March 31, 2019, Sunday - Tennis.
Today was a beautiful day. The weather was sunny with a little cloud cover, but it was cold and windy. Not like two Sundays ago, but windy enough to stop play a bit. Only 14 people today, so a lot of matches after some regular drills and some feed drills for volleying.
I played two and a half matches today. I won both matches and we were tied 2-2 in the third match before time forced the end.
In the first match, I was paired with a former partner. And we crushed the opponent, 4-1. Not a lot of flashy shots, but a lot of solid strokes and net play. In my second match, I was paired with a guy who worked in the US for a few years so we could communicate in English. Here again, we crushed our opponents 4-0. In the third match, Everyone lost their serve so we tied at 2-2.
Although it was windy, I could play well. The funny thing is that if it wasn't windy, a lot of the awesome lobs I hit may very well have gone out. Today, my lob was ON!!! I hit like 8 lobs in the three matches and they were high and close to the line, and all in, and all for points. Another shot that was really working was the backhand service return slice drop shot. I was able to get some good spin and drop them into the middle of the tram lines about a meter to two meters from the net. I felt on in a lot of ways. But the one way that I wish I would have felt more "on" was with my basic stroke. I just didn't feel it on my forehand today. I didn't feel confident about it. All in all, it was a good practice.
In the end, I burned a good 2084 kcals. Anything over two grand is a good Sunday.
Sunday, March 31, 2019
March 28-29, Two days of Yoga.
March 28 - 29, 2019, Thursday and Friday - P90X3: X3 Yoga + TCF.
I have really been feeling not good these past few days with the only respite being when I played tennis. In this condition, I wasn't sure how I would be able to handle the weights with the next today days in LIIFT4 being Legs/HIIT then Shoulders and Arms. Plus, my legs have been extremely gimpy as of late. After tennis on Wednesday, my left ankle has felt extremely sore and I have been limping around on it in the mornings and especially going up and down stairs. So I decided to hold off on the weights and do a recovery session period. So, on Thursday and Friday, I just did, as my main routine, X3 Yoga. It felt good to get back into some flexibility training since I have all but quit for a long time. On the first day, I was able to do the Wrap move on both sides relatively quickly, but on the second day, I wasn't able to get the right Wrap hooked in quickly to hold the pose for the full time, but I did eventually get it. The Left side was fine. But I definitely need to work on flexibility more.
I was glad to get this work in and take it easy on myself because of my condition.
In the end, on Thursday I burned 317 kcals, and on Friday I burned 309 kcals. Nice little burn for a recovery set.
I have really been feeling not good these past few days with the only respite being when I played tennis. In this condition, I wasn't sure how I would be able to handle the weights with the next today days in LIIFT4 being Legs/HIIT then Shoulders and Arms. Plus, my legs have been extremely gimpy as of late. After tennis on Wednesday, my left ankle has felt extremely sore and I have been limping around on it in the mornings and especially going up and down stairs. So I decided to hold off on the weights and do a recovery session period. So, on Thursday and Friday, I just did, as my main routine, X3 Yoga. It felt good to get back into some flexibility training since I have all but quit for a long time. On the first day, I was able to do the Wrap move on both sides relatively quickly, but on the second day, I wasn't able to get the right Wrap hooked in quickly to hold the pose for the full time, but I did eventually get it. The Left side was fine. But I definitely need to work on flexibility more.
I was glad to get this work in and take it easy on myself because of my condition.
In the end, on Thursday I burned 317 kcals, and on Friday I burned 309 kcals. Nice little burn for a recovery set.
March 27, Tennis Day.
March 27, 2019, Wednesday - Tennis.
It was another very odd evening practice session. I was announced that we had reserved THREE courts for the entire practice. Usually, it is just two, but since so many people came the last week, I think that they wanted to accommodate everyone and have everyone play. When I got to the courts, there were only six people there. Then a few more came a little later, but there ended up being only 12 people who came to the practice. Again, after about thirty minutes of warming up, (I had a really good warm-up. I hit with a member who is sort of a hacker type and we like to just crush the ball. So we were really going back and forth with a lot of power) we got into matches.
Anyway, the one big difference was that instead of playing to four games, we played a full set to six games. I've always wanted to do that so I was looking forward to the matches.
My first match was mixed doubles. Me and another good guy player each paired with an advanced beginner female. I have a complex when playing with beginners in that I can't bring myself to hit hard or away from them. And in that effort, I often hit too weak and the ball goes into the net. On top of that, my girl was the weaker of the two so that wasn't good. Anyway, we got crushed 1-6.
In my second match, I paired with the guy I had just played against. We played another pair of good members. We ended up losing 4-6, but it was a good match. Below is a video of my first service game. Kind of a mess, but I was able to close it out.
It was a good practice with match play on a Wednesday night. That almost never happens, but I hope it happens again!
