[quote]donnydarkoirl wrote:
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Very nice. New kit and investment can be a real motivation for a young fighter, so it’s great to hear that your gym’s done it. I’m sure you guys will have a good season on the back of it. [/quote]
Heya London.
Yeah, it loooks the business and I just know when the kids come back they’ll be a bit envigorated.
The new ropes are a bit too clean for my liking, but the bags and all will be good.
We had one 17 year; just text me, crazy to get back to the gym.
What a great sign.
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I’m sure you boys will wear the ropes in in no time mate. Great to hear the younger lads are excited. It’s always strange hitting a new bag - all the stuffing is in the right place!
[quote]LondonBoxer123
I’m sure you boys will wear the ropes in in no time mate. Great to hear the younger lads are excited. It’s always strange hitting a new bag - all the stuffing is in the right place![/quote]
Ha that is the truth!
Hope all’s going well in your gym too london
:6,07.13 Pm
Finished work nice and early and headed down to the gym.
Was nice and hot in there and all we needed was to loosen up.
I was joined by the aforementioned 17 year old. I know this guy since he first started and he’s currently a national champion here-
He’s just a nice kid.
5 mins skipping w/up
3 x 3s Bagwork - high pace
3 x 3s shadowboxing - lower pace, more strategic
3 x 3s Bagwork - very high pace
I love the high pace work. This session was about 40% the duration of my usual sessions before a pro fight, but I sweat an equal amount!
The short burst and accelerated movement are something I want to work on.
This one’s brought to you by tonight’s training companion- this was his favourite song at training haha
29.07.13 AM
So the story of the weekend was pain - those rows I didnt find heavy at all left me infirmed! We’ll be keeping those in the program!
Weekend was spent pretty much outside and cut the calories really low. Definitely maintained weight and didnt gain.
Back to the gym at 7 this morning.
Mobility;
Broomhandle Shoulder dislocates 10, 10
Overhead Squat 10, 10
Hump and Hollows 10, 10
Side Lunges 10/10
Strength;
Full Depth Squats
Warmup 4 x 3s loading…
Working 5 x 3s.
NOTE: added weight with a nice jump. Not only managed it with good form, but felt there was more in the tank - happy.
Military Press 5 x 8s
Adding weight was a little bit of a struggle, but added slowly and managed.
Reverse bench Row 4 x 10s
Happy with progress here.
All strength good.
Used Syntha 6 for recovery - tasted sugary to me.
Really looking forward to boxing tonight and hoping for a spar as I am Gonna miss out on one session Friday. I had promised myself I would perform a six week strength cycle uniterrupted, but really getting itchy feet to start conditioning. A good six rounds sparring will quench that thirst!
Nice gentle start to the week now guys…
29.07.13 PM
To the gym last night and I was feeling very optimistic about a great session.
We had a really good warmup and sparring was on the menu as one of our senior amateurs has a big competition mid September.
Unfortunately- the last thing I’ve been practising is boxing like an amateur.
I’ve just been consumed with watching james toney recently- and a video I watched yesterday with Golovkin had me looking to close distance and work close. I started out with long balistic straight shots, but moved close…
All told I got 4 x 3s last night and couldn’t get any more rounds after that. I felt absolutely terrific for some reason and although I refrained from loading up I can now feel the added weight to my punches.
Frustrating.
To compound my frustrations I went home then and decided I was hungry. Having had little else for the day I maded a mix - about 300ml of full fat milk, maybe 100g of frozen berries, 1 scp whey, 2 tsp of peanut butter. It did taste divine, but I woke up this morning feeling like a fat ass…
Calf problems have always been my achilles heel- but I feel running may well be on the cards.
Play me a cranky song…
30.07.13 AM
so the fat man awakens. More rolling around, procrastination and bad language. I was asleep by 11.30 i’d imagine, but still craving more sleep.
Went to the kitchen for breakfast and saw the jar of peanut butter next to the blender…
Are you the reason I’m fat? F**K YOU PEANUT BUTTER!
Warmup;
10 mins Arc Trainer;
NOTE: find this excellent the day after squats, If I up the Stride length to 10 it loosens up the hip flexors wonderfully.
5 Mins Foam Rolling.
Core Circuit;
Renegade Row 10s 10 s 10s (loaded
Russian Twist 20s 20s 20s (loaded)
Foot Elevated Weighted Side Plank (This seems to be the most effective.)
Leg Raises 10 10 10
Ball extension 12 12 12
I had a terrific feelinf of work in my abs last Wednesday, But I did a bunch of traditional situps after boxing- this mornings core didnt give me any feeling off effectiveness. Food for thought.
Standing Calf Raises. 4 x 10s
Same weight as last week but raised reps.
