Neck, shoulders, arms, hands, back, butt, thighs, feet.

I’m not exaggerating, but my muscles in those places are aching like mad today. Seems like only my calves and shin muscles got spared.

Notes to self:

  • If you haven’t been playing intense basketball for about a year and a half, take it easy when you’re playing your next game. Your self esteem does not have to depend on how many points you can score.
  • Taking it easy does not mean playing intense basketball for 3 hours. 1 hour or so should be fine.
  • Do a bit of stretching before you start the next time. I know you never ever did that. But you’re slightly older than you were the last time, and now you need stretching.
  • When your thighs start to tighten and cramp up during the game, it does not mean that you keep playing like a mad man. It means that you sit down and rest.
  • When you’re moving slow motion and you can’t jump anymore because your legs feel like lead, it means you should sit down and call it a day.

In short, I don’t just need major and radical massage - I need surgery!

But hell, I’d do this again anytime. It’s worth all the pain.