May 22, 2019, Wednesday - Wall Tennis.
Today, I had no meetings after work, so I was able to get home a little earlier and go to the wall with my wife. My legs were feeling very sore from yesterday. I didn't feel too bad in the morning when I woke up, as the day wore on, the soreness hit. Also, my right knee started to feel really painful. Especially going up the stairs. It hurt so much when I put weight on the higher leg to climb a step. Walking straight on flat ground was painless, just stairs. So I decided to try out the Wall again but I put on a knee supporter.
The same guy was there, so we had to again, share the wall with him. The last time, it took about 30 minutes for me to get the feel back. I felt like at the end I was hitting some good strokes and finding a good contact point. My timing was also coming back. However, today, I just didn't feel solid at all. I didn't feel "uncomfortable" like I did last time in the beginning, but I just didn't "feel" it today. My strokes felt mechanical and stiff. But the one good thing is that I started to serve and my serves felt okay. I did realize that when my toss was too much over my head and I didn't bend back for the kick serve, I was compensating with my shoulder and that that positioning was causing pain. So, I learned that if I'm going to do a kick serve, I need to go for it and not task my shoulder to get the extension I need to generate the racket head speed and path I need. Even though I didn't have the feeling today, I focused on form and made sure I got low But I was really pushing it today, and we stayed for a little longer today so the burn was a bit higher.
In the end, I burned a good 922 kcals. Playing tennis didn't bring any knee pain or ankle pain, so I was happy about that. I may not do Plyo Legs again for a while, or at least until I know my knee feels better.
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