5-13-18 (Sunday) Tennis.
Today's tennis was supposed to be at the outdoor park, but since it was raining, we had to move it to the indoor facility. Unfortunately, there was only one court available, so for three hours, 12 people were rotating on the drills. Having only one court means that there was a little more waiting time between turns on the drill court, so my calorie burn was quite a bit lower than usual Sunday tennis sessions. My strokes and volleys felt good. My serve was okay, but there was one turn I had that had me serving to one of the best members if not THE best and arguably the most stable member of the club. I was able to blow two booming serves past him and the people watching were awed. It always feels great when I can take points from the elite members.
In the end, I burned only 1885 kcals. I usually burn closer to 2500 kcals, but I feel fortunate to be able to play on a rainy day.
Sunday, May 20, 2018
5-11-18 (Friday) Pickle-Ball.
5-11-18 (Friday) Pickle-Ball.
Today was the day that I look forward to all week. I love playing tennis, but Pickle-Ball is game day, not just practice and drills. We played four games, and to make a long story short, for the second time in a row, I was able to sweep all the games. Today, though, during the warm-up, I was feeling pretty locked in with my strokes and with my footwork. I started off hot and jumped to a big lead, but I seemed to gas out a bit trying to do some different drop shots and what not. I ended up losing the big lead but finally closed it out, 15-11. In the second game, I decided to just go all out and smash everything I could the paddle on. I didn't let up, peddle to the metal type of stuff. I took the game 15-5. The next game, I just kept it going, but I decided to change my strategy a bit and go for the severe angles. It was great because everything was just going in. Once I got the lead, I just didn't give it up, 15-7. In the final game, I think I was a bit gassed out and I was getting a bit sloppy. I wanted to really finish with a bang though, so I pushed it and went all out. Incredible shots from both ends of the court so it was knock-down-drag-out FUN!!!
In the end, I burned a good 828 kcals. Got to love it!
Today was the day that I look forward to all week. I love playing tennis, but Pickle-Ball is game day, not just practice and drills. We played four games, and to make a long story short, for the second time in a row, I was able to sweep all the games. Today, though, during the warm-up, I was feeling pretty locked in with my strokes and with my footwork. I started off hot and jumped to a big lead, but I seemed to gas out a bit trying to do some different drop shots and what not. I ended up losing the big lead but finally closed it out, 15-11. In the second game, I decided to just go all out and smash everything I could the paddle on. I didn't let up, peddle to the metal type of stuff. I took the game 15-5. The next game, I just kept it going, but I decided to change my strategy a bit and go for the severe angles. It was great because everything was just going in. Once I got the lead, I just didn't give it up, 15-7. In the final game, I think I was a bit gassed out and I was getting a bit sloppy. I wanted to really finish with a bang though, so I pushed it and went all out. Incredible shots from both ends of the court so it was knock-down-drag-out FUN!!!
In the end, I burned a good 828 kcals. Got to love it!
Wednesday, May 16, 2018
5-10-18 (Thursday) Body Beast - Build: Shoulders
5-10-18 (Thursday) Body Beast - Build: Shoulders
I tried something different today and did my workout in the morning. On top of that, I did my workout before having breakfast. I've done that only a couple of times before, but for some reason, I decided to try it today. I actually wasn't that hungry and I lasted the whole workout without feeling hungry, or faint, or even a loss of energy. It just pumped through the routine. Luckily, though, Build: Shoulders is a shorter workout with fewer rounds so that was good.
The one worry I had about this routine is that I have had shoulder pain for the past several weeks. Especially on my left shoulder. One morning I woke up and the pain was just there. It was like I slept on it wrong or something, and I've had pain in my shoulder ever since. It isn't a chronic pain, but when I move my shoulder a certain way, it felt like I was pinching a nerve or something. For that reason, I didn't want to go too heavy, so, as you can see, the weights I chose weren't as heavy as usual. But the high rep sets gave me a good burn. But for the Shrug moves, I went heavy. I enjoyed working out in the morning, and I think I'll do it again next Thursday.
