Ultimate Lotus

Trying it out.

Had a hard time deciding if I was going to do a workout tonight, but finally went for it.  Just did the yoga abs workout... my side isn't doing that well, and balance ball seems to aggravate it somewhat, so that seemed like a bad idea.  The workout went well enough... I was staying very aware of my side, so that I didn't push it too hard, and I think I succeeded with that.  Not really much else to say... they've downgraded the forecast for tomorrow, but it should still be better than yesterday, so hopefully we'll get decent turnout.  Until then...

Challenging.

Went with the running and swimming minis before ultimate today.  It was a pretty windy day out there, and not really quite as warm as anticipated, but not terrible.  Certainly much better than two weeks ago.  However, it was also consistently windier.  On one hand, it's been great practice the past couple of weeks, because I've been throwing in wind almost every time we play, but on the other, I'm not getting in as much conditioning as I'd like, because I have to handle all the time, because it's so windy.  That was very much true today, although I have to say that the guys all handled the win pretty decently, on the whole.  I mean, lots of throws still got away, but it could have been far, far worse.  Cooled off with somewhat more extensive free form tonight... I was a little tight earlier, partly because of my lackidaisical stretching after the game yesterday, I'm sure.  My side was feeling even more sore today... I don't think my layout yesterday did it any favors.  Oh well.  My abs were actually still a bit sore, but not as bad as yesterday.  I'd like to get an abs workout tomorrow, but it may depend on how bad my side is feeling, and if I can work up the motivation, of course.  If not, ultimate again on Thursday.

Scraping by.

We had enough people say they were willing to show up to call for a game today, so it happened.  I warmed up with the stamina workout... I was feeling somewhat stiff and sore from yesterday's workout, and I figured that would help.  My back/right side were feeling pretty off, which is not really good.  For a while we only had seven people, so we played a little hot box, but then two more showed up, so we played 4s.  The day was actually better than had been predicted... not quite as windy, and somewhat warmer.  It was still fairly windy at the beginning, but not as bad as the previous two weeks.  Eventually one more person showed, so we got to play 5s for the last game.  The wind actually died down quite a bit at the end of the night, pretty much to the point of not noticing it.  Reasonable games... I did have one crazy catch where I made a sliding grab attempt, it bounced off my hand back into the air, and I was able to get up and make a layout catch.  That was actually to end the first game, so that was pretty fun.  Anyway, it ended up being a much nicer day than expected, although I did wear my earmuffs the entire time... I like my ears being warm.  Didn't do much stretching at the end, which I'll probably pay for tomorrow, but it was getting cold and I wanted to hit the library before it closed.  Anyway, that's all for tonight.  Tomorrow is supposed to be a little warmer than today, but also pretty windy, so we'll see how that goes.  Until then...

At last.

For what I believe is the first time this month, I managed to get a workout in that wasn't tied to ultimate.  It only took me over half the month.  Guess it's a good thing that I've been playing ultimate three times a week, it's been keeping me approximately on the correct pace despite my lack of motivation.  Barely managed to convince myself tonight... if I didn't have the tourney two weeks from now, not sure I'd have managed.  Anyway, went with balance ball abs tonight.  I thought about just doing yoga abs, but I really felt like I needed to kick into gear a little bit, and this is definitely more on those lines, so that's what I did.  Went decently... my side is feeling a little sore again, but I just worked through it this time.  Hopefully that won't cause me problems.  It would be nice to know what the problem is... it keeps coming back, which is rather annoying.  Stretching doesn't seem to help, at least nothing that I've tried thus far.  Anyway... that's all for tonight.  Might not be a game tomorrow, as the weather is looking somewhat cool and windy, but if there is a game, I imagine I'll go, so we'll see if one is called on not.  Until then...

Encouraging sign.

Warmed up tonight with some free form on the field.  It was a little nicer today than it's been most of the recent times I've played, and I just felt like getting outside a little bit earlier.  I wasn't too sure what turnout was going to be like, but we ended up getting up to 7s with a sub again.  Hopefully we can keep this turnout going, although if we can consistently play 5s I'll be pretty content.  Lower standards when the game is so close to home, I guess... although really, I guess I'm usually okay if we get 5s.  But I would rather have more, to be able to sub out sometimes.  Throws continue to be just a bit off.  Hopefully I can fix this before the tourney in a few weeks.  Cooled off with more free form, as per usual.  I have to admit that I'm really feeling pretty sore, and actually think there's a good chance that I'll take a bath tonight to try and alleviate that a bit.  Probably no workout tomorrow, although I should, but will try and get some DDR in on Saturday.  It'll take slightly more motivation, because our main computer died Tuesday night and the DDR machine is currently subbing for it, so I have to physically move things around a bit more.  Anyway, until next time...