In the end, I burned a good 1557 kcals. For these few hours, I was able to get my body strong with adrenaline and feel no ill effects from my cold. But when I got home, the tiredness and exhaustion soon set in.
It was another very odd evening practice session. I was announced that we had reserved THREE courts for the entire practice. Usually, it is just two, but since so many people came the last week, I think that they wanted to accommodate everyone and have everyone play. When I got to the courts, there were only six people there. Then a few more came a little later, but there ended up being only 12 people who came to the practice. Again, after about thirty minutes of warming up, (I had a really good warm-up. I hit with a member who is sort of a hacker type and we like to just crush the ball. So we were really going back and forth with a lot of power) we got into matches.
Anyway, the one big difference was that instead of playing to four games, we played a full set to six games. I've always wanted to do that so I was looking forward to the matches.
My first match was mixed doubles. Me and another good guy player each paired with an advanced beginner female. I have a complex when playing with beginners in that I can't bring myself to hit hard or away from them. And in that effort, I often hit too weak and the ball goes into the net. On top of that, my girl was the weaker of the two so that wasn't good. Anyway, we got crushed 1-6.
In my second match, I paired with the guy I had just played against. We played another pair of good members. We ended up losing 4-6, but it was a good match. Below is a video of my first service game. Kind of a mess, but I was able to close it out.
It was a good practice with match play on a Wednesday night. That almost never happens, but I hope it happens again!
In the end, I burned a good 1557 kcals. For these few hours, I was able to get my body strong with adrenaline and feel no ill effects from my cold. But when I got home, the tiredness and exhaustion soon set in.
March 26, Still feeling weak and tired from my cold.
March 26, 2019, Tuesday - Yard Work.
I was feeling pretty weak still today so I decided to take it a little easy and just do some yard work. The yard hadn't been manicured in almost 4 months and the weeds/grass was at "Bush" status. Plus, the weather was beautiful and I wanted to take advantage of that and be outside for a while. My wife tried to stop me because since my issues were coming from my lungs, mowing the lawn probably wasn't the best thing to do. But, I changed her mind. So, I wore my protective goggles and a surgical mask to keep out as many airborne particles from entering my lungs as possible and I got to it. It took me about 90 minutes and I was getting a good sweat on as well. And while I was doing the yard work, my quads were feeling a good burn from all the squatting and what not.
I didn't wear my HRM so I'm don't know how many calories I burned, but I would guess it was close to 350-400. It was a good nature workout and my lawn looks beautiful!
I was feeling pretty weak still today so I decided to take it a little easy and just do some yard work. The yard hadn't been manicured in almost 4 months and the weeds/grass was at "Bush" status. Plus, the weather was beautiful and I wanted to take advantage of that and be outside for a while. My wife tried to stop me because since my issues were coming from my lungs, mowing the lawn probably wasn't the best thing to do. But, I changed her mind. So, I wore my protective goggles and a surgical mask to keep out as many airborne particles from entering my lungs as possible and I got to it. It took me about 90 minutes and I was getting a good sweat on as well. And while I was doing the yard work, my quads were feeling a good burn from all the squatting and what not.
I didn't wear my HRM so I'm don't know how many calories I burned, but I would guess it was close to 350-400. It was a good nature workout and my lawn looks beautiful!
March 24, Sunday Tennis.
March 24, 2019, Sunday - Tennis.
Today, there were very few people. So, after doing a good warm up, we did a few quick drills, the regulars, and then played matches for almost two hours.
I don't remember all the details of the matches, but It was nice to get a lot of match play in. I played a total of four matches and my record on the day was 2-2. If I'm playing with a good player or someone at my level, we can usually win, but if I am clearly the superior player on the team, I have trouble leading the team to victory. This is somewhere that I need to improve on.
The wind was really blowing really hard all over the courts today so keeping the ball in play was rather tricky. We also had to stop play a few times because big billows of dust were being kicked up by the wind. I'm pretty sure I breathed in a lot of dust and ash and whatever else was in that wind. When I got home, I was feeling a little sick and I couldn't take a deep breath without coughing. So I ended up just taking short quick breaths. Not a good sign.
In the end, I burned a good 2343 kcals.
Today, there were very few people. So, after doing a good warm up, we did a few quick drills, the regulars, and then played matches for almost two hours.
I don't remember all the details of the matches, but It was nice to get a lot of match play in. I played a total of four matches and my record on the day was 2-2. If I'm playing with a good player or someone at my level, we can usually win, but if I am clearly the superior player on the team, I have trouble leading the team to victory. This is somewhere that I need to improve on.
The wind was really blowing really hard all over the courts today so keeping the ball in play was rather tricky. We also had to stop play a few times because big billows of dust were being kicked up by the wind. I'm pretty sure I breathed in a lot of dust and ash and whatever else was in that wind. When I got home, I was feeling a little sick and I couldn't take a deep breath without coughing. So I ended up just taking short quick breaths. Not a good sign.
