3-08-17 HY: Pickle-Ball + Weight Machines.
Today, my day started with Pickle-Ball. It has been two weeks since I last played Pickleball. The last time was just before I was diagnosed with the flu. That time, I just barely made it through the session. Today, I was hoping I would do a lot better. Right from the start, I went into a 0-5 hole. But I started to slowly come back, then I got dropped into a huge 5-13 hole. Then I started my big come back, all the way to 15-14. I was one point from an amazing comeback, but then I ended up losing the game 15-17. In the second game I went down only a little at the beginning, but never let him get too big of a lead. Finally, in the end, I got the boost I needed and took the game 15-11. Then I just started rolling, taking the next two games 15-7 and then 15-3. It felt good to play at a higher level that before. I also started to change my strategy in the later games. In order to win, I realized that I had to be more aggressive and come to net more. Sure, I'd lose a few points getting passed or lobbed on, but the probability is in the aggressors' favor. And it sure paid off as the match went on. We played for close to two hours because the students are now on Spring Break, so we were able to have a longer session than the usual hour and a half. Thankfully, I didn't feel hardly any lingering effects of my sickness. After putting the net away, I usually hit the showers, but today, my colleague was delayed taking his shower so I decided to do something I had wanted to do since the summer; use the weight machines.
There is one move that I can't really do at home that I can do on the school machines. That is the Lat Pull Down. So I set up the machine and started off with 40kgs and a set of 12. My shoulder was still a bit painful so I went down to 30kgs and pulled the bar down behind my head. I did two sets of 12. Oh, to start, I did a set of 12 pull ups. My left shoulder still has some pain in the anterior muscle, so I stopped at 12. That was the only set. Then I went to the Lat Pull Down. The final move I did was the Chest Press. I started off with 60kgs as a warm up first set, 12 reps. Then I went up to 80kgs and did 10 reps. Finally, I went up to 100kgs and pumped out 8 reps. Upper body was feeling pumped! I did have a problem with the machine on the final set. On the right side, the weight plates stuck, so even though I put the pin in 50kgs, 70kgs were going up. So, I had to yank and pull and kick the weights to separate them. I eventually got them separated and did the set of 100kgs, that's 50kgs on the right and left. Felt good to pump that weight.
When I got home, I was planning to do my stretch Splits, but my daughter wanted to play Wii, so I ended up playing Wii with her until passed midnight. And I was not able to do my stretch. So, I will be doing them for the rest of the week, with no break. This next week will be VERY weird because of graduation so I will be adjusting my workout schedule to accommodate a mid-week off day. More about that when the time comes. During Pickleball, I only had my pedometer so not a clean count today for a calorie burn.
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