5-21-17 Tennis.

5-21-17 Tennis.

Today was a busy day right from the early morning.  And I was suffering because like an idiot, I didn't go to bed until around 3 am.  Knowing full well what kind of day was coming.  Plus, there were some surprises that made it even tougher.  My Sunday started at 6:30 am.  I had to bring my daughter and her friend to the train station, then a bit later, my wife and I would meet her to watch her Field Hockey game.  It has been about a year since I got my SLR out, but my daughter wanted some good pics of herself playing so I prepared everything.  I had to charge a lot of batteries the night before.  But I got some good shots.  It was a good match, but unfortunately, my daughter's team just missed the victory.  My wife and I then took a nice long drive through the mountains.  It was an unexpected adventure because we were following Google Maps' Navigation and it took us on a very country road.  About half the road was a two-way road, but narrow enough to be a one-way road.  I was so nervous for most of the way because if another car came the other way, there would have been virtually no way around.  Anyway, after all was said and done, we got home at close to 5 pm and I was majorly tired.  So, I flopped down on the bed and ended up taking a 1.5-hour nap. I woke up relatively refreshed and basically ready to do my workout.  But my wife had made a tennis court reservation so my plan changed.  Instead of Lean Circuit 3, I went to play tennis.

My wife reserved two hours and we used it fully.  But for part of the time, I was teaching and drilling my wife... IN VARIOUS TENNIS SHOTS!!!  We did basic forehand and backhand, volleying, overhead smash, and serving.  We played points, and then finally we played a few games.  My wife ran me around pretty much so I got a good workout.

In the end, I torched a good 1100+kcals.  For the past few days, I have had this weird feeling in the center of my chest.  It is like the muscles that hold my chest cavity in place was extremely sore and so every time I would bend over, my chest really hurt.  To relieve the pain a little, I would exhale.  Turning in bed was/is painful, just everyday stuff like picking up a piece of paper from the floor was painful.  I practiced a few serves and the twisting motion was painful, but I wanted to keep on practicing, so I kept going and after a time, I didn't notice the pain or the pain went away.  It started about a week ago after Push Circuit 3.  There were some tough moves and I may have strained some of those internal muscles.  So, I think it was a good thing that I didn't do resistance today.