In the end, I burned a very small 346 kcals. One body part in relative isolation and for just over 45 minutes, I knew I couldn't expect too much, but this was a lot lower than I usually burn.
I tried something different today and did my workout in the morning. On top of that, I did my workout before having breakfast. I've done that only a couple of times before, but for some reason, I decided to try it today. I actually wasn't that hungry and I lasted the whole workout without feeling hungry, or faint, or even a loss of energy. It just pumped through the routine. Luckily, though, Build: Shoulders is a shorter workout with fewer rounds so that was good.
The one worry I had about this routine is that I have had shoulder pain for the past several weeks. Especially on my left shoulder. One morning I woke up and the pain was just there. It was like I slept on it wrong or something, and I've had pain in my shoulder ever since. It isn't a chronic pain, but when I move my shoulder a certain way, it felt like I was pinching a nerve or something. For that reason, I didn't want to go too heavy, so, as you can see, the weights I chose weren't as heavy as usual. But the high rep sets gave me a good burn. But for the Shrug moves, I went heavy. I enjoyed working out in the morning, and I think I'll do it again next Thursday.
In the end, I burned a very small 346 kcals. One body part in relative isolation and for just over 45 minutes, I knew I couldn't expect too much, but this was a lot lower than I usually burn.
5-09-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.
5-09-18 (Wednesday) Tennis.
Today, tennis was at the indoor facility. The menu was the regular menu. I started off really on fire, stroking the ball very well, but as the evening progressed, I started to lose it. Since we have a wide range of player ranges, when I played with the less experienced members, I had to ease up on my strokes. And as I did that, I lost my edge. So I will have to push it harder the next time to keep that edge.
In the end, I burned 1543 kcals. It was a good night, and a got a good sweat on.
Today, tennis was at the indoor facility. The menu was the regular menu. I started off really on fire, stroking the ball very well, but as the evening progressed, I started to lose it. Since we have a wide range of player ranges, when I played with the less experienced members, I had to ease up on my strokes. And as I did that, I lost my edge. So I will have to push it harder the next time to keep that edge.
In the end, I burned 1543 kcals. It was a good night, and a got a good sweat on.
5-08-18 (Tuesday) Body Beast - Build: Back and Biceps.
5-08-18 (Tuesday) Body Beast - Build: Back and Biceps.
This is the one routine in the Build Phase that I know brings the pain. In the past, I had to do what "John" on Segi's team did, and that was to use the Pull-Up assist. But today, I didn't use it, and I got through it, on all the variations. In the later sets, I did have to come off the bar to shake out my arms and back, but I did all the reps. I was actually pretty happy with that. I didn't go too heavy, but I think the weights I chose today were exactly what I needed to use. I had to push hard on the heavy sets for sure. I didn't have any problems with any move, but I was feeling the burn on all of them. If I were nit-picking, I guess I did have a little problem with 1,1,2 Hammer Curls. I was using pretty light weights, but I was having a tough time keeping grip with my left hand in the later sets, and especially the heavy sets. The dumbbell kept wedging out of my full grip. Another big Left/Right discrepancy.
In the end, I burned 802 kcals. It was a good, but brutal workout. I hope I don't get too sore tomorrow.
This is the one routine in the Build Phase that I know brings the pain. In the past, I had to do what "John" on Segi's team did, and that was to use the Pull-Up assist. But today, I didn't use it, and I got through it, on all the variations. In the later sets, I did have to come off the bar to shake out my arms and back, but I did all the reps. I was actually pretty happy with that. I didn't go too heavy, but I think the weights I chose today were exactly what I needed to use. I had to push hard on the heavy sets for sure. I didn't have any problems with any move, but I was feeling the burn on all of them. If I were nit-picking, I guess I did have a little problem with 1,1,2 Hammer Curls. I was using pretty light weights, but I was having a tough time keeping grip with my left hand in the later sets, and especially the heavy sets. The dumbbell kept wedging out of my full grip. Another big Left/Right discrepancy.
In the end, I burned 802 kcals. It was a good, but brutal workout. I hope I don't get too sore tomorrow.
