Well, today was another odd day. The night before, I was notified that I would not have my night class this evening, so that opened up the door for me to go to the tennis club. Yes, the one I have not been to in over 3 months. Last night, I was sort of planning to do a double workout. Do Combat in the morning, then tennis at night. I usually wake up when I hear my daughter bumping around in the kitchen getting ready for school. That is before 7am. Today, she had a school event so she didn't have to go to school at the normal early time, so I wasn't woken up until past 8pm. That gave me a lot less time to get a workout in and get ready for work. So, I decided not to do a double and just stretch or foam roll in the morning. While I was trying to decide what to do, I was checking my Beachbody Coach's challenge page and she had just put up the challenge for this week. So I decided to just do some stretching and then do the challenge. Here is the challenge graphic.
I started to do it thinking that it was going to be easy. Well, it wasn't easy. It was a good intense routine. My hips are so inflexible. The first move was really tough, especially when trying to keep my hips flat with my knees and shoulders. I just can't get them that high, so I sag in the middle. Walking down was a lot harder than walking up (towards my head). The easiest move by far was the second move. The first two rounds were fine, but my shoulders really started to feel it in the final round. The last move, like the second, was fine in the first round, but I was feeling some pull in my core in the second round. The third round was a good ab/core workout. Also, to simulate the broom, I was using a weighted bar. Twisting from side-to-side, I heard my back crack several times. But MAN, that was a good little workout.
In the end, I burned over 250kcals.
In the evening, I went to play tennis. We had two courts and an odd number. Only 7 members came, so we traded the match and practice time. I was on the practice court first with two others. Cut throat style. I was alone first. At the end of the practice session, I was dying. One against to is not about winning points, it's about keeping the ball in play. That was brutal, but fun. In the next session, I was with another person, and the third guy was alone. Huge difference in running time and distance. Plus, the alone guy is sort of a beginner, so he couldn't control where he hit the ball, so I didn't get a lot of hits. Which was fine because I was bushed. Finally I got onto the match court. I was afraid of serving because I haven't served in months. But my serve was actually pretty good. I hit a few aces, and service winners, but I also double faulted the last two points, effectively losing the game for my team. But the next time I got a chance to serve, I closed it out from 40-15. We won the set, 6-4. Only had time for one set, but it was a long set. We play in a gym, so yes, very humid. Not to hot though which is good.
In the end, I torched 1300+kcals. Nice burn for 2+ hours of tennis. It is also nice to get back to match play again. I wish I could play singles, but that is for another time.
Splits and Flow were in the evening, and they were good. Got through everything today, so I was happy.
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