3-29-17 HY: Pickle-Ball + Insanity MAX 30 - MAX OUT SWEAT + Ab Attack: 10 + Unlock your Hip Flexors + Splits (modified) + TCF.
Today is a day I was looking forward to and at the same time... DREADING!!! Looking forward because I love playing Pickle-Ball! Dreading because it just happened that it has to be a double workout day. I guess it technically didn't HAVE to be a double workout day, but since I'm on a program instead of a straight hybrid, I wanted to stay on schedule. So, since I didn't want to have to go the last two weeks of the program without an off day, I have to push to get through this week. By doing today's double, I was able to stay on schedule so I can still take my off day on Saturday and then attack the final week of MAX 30 well rested. This is something I would have done no matter what, not just because I'm in a Challenge "KotH" Month with my coach and her team.
Pickle-Ball was in the morning, and it almost didn't happen. The gym we play in was being set up for health tests that the students have to go through next week as part of orientation week at my university. Yes, the school year in Japan starts in April, so it's coming soon. When I poked my head into the gym, I saw all the stuff being set up and I was like, Uh-oh, we can't play today. But luckily, my co-worker checked the other side and it was, for the most part, clear of testing stuff. So we set up the net on the opposite side of the gym. Today, I brought the different, balls that curve and spin more. So we took a little longer to warm up and get used to them than usual. With these new and different balls, our style of play was forced to become more aggressive. Games were much longer and there were a lot more serve changes. The first game was neck and neck until I finally pulled it out 15-13. We played a lot of good shots and we both came to net a lot more than we used to because of the lack of bounce of the balls. But that makes for a much more exciting game. The second game was almost a carbon copy of the first except that I lost, 13-15. These games almost took 30 minutes each. Previously, the average game time was 15-20 minutes. In the third game, well, let me put it this way, at the end of the game, I called the name of the game, "The thorough dismantling of Christopher". This is the first treacherously lopsided loss I have suffered since we started playing Pickle-Ball. At the beginning of the game, I was just mishitting the ball, not seeing the ball, not reading my opponent, I wasn't doing anything I needed to do. I was in a weird funk and I couldn't get out of it. Well, the score ended up being 3-15. But the odd thing is that the game took almost 25 minutes long to complete. So, again, many serve changes and longer rallies took place, but the result was VERY different. We were also using a higher grade of racket as well. The previous rackets were sort of a beginners set but these were a better quality racket and we could feel the difference. Interesting how different equipment can be, and how it can make a difference. But that was a good 2-hour+ session, an my legs were dying. As I said, much more aggressive play means a lot more attacking and moving around the court. Not just left to right, but now, a lot of front to back. Agility is key. I'll have to go over my mental tapes and not allow that drubbing to happen again.
My legs were like jelly when I got home. So I just sat and relaxed. Almost took a nap, but didn't. Then, at the regular time, I went up and started getting ready for my night workout.
I was really feeling it in my legs, and I was noticeably tired. So, I was planning to do today's MAX 30 routine totally modified. I even played the DVD with the modifier track on. But once that warm up started, the modified moves just seemed too easy so I started out regularly. Then I though, "I'll just modify until I max out." But the last max out time was 21:10. So, I figured I would just go until I can't go anymore then modify from there. I was so tired, but an extra boost of energy came from somewhere and I killed it. My MAX OUT Time was 24:32. And that was with no modification. Normal moves at just a little slower pace than Shaun T. I made it to the end of the first move of the first round of the last circuit. I did the Wide In & Out Fly, but could barely get started on the move that took me out, the Plank Jack Shoulder Tap. Then for the next five moves, to the end of the second round, I modified everything. But on the move Plank Jack Shoulder Tap, the modifier was on her knees. That was too easy, so I went on my toes and just did the shoulder tap without the Jack. But I wanted to finish strong, so I gathered up the last of my energy, even from my reserves, and did the last round full force. I had just enough strength for the Power Move and the Closer Move. But I was so happy that I surpassed my last time. I honestly didn't think I'd get passed the second circuit.
Ab Attack was kind of a let down. I lost ten seconds on my max out time. But still on the same move. My previous max out time was 4:40, but today, my MAX OUT Time was 4:30. I just couldn't keep it up on those Scissor Kick Punches, or are they Switch Kick Punches. Either way, that is my nemesis move in this routine. Everything else if fine until the last two moves. This time, on Ab Attack, I needed a 40-20 split, and then on the Drum-V, I needed a 30-30 split. I just can't go all the way on those three moves. When I do... CELEBRATION TIME!!!
I moved right into the Unlock your Hip Flexors and completed it with a good push, but the Splits, I modified because my legs were just dying. So sore and tired and painful. So I did the hamstring stretches just to keep them flexible. Good session today. And my Flow was, as always, on point. But my right knee pain flared up a bit again, but I adjusted my stance to relieve pressure.
So in the end, with 130 minutes of Pickle-Ball in the morning, and then a 160 minute workout in the evening, today, after 290 minutes, I torched over 2100kcals. WOO HOO!!! Time for bed! Don't wake me up till noon!
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