Thursday, May 10, 2018
5-06-18 (Sunday) Tennis.
5-06-18 (Sunday) Tennis.
When I woke up on Friday morning my triceps were on fire. What made it worse is that I woke up at 5 am because we had to drive close to 300km to another prefecture because my daughter was playing Field Hockey in a tournament there. So, it was almost 4 hours there, then after the games, close to 4 hours back home for a day trip. We were able to catch the last half of the first game and then the whole second game. This was day-2 of the tournament. My daughter had a good warm-up day yesterday, scoring 2 goals in two games. Today, she went on a tear. She totally dismantled the opposing team in the first game, tagging them for FOUR GOALS!!! Then she scored 1 goal in the second game. The opponent was their old nemesis that usually always beats them, and who is from the same prefecture. But on this day, my daughter's team came out on top. It was great to see my daughter actually do some scoring. This is my first time to see it in an official game. We did some sightseeing around the area and then headed home. It was a good day, but I was exhausted. Thankful for my Saturday rest day. It may be my last one for a while if I want more than two resistance days.
I was still sore, especially my triceps on Saturday, and Sunday morning. But I figured that if I played tennis, my muscles would loosen up with the movement. Warming up was a bit painful, but I was right, getting the blood pumping eventually loosened me up, along with my Triceps. The menu for the day was as usual, Stroke and Volley, then Serve and Return. Then, we did set drills on one court while the other court ran matches. The drills were good, but I think I need more match experience so I was looking forward to my turn playing a match. In my first match, I was paired with a 70ish woman. But she was a former Prefecture #1 player, so she is actually really good. We played another really good player and someone close to my level. To start the match, we went down 1-3, but miraculously came back to win three straight games to take the match. I was really happy to notch the win. Then it was back to drills while another match went on. Once finished, I went back to play another match, I had another older partner, probably in his early to mid-60's, but also pretty good. But we were playing against the same intermediate guy from my first match, and one of the best members in the club. To start, there were three breaks of serve and one hold, by the good guy, so we were down 1-3. I was able to hold serve as well as the opponent, so it became 2-4. Then the my partner had to leave, so he switched out with a guy in his 30's but not as good. Anyway, we broke serve of the intermediate guy to get back on serve, and we had a chance to get back to a 4-4 tie, but my partner was also broken so we were down 3-5, with the best guy to serve next. We had to break or the match was over. And miracle of miracle, we were able to break to get to 4-5. It was on my racket. We would either tie with a hold or lose with a break. My serve in the last game wasn't very good, so I was a little nervous, but I was able to keep it together and get the hold. The match had to end in a 5-5 tie because of time. But it was a great match. I need more match experience to check my nerves.
In the end, I burned 2284 kcals. It was a good day to burn it off.
When I woke up on Friday morning my triceps were on fire. What made it worse is that I woke up at 5 am because we had to drive close to 300km to another prefecture because my daughter was playing Field Hockey in a tournament there. So, it was almost 4 hours there, then after the games, close to 4 hours back home for a day trip. We were able to catch the last half of the first game and then the whole second game. This was day-2 of the tournament. My daughter had a good warm-up day yesterday, scoring 2 goals in two games. Today, she went on a tear. She totally dismantled the opposing team in the first game, tagging them for FOUR GOALS!!! Then she scored 1 goal in the second game. The opponent was their old nemesis that usually always beats them, and who is from the same prefecture. But on this day, my daughter's team came out on top. It was great to see my daughter actually do some scoring. This is my first time to see it in an official game. We did some sightseeing around the area and then headed home. It was a good day, but I was exhausted. Thankful for my Saturday rest day. It may be my last one for a while if I want more than two resistance days.
