PDCC

 We played very early today at PDCC.  I am very happy with the way I played this morning, we played mixed doubles and won all of our matches. After we got home I did my back squats that I didn't do yesterday, also adding in Bulgarian Split Squats. Tomorrow we'll play rotating, so I'll see how I do without a strong partner every match.

Back Squats or Mary's Class

 Now that's a choice. Mary's class won although back squats are one of my more favorite lifts. Class today was groundstrokes and I always need work on my groundstrokes and resets.

Row, Box Jump

 I was planning a 20" box and let my brain get in the way.  I did 18" until the last round, and went back to my 20" box, yeah I did it!  

Clean & Jerk

 Unbroken, touch and go 15-12-9

You know you're old when you need a whiteboard to tell you this and a weight belt to do 40lbs.  DONE!

Row, Squat, Sit Up

 Throw up...ok that wasn't programmed in, but it was a doozy, 5 rounds time capped at 35 minutes, I hit the time cap with 4 rounds and 300 something Meters into the row.

I had my second lesson with Kolbe last night and it went really well, I was able to incorporate some of the things we worked on into my games tonight and it went well.

Bench Press

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1

Bench Press @52lbs for all sets, with jumping chest to bar 

Paddle Comparison-Honolulu J6CR vs Pickle Poppers

 Last night I had a lesson with my new coach, it went really well, so I think it'll be a good change, I will  still do my group class for the community but for now summer is looking travel crazy and I need a little break.

I started stealing Craig's Honolulu paddle awhile back, it worked out great when we weren't playing together, so he ordered me my own. I really like it, it's got an elongated handle for my twoeys, and the paddle itself is elongated and every little bit of extra paddle helps, especially on the overheads. A couple weeks ago when I was away visiting mom he ordered me another paddle (pretty sure he was bored, or in a competition with our friend Jason to see who can order the most paddles).

This is the Honolulu--I love this paddle, but look what showed up (after being delivered to the wrong address and tracking it down with the very helpful post office)

I know it looks like a Barbie paddle!  But it's a serious paddle, what I don't like is nothing is elongated, what I do like----everything else.  It has pop and power, and it's very light for fast hands, and the best part is it has the smallest grip out there.  You would think there would be more paddles with a small grip size.

So, what to do, which one to play with?  I just got it yesterday so I didn't use it in my lesson, this morning I took it out to drill with Craig and the ball machine.  I started with the Honolulu because I wanted to work on some things from my lesson, when I got tired I switched out to the Pickle Popper, it was a nice switch and I could definitely feel how much lighter it felt.  I didn't play any real games this morning just got a lot of drilling done, so I'll update after a real game. But for the moment it's all positive.

Oh and not to mention it came in this box, it looks like it should be a board game, how can I throw this away?