25th, Back to Tennis.

November 25, Sunday - Tennis + Chin-Up Challenge.

I took a nap Saturday afternoon, which caused me to sleep later than usual.  Which caused me to wake up later than usual.  Which caused me to leave for tennis later than usual.  I ended up just playing for three hours instead of the usual just under four hours.  On top of that, there were a lot of people today, and we played a lot of matches until the end of the time.  So it was a pretty relaxed day.  I missed the warm-up time so I had to warm-up during the drills.  My first few rounds were just Five-and-Done.  But as I started warming up, I started to extend the rallies.  We started playing matches about halfway through the session and I was in the second round.  The first round of matches was to practice the people who have upcoming tournaments and women's doubles.  Then the lottery pairs.  My partner ended up being a guy I had played with before, but we just didn't have a good chemistry at that time.  Today, it started off pretty much the same way, we lost the first two games, but then things came together and we roared back to win the next four game to take the match.  Then we had to play a second match right away against the tournament teams.  Things sort of fell apart and we lost 2-4.  I lost my serve and hit a few bad shots.  But it was a good game. It was a good practice, albeit shorter than usual.

When I got home, I went right to the bar to knock out the Chin-Ups for today.  I did 25 reps in two sets 15-10.  If I can increase my initial set past 15 reps by the end of the week, I will be happy.  Then next month, I will switch to Pull-Ups.  I love the move and want to stay strong with it.

In the end, I burned a good 1236 kcals.  That is less than half what I usually burn on a normal day.  That first thirty minutes is really important to set up my body to burn calories.