November 16, Friday - Koosh Speed Catch + Pickle-Ball.

November 16, Friday - Koosh Speed Catch + Pickle-Ball.

Like Thursday, my university had entrance exams, but I had the last job of the day, which was the third check of a triple-check system for imputed test scores.  I waited all day for a job that took two minutes.  Oh, the JOY!  So, I got home late and was not able to do a workout... Until my daughter got home and wanted to play.  Of course, I said "Yes", and I was hoping that it would be sort of a workout.  And it was.

We started out playing Koosh Speed Catch for about 15 minutes.  Basically, we use a Koosh Ball, which is a ball that has a lot of rubber-band like arms sticking out, and we throw it as fast as possible at each other and as soon as we catch it, we have to throw it back.  There is nothing casual about it.  If it gets dropped, the one who dropped it has to pick it up as fast as possible and start throwing it again.  It is like a much more intense game of "Hot Potato".  I was sweating like crazy within just a few minutes.  Sweat was just flowing down my face and neck.  Then we started Pickle-Ball.  We played for around an hour.  A ton of fun, but we started a new style of play where we would serve the ball as fast and hard as possible at the other person no matter what.  It is awesome reflex training.  I got about 15% of those bullets back, but the others, just too tough to handle.  I had to get a towel by this time because I was sweating so much, and I took a shower afterward.  Next time I should wear my HRM.  I'm interested to know just how many calories I burn during this style of Pickle-Ball and exercise.

I decided to take an off day from the Chin-Up Challenge today so no chin-ups today.