In the end, I burned a good 2343 kcals.
March 22, X2 Yoga: Wrap Test time
March 22, 2019, Friday - P90X2 - X2 Yoga.
Success!!! I was able to do the wrap on both sides while barely hooking my fingers together!
I was sweating like crazy just as the Single, Double, Triple Flow started and I didn't stop until Corpse pose at the end.
Today, my Half-Moon pose on my right side was much more stable that it has been than in the past. Since I'm doing more yoga, I think I'm seeing a lot of improvement. It was nice to get a good long routine of yoga in. It's been a while.
In the end, I burned a good 444 kcals.
Success!!! I was able to do the wrap on both sides while barely hooking my fingers together!
I was sweating like crazy just as the Single, Double, Triple Flow started and I didn't stop until Corpse pose at the end.
Today, my Half-Moon pose on my right side was much more stable that it has been than in the past. Since I'm doing more yoga, I think I'm seeing a lot of improvement. It was nice to get a good long routine of yoga in. It's been a while.
In the end, I burned a good 444 kcals.
March 21, Starting final week (8) of LIIFT4.
March 21, 2019, Thursday - LIIFT4, Week 8, Day 1 - Chest and Back Circuit + Shoulder Care Yoga + TCF.
Block 1
Rotating Chest Press - 19.5x2 kgs
Decline Press - 19.5x2 kgs
Dumbbell Pullover - 22 kgs
Wide Row - 12x2 kgs
I upped the weight on the first two moves, but kept the same weight on the third move, and then lowered the weight by .5 kgs on the last move. Odd weights, but I had to do it that way to keep the Block moving, or I would have had to really switch plates after every move and I just didn't want to take the time to do that. So, this block was good, but not a killer. I did try to active the target muscles a lot more, though.
Block 2
Chest Press - 19.5x2 kgs (upped 1.25 kgs)
Flys - 17x2 kgs (upped 2.5 kgs)
Dumbbell Rows - 17x2 kgs (same)
Reverse Flys - 7.5x2 kgs (upped 1.25 kgs)
This block was tough with almost all the weights raised over last time in week seven. The first round was the toughest because once I got warmed up, I was able to do the moves well. But I was close to failure in the last round.
Burnout
Push-Ups - 30 seconds
Back Extensions - 30 seconds
Wide Push-Ups - 30 seconds
I was able to do get through the first three-and-a-half Push-Up moves on my toes, but in the last move of the second round, I was spent. I had to go to my knees to finish it out. But I got back on my toes in the final round. I kept moving, but at a slower pace. The back ext. was no problem except for my range of motion. I just can't get my knees high off the ground at all.
Core Block
Dumbbell Prayer Crunch - 30 seconds
Floor to Ceiling Leg Lifts - 30 seconds
I got through all the rounds, but I was dying in the final round. I mean seriously tripping out from the strain. Very tough!
In the end, I burned a good 588 kcals. I was in sort of a time crunch so no Shoulder Care today.
Block 1
Rotating Chest Press - 19.5x2 kgs
Decline Press - 19.5x2 kgs
Dumbbell Pullover - 22 kgs
Wide Row - 12x2 kgs
I upped the weight on the first two moves, but kept the same weight on the third move, and then lowered the weight by .5 kgs on the last move. Odd weights, but I had to do it that way to keep the Block moving, or I would have had to really switch plates after every move and I just didn't want to take the time to do that. So, this block was good, but not a killer. I did try to active the target muscles a lot more, though.
Block 2
Chest Press - 19.5x2 kgs (upped 1.25 kgs)
Flys - 17x2 kgs (upped 2.5 kgs)
Dumbbell Rows - 17x2 kgs (same)
Reverse Flys - 7.5x2 kgs (upped 1.25 kgs)
This block was tough with almost all the weights raised over last time in week seven. The first round was the toughest because once I got warmed up, I was able to do the moves well. But I was close to failure in the last round.
Burnout
Push-Ups - 30 seconds
Back Extensions - 30 seconds
Wide Push-Ups - 30 seconds
I was able to do get through the first three-and-a-half Push-Up moves on my toes, but in the last move of the second round, I was spent. I had to go to my knees to finish it out. But I got back on my toes in the final round. I kept moving, but at a slower pace. The back ext. was no problem except for my range of motion. I just can't get my knees high off the ground at all.
Core Block
Dumbbell Prayer Crunch - 30 seconds
Floor to Ceiling Leg Lifts - 30 seconds
I got through all the rounds, but I was dying in the final round. I mean seriously tripping out from the strain. Very tough!
In the end, I burned a good 588 kcals. I was in sort of a time crunch so no Shoulder Care today.
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