Racquetball & Fitness

Monday, April 7, 2014

Men's 40+ Singles division at the Longhorn Open 2014

Men's 40+ Singles division at the Longhorn Open 2014

Ivan Sanchez vs. Stephen Farmer

Saturday, February 15, 2014

How To Treat Tennis Elbow/Racquetball Elbow

If you have tennis elbow you will want to watch this video!

How to treat tennis elbow?
1. Put ice on the forearm and elbow.
2. Stretch your forearm and tricep muscles.
3. Massage your forearm and tricep muscles.
4. Rest and have time heal your elbow.
5. Build an stronger forearm and tricep muscles by weight training.

What muscle's are tennis elbow pain from?
1. Forearm or lower arm.
2. Tricep or back of the upper arm.

And why do you get tennis elbow?
1. Overuse of the forearm and tricep muscles.
2. Overuse of the elbow itself.
3. Bad swing technique.
4. To many backhand mishits.

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

Health & Fitness Results #3

I know you guys want more videos of pro's racquetball players but I wanted to post my health & fitness results.

Results from 2/1/2014 Total weight 181 lb. Using body fat calculator I'm 17.86% fat Link http://www.healthstatus.com/calculate/body-fat-percentage-calculator

Fitness Results
Measurements: Neck 14 inches,
Chest 39 inches when relax & 41 1/4 inches flexed breathing in.
Waist 31 1/2 inche when relax, 33 1/2 inches breathing in & expanding the belly, 30 inches breathing out & bring belly inward.
Hips 39 inches
Right Thigh 23 1/2 inches relax, 24 inches flex press down with the heel.
Left Thigh 24 inches both relax and flex
Right Calve 14 1/2 inches. - Left Calve 14 inches
Both Flexing Right Upper Arm 14 1/8 inches. - Left Upper Arm 14 1/2 inches
Total inches when flexing 228 3/4 I gain a inch from last time I measured myself here's my last measurements
http://bodybuilding.dorianhowell.com/28/dorian-howell-results-1/results/

Spot where I measured
Chest I measure on top of my nipples.
Abdominals I measure 3 inches up from my belly button.
Hips I measure 6 inches down from my belly button.
Upper arms I measure 4 inches off the line from elbow.
~~Forearm/Lower arm I measure 2inches off the line from elbow & Hand downward with both hands.~~
Thighs I measure 8 inches off knee cap in a spot that gone in a bit.
Calves I measure 11 inches from the floor & Toes pointed up.

Health Results
I got sick on 1/17/2014 and stay sick for 10 days! I still feel like I have less energy but, I'm more motivated
to stay healthy in 2014.

Racquetball Results
I can't believe I have been playing racquetball for more than 2 years now!
My last post about my results is from 5/13/2012! racquetballdorian.blogspot.com/2012/05/results-from-my-racquetball-games.html

Back when I was playing in C/B leagues my shots was not in control & would sit up to be re kill.
Backhand good but miss a lot of easy returns.
Forehand better than backhand but would be the same as the backhand.
Gameplan to win before them.
Foot work was not that good from me serving if they return with any ceiling ball I could not get back time
to a attack the ball, all I could do was a ceiling ball or it in the back wall.
Serves I believe my serves was my biggest weapon in wins the games still is but, they didn't think my serves would be as powerful as they was.
Return of serve is where I'm so much better now, I plan was try to kill or just put it back in play giving them a lot of free points.
Shot selection I would find myself being in the backhand side returning the ball right back to them on the forehand side.

Now that I tell you all about my past, I'll quickly tell you what the people I played say about my game now from than. "They can't believe how powerful & in control Dorian's backhand is, watching he run back in deep backhand side & just kill the ball over and over again on hard shots not setup." They even say that I have the best backhand at the gym. (note I don't have the best backhand at the gym, I believe they're just being nice)

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Rocky Carson vs. Jack Huczek Racquetball Match 2007

Game 1. Game 2. Game 3.

Rocky Carson No. 1 outdoor racquetball player & former No. 1 indoor racquetball player Vs Jack Huczek former No. 1 indoor racquetball player both Rocky Carson & Jack Huczek are right handed players. http://racquetballdorian.blogspot.com/

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Racquetball Game: Rocky Carson vs. Andy Hawthorne

Part 1.

Part 2.

Part 3.

Racquetball Game: Rocky Carson vs. Andy Hawthorne

Coast to Coast Tournament I don't know exact date but of Rocky's racquet I would say 2007 or so