedule calls for the same routine that was on Day 1, I figured that I would just not do the repeat routine and do the new HIIT routine on Friday.  So nothing missed.

HOT HOT HOT!!! In the gym.  I checked the floor before setting up this time and, yes, that one baseline had a film of condensation on it.  So I set up the net on the other side of the gym and it seemed okay.  But I found a few drip areas near the net.  So I just marked those spots in my head and determined to just be careful in that area.  I am back to using normal scoring today because I just wanted to see how it would be.  No suspense, it was a very tough first set. But I finally took the match, 8-6, 6-0.  The first set was a really dog fight.  Both were making shots and having ups and downs in concentration and strokes.  I was actually up 5-2 but them I just sort of shut down and lost 3 straight games.  I got up to 6-5, then lost again.  Eventually taking the last two games.  But that was the start of a tear that saw 8 straight games.  I don't know what happened, I was just on fire at times, and when I started to slow down, he slowed down more.  We started to play a third set, but the by that time, my sweat was starting to free-flow and it was getting slippery, so we just played for a bit more, and then stopped.  This is the first time for ME to actually call a stop.  After falling and slipping last week, I didn't want that to happen again.  I had to really push myself today, because I was feeling a bit sluggish and tired the whole time.  I would have bursts of energy during a point and I would be able to run down balls, but then I would be very winded afterwards.  I finished my water bottle, but it isn't enough because I was a bit dehydrated after the match.  I may have to bring my bigger bottle on days like this.  But the most important thing... It was great fun!

I did my Splits and Flow after my night class and everything went well.  I'm hitting on a point that really enables me to push lower and find the muscles that need stretching out.  Flow was Choice.

In the end, only tennis, I torched over 1300kcals.  Big burn!