Improved conditions.

Changed up my routine just a bit and went with the stamina workout today.  Two reasons... first, because I was a bit more stiff from yesterday than I was happy with, and second, because it was somewhat cooler out, and I wanted to get that bit of extra stretching in.  Overall, today felt much nicer than yesterday... there was still some wind, but it wasn't as strong as yesterday, and it got a bit warmer than predicted, so it felt pleasant, relatively speaking.  My throws were just a little bit off today... not terribly much so, but enough so that I noticed.  And not all the time, of course, but often enough.  But, overall, it was a good game.  We had 7s again this week, although only a few extras, maybe 19 total at peak.  Down from the first two weeks, but then again, it hasn't been nearly as nice as then since, so.  Cooled off with free form, as usual.  I'd like to say I'm going to get a workout in tomorrow, but realistically, I'm probably not, so until (most likely) Thursday...

Workout and attendance failure.

Once again, completely failed to get in any workouts this weekend.  I sort of had an excuse Saturday, as we were out much of the day, but no excuse the other two days.  Bleah.  Anyway, warmed up with running and swimming again today.  The day started out reasonably warm, breezy but not overly so, but not long before game time things started going downhill rapidly.  I almost didn't wear my long sleeve shirt because I couldn't remember where it was, but fortunately I found it, because it was much cooler and windier than I was expecting once I got to the field.  Apparently a number of others had the same perspective, but chose not to show.  In the end, we only had 7, so we just played hot box.  Which actually wasn't terrible... it made the wind less of a factor, and it was really windy tonight, the windiest it's been this year (that I've played in, that is).  And we were playing some pretty decent hot box, so at least got a good workout in.  Usual bit of free form to cool off, although it was probably a bit abbreviated... not like I wanted to stay outside any longer, since I wasn't expecting it to be so cold, and thus didn't have my earmuffs with me, which would have helped.  That's it for tonight... tomorrow isn't supposed to be nearly as windy, although the starting temperature will be much cooler, but hopefully we at least get back to 7s.  Until then...

New territory.

Warmed up for ultimate today with the running and swimming minis, yet again.  Didn't manage to get to a workout yesterday... motivation failure continues.  Today was a much nicer day than Tuesday was, so I was hoping that we might even get some people that normally come on Tuesday to show up today, since they mostly didn't show this week.  It didn't look like that was going to happen at the start, but eventually people started showing, and we ended up having full 7s for the first time this year.  A good return to having a Thursday game, to be sure.  And the game was pretty good... it wasn't overly warm today, but felt great compared to Tuesday.  Not terribly windy, which helped a lot.  Also, this was the first time we've ever had more people on a Thursday than a Tuesday, so that was also a win.  Hopefully we'll at least be able to keep up this number of people, or close to it, so that we're regularly playing with a minimum of 5s... 4s is okay, but 5s is much better.  Closed out with some free form, as usual.  That's it for tonight... will hopefully get my workouts back in gear over the weekend.  Until then...

Very cold and windy.

In the end, I overcame my common sense and decided to go out today.  To be perfectly honest, I wasn't really expecting enough people for a game.  Warmed up with the swimming and running, same as yesterday.  When I arrived, there were only 3 people there, and I figured we were just going to end up playing hot box or something for a while, but eventually we managed to work our way up to a game of 5s.  But it was a pretty miserable day, to be honest.  Actually, I wasn't doing too badly... I was wearing a vest and earmuffs and even gloves, so at least I wasn't completely freezing.  I was really surprised that I could throw with my gloves on... I had planned on taking them off, but it was so cold that once I realized I could throw reasonably well with them on, I just wore them.  I did do a quick free form afterward, just because I didn't want to tighten up.  That's it for tonight... going to try and get an abs workout in tomorrow.  Until then...

Somewhat windy.

Warmed up for ultimate today with swimming and running minis, as standard.  I wasn't too sure how many people we were going to get today... it wasn't overly cold, but it was fairly windy.  But we managed to get up to 7s for most of the time, so that was pretty good.  Tough day though... anything up in the air was going to be an errant throw, pretty much.  Which meant that much of the defense was to be played under, a good thing for me to practice.  And I got to practice my throws in the wind, also good.  Cooled off with the normal free form.  Tomorrow is supposed to be much like today, except around 15F cooler, so I'm pretty uncertain about going out in that.  I might go just because it's so close to home, we'll see.  But it's not going to be a pleasant day, of that I'm sure.  If I don't go, hopefully will get some DDR or something in instead.  Until then...