The US Trip and the resulting Workouts through September

     I left for the US on August 29.  It was a long trip but there was no outstanding incident.  Everything went smoothly and it was probably the fastest trip in the sense of security checks and immigration that I have ever experienced.  I didn't get asked more than one or two questions all the way through.  As for the trip, I was able to do all my scheduled work duties so that part was fine.  I wasn't even that effected by the jet lag that much which made me happy.

     I was hoping to play Pickleball every day in the evening, but in the end, I ended up only being able to play twice the whole trip.  The first time the weather was hot, but the second time, it was almost cold near the end of play.  I didn't bring my HRM but I only played doubles so I didn't really need it.  But it was still a good workout each time.  During the first day, I won all my matches.  The second was much the same, winning all my matches except one.  But the difference was that I played with a variety of players.  It was just fun all around both days.

     On the trip back, I got the news that a typhoon was heading to Tokyo and might cause some delay for my flight.  But eventually, it was reported that there were no delays of incoming flights to Narita.  Again, all the security checks were fast and problem-free.  The only little nervousness I had was waiting to see if the seat next to me would be open or not.  Fortunately, it was open, so I could stretch out a little more this time.   Since I got the ticket there was only one thing I was even remotely worried about, and that was the transit time between Narita and Haneda.  I knew I was going to cut it close, but if everything went as smoothly as it had been, I was going to make it.  But Mother Nature had other plans.  When I arrived at Narita (a few minutes earlier than scheduled),  I was hopeful that I would make it on time.  I went through customs, immigration, and security with no hitches got my bags and headed to the shipping counter.  On my way there, I noticed that the lines for the bus ticket counter were "snakingly" long.  That is when I got my first hint that something was not right.  I shipped my three large bags and head back to buy my bus ticket to Haneda.  Unfortunately, the line was even longer now.  I went out to the bus stop to see if I could just ride the bus and pay cash.  But there was a notice that stated that the bus service was not running.  Looking up and down the line, tons of people were just waiting and no buses or even taxis were running.  At this point, I still had over two hours to get to Haneda.  Well, it ended up that because of the typhoon, there was flooding all over the city and no transportation services were running at all in or around Narita, but planes were still arriving.  Totally, an estimated 17,000 were stranded at Narita that night.

That whole experience just totally screwed up my internal clock and even three weeks later, I'm still feeling the effects of the jet lag.

I didn't do any workout the first week back.  The next week, I just did a week of X3 Yoga.  Then I started doing some resistance last week along with the Yoga.  Below is my worksheet for the routine.

This routine offically completes my Hammer and Chisel run through.  From October I will start a normal workout schedule.  Here we go!