I was still sore, especially my triceps on Saturday, and Sunday morning. But I figured that if I played tennis, my muscles would loosen up with the movement. Warming up was a bit painful, but I was right, getting the blood pumping eventually loosened me up, along with my Triceps. The menu for the day was as usual, Stroke and Volley, then Serve and Return. Then, we did set drills on one court while the other court ran matches. The drills were good, but I think I need more match experience so I was looking forward to my turn playing a match. In my first match, I was paired with a 70ish woman. But she was a former Prefecture #1 player, so she is actually really good. We played another really good player and someone close to my level. To start the match, we went down 1-3, but miraculously came back to win three straight games to take the match. I was really happy to notch the win. Then it was back to drills while another match went on. Once finished, I went back to play another match, I had another older partner, probably in his early to mid-60's, but also pretty good. But we were playing against the same intermediate guy from my first match, and one of the best members in the club. To start, there were three breaks of serve and one hold, by the good guy, so we were down 1-3. I was able to hold serve as well as the opponent, so it became 2-4. Then the my partner had to leave, so he switched out with a guy in his 30's but not as good. Anyway, we broke serve of the intermediate guy to get back on serve, and we had a chance to get back to a 4-4 tie, but my partner was also broken so we were down 3-5, with the best guy to serve next. We had to break or the match was over. And miracle of miracle, we were able to break to get to 4-5. It was on my racket. We would either tie with a hold or lose with a break. My serve in the last game wasn't very good, so I was a little nervous, but I was able to keep it together and get the hold. The match had to end in a 5-5 tie because of time. But it was a great match. I need more match experience to check my nerves.
In the end, I burned 2284 kcals. It was a good day to burn it off.
Monday, May 7, 2018
5-03-18 (Thursday) HY: Body Beast - Chest and Tris + Fix Elbow Pain Protocol.
5-03-18 (Thursday) HY: Body Beast - Chest and Tris + Fix Elbow Pain Protocol.
Today is the beginning of a modified Body Beast Program. The way I am modifying it is by doing the resistance routines when I don't have either Tennis or Pickle-Ball. So, I may end up doing only two resistance workouts a week because I have tennis on Sunday and Wednesday, then Pickle-Ball on Friday. I'm at work all day on Monday, so the resistance days will be Tuesday and Thursday. Since Monday is sort of a forced rest day, I may start working out on Saturday nights, but we'll see how it goes. But I think I will stay on the Build Phase for at least two months so I can cycle through all the routines at least 3-4 times, then I'll move onto the next phase.
Today was Chest and Tris. I couldn't find my last worksheet, so I just went from feel. I started off with weights a little lighter than what Segi was using, but didn't jump up in as large increments as Segi was doing. Segi was jumping up, like 10 lbs. , but I was only jumping around 2-5 lbs. I was pretty fried at the end of the Chest section, but I burned out really quickly on the Tris section. So much so that I couldn't even do the Triceps Push-Ups on my toes. All the sets I had to do on my knees. It has been a while since I burned out my Tris like that. I know I'm going to be sore for a few days from now. But I really enjoyed this workout because I could really feel the pump and burn. The constant pump was a good sensation. I've missed the PUMP!
In the end, I burned 585 Kcals. Not bad for the first go around. Back to basics with Segi.
Today is the beginning of a modified Body Beast Program. The way I am modifying it is by doing the resistance routines when I don't have either Tennis or Pickle-Ball. So, I may end up doing only two resistance workouts a week because I have tennis on Sunday and Wednesday, then Pickle-Ball on Friday. I'm at work all day on Monday, so the resistance days will be Tuesday and Thursday. Since Monday is sort of a forced rest day, I may start working out on Saturday nights, but we'll see how it goes. But I think I will stay on the Build Phase for at least two months so I can cycle through all the routines at least 3-4 times, then I'll move onto the next phase.
Today was Chest and Tris. I couldn't find my last worksheet, so I just went from feel. I started off with weights a little lighter than what Segi was using, but didn't jump up in as large increments as Segi was doing. Segi was jumping up, like 10 lbs. , but I was only jumping around 2-5 lbs. I was pretty fried at the end of the Chest section, but I burned out really quickly on the Tris section. So much so that I couldn't even do the Triceps Push-Ups on my toes. All the sets I had to do on my knees. It has been a while since I burned out my Tris like that. I know I'm going to be sore for a few days from now. But I really enjoyed this workout because I could really feel the pump and burn. The constant pump was a good sensation. I've missed the PUMP!
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