After over a week off of literally zero strenuous workouts, I was feeling the need to get back into workout. I wanted to start on Sunday, but because of the sudden trip to the Field Hockey Finals over 2 hours north, no go. So, my come back started today. And it started with Pickleball. I was pretty confident to play, because I was not in pain from movement, the pain came from sitting. That is the first time experience for me. My back was either so messed up that any position was painful, or sitting and lying down were the only comfortable positions. But sitting causing the pain was a first. But just to be safe, I started out slow with the warm up, but after a few rallies, I was feeling confident that my back was fine the this kind of movement so I started to turn it up. We ended up playing 5 games and I won 4 of them. The first and last three. I lost the second game. Perhaps it was a laps in concentration, but the last three games took longer than than the first couple. Lots of good rallies, shots, and plays. We had a lot of fun and we sweat a lot. Not as much as usual because the gym was actually at the perfect temperature today. I also, FINALLY!!!, Remembered to bring my phone so I could snap a pic of the Pickleball court. So here it is...
We use the doubles badminton lines (green). A lot of fun and a great calorie burn.
I got to the Splits in the evening. I was really worried that I lost some flexibility, and for the most part, I did lose some, but I was able to get back to my low mark with some normal pain and weight bearing. My hamstrings are definitely tighter, but they opened up some to let me get back to the mark. It will take a couple weeks at best to get loose again. Reaching my goal by December 31 took a big hit. The Flow was good. I lost my balance a bit on the first run through, but the subsequent Flows were on point.
In the end, of the Pickleball, I torched 1100+kcals. God to get back to the big burns. Tomorrow, resistance.
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