I have been MIA this past couple weeks because I have been in the US on a business trip and for my exercise, I've been playing a lot of Pickle-Ball. Almost everyday the second week starting on the 4th of September which was a Sunday, I played everyday except Wednesday because that is the day my sister came to town and I picked her up and we went out to a lot places and didn't get home until late. But I picked up again on Thursday, and this time I got my sister into it and we played for a relatively short time, but there were only 4 people so we played the entire time with no breaks. Friday also, we played a lot and and I burned a lot of calories. On Saturday, which is normally my off day, no Pickle-Ball, but we did do a lot of yoga. That is the reason why my sister came to visit while I am in town, to do yoga with me. We call it "SY16" which stands for "Sibling Yoga 2016". This year, is actually the third year for us to do this event. I will post pics of it later. But we were doing a lot of stretch poses, balance poses, strength poses, and it really brought on a good sweat.
Then on Sunday, which was our last day in town together, we played Pickle-Ball in the morning for over three hours and then went shopping. I had a lot of stuff to get to bring back to Japan so we were out a long time. For dinner, I had Pho for the first time at a Vietnamese Restaurant. It was nice. I liked the Vietnamese sandwich (I forget the name, something like "Beng In" or something like that) though a little more. Then when we got back, I was packing all my bags and weighing them. So that was a good amount of lifting just under 50 pound bags.
Since I was essentially doing the same thing everyday, when it came to writing about it, I figured I'd be writing the same thing everyday. Plus, I wasn't really liking the idea of writing the entries on my iPad so after the first few times, I figured I'd just put the whole week into one post at the end.
I left the US on Monday morning. My flight from Chicago was delayed over an hour so when I arrived in Tokyo, it was impossible for me to make my connecting flight, so the airline put me up for the night with two meals. Sweet deal! When I got home, I was dead, but happy to see my wife and daughter. I've been home for a couple days now and the Jet Lag has been pretty odd. Nothing like I've experienced in the past. Usually, I'd be waking up in the middle of the night, unable to get back to sleep. This time, for the past couple of nights, I have gone to bed around 9pm and pretty much slept through the night. I did wake up a couple of time to do some "business" but I was able to get right back to sleep. One big difference is the fact that I have been a bit dizzy all day. That is different. If I move my head too fast, I feel sick and start to lose my balance. For that reason, I have not been able to workout since coming home. I'm going to take it easy through Saturday and then hopefully start back up my regular workouts on Sunday.
So I'll just give the totals for the full time I worked out and played Pickle-Ball in the US. my first workout was on September 1, Thursday, and I played Pickle-Ball for a total of 8 times before leaving on September 12. I only did one regular workout on on the 2nd, which was P90X's Core Synergistics + Splits + TCF. Then, I did Splits and TCF one other day after Pickle-Ball. That was on Friday, September 9.
Total Time for 9 Workouts was 27 hours and 2 minutes.
Total Calories Torched was 13,411kcals.
I had brought my workout shoes and routines to do for my workouts, but those plans changed drastically with the Pickle-Ball Fad sweeping my family. I loved playing Pickle-Ball, but I'm anxious to get back to my regular workouts. I'm scheduled to be started on Week 6 of Combat, but I may not go back to that. I may go back to my regular hybrid which alternates Resistance and Cardio. So I may use the Combat for the cardio portion of my hybrid until I'm through the whole 9 week schedule. It is under consideration at the moment.
One more off day, then it's back to the grind. Unless this dizzyness persists. Here's hoping. Have a great weekend!
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