Pain in the Volleyballs

The last picture was taken at a volleyball tournament I played in. It didn't go that well and we didn't play very good. But, I did get to play some volleyball and it had been a while since I played.

Today I woke up sore as hell. I have been playing volleyball for about 9 years now and would like to say that I am a good player. Since I finished college (kinda) I stopped being involved with a team, this was the first time since 5th grade that I did not have an organized team to work out and practice with. Over the 2 years I started putting on weight, since I am a taller guy it never looked too bad. Until I put on about 50 pounds over my peak performance weight, then it went too far. Over the last 6-7 months i have been working out and dieting (loosely) and loss about 20-25 pounds of the weight. I thought since I was paying with 25 pounds more the last time I played volleyball I would not hurt as much this time.

Well that was an untrue statement, and i can say that my playing was better but today i am sore. Painfully sore. I think the fact that I could play better made me play harder and since i have been working out i never used the muscles in a combination like in a volleyball match. I need to start combining my working out with sports to use the muscles that i am training for more of a variety of uses.