SUMMER!

Ya’ll, I hurt myself.

Thankfully its not too bad. This happened after my trip out west. I had a lovely time working with Sarah-Jane and she even gave me some pointers on how get under the bar faster for the squat part. Hint: you don’t want to lift the bar too high, but get under it quickly. That’s the hint. Especially when you start throwing around heavier weights. It’s almost impossible to get the bar much higher. So you gotta be quick.

So, it was my knees that caused the problem. I think I just inflamed the tendon while catching the bar in my squat. And I’m so bummed! And frankly not too surprised. I hurt my left knee and this one caused my some problems when I was younger. I know they say that kiddos grow out of it, but I’m curious to why my left knee is a bit sensitive. So, no more clean and jerks for me for a while.

And while this is a bit bitter of a realization, there is a silver lining. And that lining is SUMMER! It is now officially summer and I gotta get outside. And knowing me, it’s gotta be close to the water. One of my favourite places is Saint Mary’s Boat Club, not really the building but the northwest arm. However this boat club even has free rentals Saturdays and Sundays in June and July. There’s also a tennis court just above it. I met my friends there the other day, they’re all learning tennis and like these courts because it’s a bit quieter than the the Sobeys Atlantic Tennis center, or other courts around town.

There was a bit of a kerfluffle because we couldn’t agree on how to book the courts. We thought that these courts were free, and that if there are multiple players you just go and wait your turn. Some other people were saying that places like this use tennis booking software. But I don’t think that these courts are as fancy as Sobeys. There were some other people there, so we just waited our turn. After their set they left and it was fine. I even took up the racket just a bit to work on my volleys. And my knee felt okay! I didn’t want to stress it, so I didn’t work from the baseline.

But if felt so good to be out in the air and so close to the water. Check out this club if you get a chance. Apparently there’s a space about the docks where you can rent out? Maybe we should have a party sometime!