8-13-17 (Sunday) Yard Work + Tennis.

8-13-17 (Sunday) Yard Work + Tennis.

Well, today was an unusual day.  It was a beautiful day so I knew this would be my only chance to get the yard done.  It was after the rainy season so there was a jungle in my yard.  Long story short, it took me three hours in the hot HOT sun to get everything done.  I tried to stay hydrated but I got a little dehydrated.  No burn this time.  But being in the heat for that long pretty much zapped the energy right out of me.  I wasn't sleepy, but I was just exhausted.  I was planning to do just my Arm Shaper task for the day later in the evening, then call it a day.  But then my son asked, "Dad, do you want to play tennis?"  How could I say no?  So I tried to rest so I could have the energy to play in the evening.  Then my wife said, "Me, too! I want to play, too!" So, we struck up the plan, I would play with my son for 2 hours, then my wife would come and then I'd play with her for an hour or so.
Great plan!  But when the time came to leave, I wasn't feeling it.  I was still feeling pretty tired and zero motivation to play.  But I was going to play none the less.  Well, once we got to the court, we started hitting around and just moments later, the energy came flowing into me.  Only with my son can I really hit out as hard as I can and expect the ball to come back.  It was a Knock-Down, Drag-Out, Slug Fest.  We were killing the ball as hard as we could and the rallies were just crushing.  There was no way I was going to keep this level of energetic play up for two hours, I thought.  But then we started serving and playing points.  That slowed the pace down.  But the Slug Fest continued.  I hit some good serves, then the adrenaline got the better of me and I sort of lost control of my serve because I was going for too much.  Then, I just couldn't get anything in anymore.

When the time came, my wife arrived at the court and the switch was on.  Now, I had to play a much more controlled game.  No more hitting out, and more running to get everything back and at a hitable pace.  We had a good time.

In the end, I did over three hours of yard work.  My hands were tingling a large part of the day because of the vibrations from holding the weed-whacker for so long.  And then three hours of tennis in the evening.  No HRM during the yard work but for the tennis, I torched 1500+kcals.  When I got home, I was too dead to think about anything or do anything.  So no Arm Shaper for me today.  I'll pull a double shift tomorrow.  But my arms got a good workout today with the variety of activities that I did.  I slept like a baby.