3-24-17 HY: Tennis + Unlock your Hip Flexors + TCF.

3-24-17 HY: Tennis + Unlock your Hip Flexors + TCF.

Today, I'm supposed to do Friday Fight Round 2, but instead, I played tennis with my son.  We played for close to 3 hours.  Needless to say, I was so tired afterward. Recently, when I play tennis, it is usually with my wife, so I can't hit as hard as I would like to, but today, I hit out.  Unfortunately, being so out of practice at that level, most of the time I was hitting out or into the net.  But a few shots went in.  Also, it was a lot different hitting with power because I developed a blister right on the upper part of my palm.  Actually, several blisters all over my racket hand and midway through the second hour the biggest blister turned into a blood blister and then a while later it popped and I bled onto my racket.  Luckily I had some bandaids and I quickly put one on and then got back to playing.  That stopped the pain for a while, but as expected, it came off easily.  My back started hurting with about an hour left and I had to gut it out.  Between points was the most painful, but during each point, the adrenalin kicked in and I was focused on other things.  It ended up being a great session and we both had a great time.  But one thing is clear, my son has passed me and left me in the dust.  He could beat me with one hand tied behind his back.  I thought it would be upsetting, but I'm actually proud and relieved that he has surpassed me.  Now I have to push hard to catch him and be able to just rally with him.  I haven't played competitive tennis for several months since my colleague switched to Pickle-Ball, but from April, I'm going to do two sports, Tennis and Pickle-Ball.  I have a plan!

When I got home my body was aching.  It was all I could do to not moan and groan with every step and every movement I made.  But I took a quick shower and then my son and I were off to see a movie together.  We got back home at around 4:30 pm and after resting for about half an hour, I did Unlock your Hip Flexors and a little bit of Unlock your Tight Hamstrings followed by a Flow.  My legs were aching, and I winced several times during the Flow because my right knee was gimpy from all the pounding from tennis, but I got through it.

In the end, I torched 1500+kcals during the tennis.  Combining the tennis time and Stretch training and Flow time, my workout lasted 210 minutes.  I'm going to sleep well tonight!