Tricep Pushdown 4 x 10s
Not happy at all with these as an exercise, perhaps theyre more a bodybuilders thing?
I usually just work these to keep my elbows healthy…
Face Pulls 4 x 10s
Used a split stance for these and always felt one side working harder than the other.
Snatch Grip weighted situps 3 x 10s
Just used 10kg barbell for this. I think If I load it up it may be beneficial.
31.07.13 AM
This day posed an interesting question… What does a sick day mean for an athlete?
I woke early- my voice quite literally gone and a good chesty cough at times…
I gave myself the day off…
Could I have gone to the gym? yes, probably,
Would i have made it worse; Maybe- I’m leaning towards yes.
Should I have trained; I do not know no do I know what effect this has on my program?
One of the more humourous results of the day…
I know kinda sound like this.
01.08.13 AM
After my day off the body feels fine- just my throat thats inflammed for some reason.
(Kissing tto much corporate ass perhaps 
)
Decided to train anyway as the caloric intake was not desirable the previous day… at all*
Still a lottle confused about the program, I just set back my sessions 24hrs and had my Wednesday this morning.
Leg Swings, 10, 10
Shoulder dislocates 10, 10
Hump n Hollow 10, 10
Power Snatch.
Very many warmups and loading. then 6 x 2’s
NOTE; I think I learned the meaning of optimal arousal in terms of training this morning. I was far to aggressive with my lifts at times and found best results when I just settle down.
Benchpress; 5 x 6s
NOTE; this did not go well. I find myself fatiguing early- and then struggling with what I found rediculously light to begin.
Seated Rows;
NOTE; I added a nice bit of weight here and love the relief from this exercise 
All in all a decent morning that was educational as much as it was physically beneficial. Really hoping for a nice boxing workout this evening.
Never be afraid to take the day off training if you’re feeling under the weather mate. A lot gets harped on about online, and in ‘hardcore’ gyms about training through injury and illness, and in my view it is bullshit.
Running yourself or your fighters into the ground isn’t tough, it’s dumb. Being in peak physical and mental condition to perform when it matters is the goal. More often that not, that means resting up when you’re banged up.
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Never be afraid to take the day off training if you’re feeling under the weather mate. A lot gets harped on about online, and in ‘hardcore’ gyms about training through injury and illness, and in my view it is bullshit.
Running yourself or your fighters into the ground isn’t tough, it’s dumb. Being in peak physical and mental condition to perform when it matters is the goal. More often that not, that means resting up when you’re banged up. [/quote]
Could print and frame that for the gym as sterling advice.
Its good to train, but you want it to make you feel good rather than making you worse!
[quote]donnydarkoirl wrote:
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Never be afraid to take the day off training if you’re feeling under the weather mate. A lot gets harped on about online, and in ‘hardcore’ gyms about training through injury and illness, and in my view it is bullshit.
Running yourself or your fighters into the ground isn’t tough, it’s dumb. Being in peak physical and mental condition to perform when it matters is the goal. More often that not, that means resting up when you’re banged up. [/quote]
Could print and frame that for the gym as sterling advice.
Its good to train, but you want it to make you feel good rather than making you worse![/quote]
For sure mate. Besides, you’re an old hand these days, so it’s not like you’re one of the amateurs who are still improving session to session. The hardwork has already been done, everything from here on out is about optimising.
You mick bastards and your reversing of the CORRECT way of writing month/day/year means that I have no idea when any of your training is taking place.
But you’re looking solid. Keep it up brotha.
06.08.13 AM
Looks like we’re getting ready for a fight now.
Damage will be done.
06.08.13 PM
Nice handy session getting back intom the swing of things. We have one new bag- very heavy- I adore it already.
Warmup;
Aerobic warmup
Joints & Mobility
4 x 3s “3 for 3’s”
Just using the gloves like pads, fire off 3 combinations on demand and then hold for 3 calls.
Good start, tried to keep circli9ng between combinations.
4 x 3s bagwork
4 x 3s on the new heavy bag was excellent. You can bully this thing so its all sharp combinations and then moving to ensure you’re not static.
5 x 1’s footwork drills
Fw/Bk Lateral Circular In Circular Out Circular off opponent
Bodyweight Circuit
Corework
Cooldown.
Easy as pie, but living in fear because tomorrow is going to be tough.
I had questioned if I could ever get back to my best shape again with a full time job going now. But I was pleasently surprised on the scales. I definitely have put on muscle, but I was a kilo below my usual maintainance weight - I won’t complain.
I’m going into a bit of a “cut” phase now. I have some holidays coming up, where the most I can hope for are some runs and swimming - I want to go into the holidays light. My girlfriend eats really clean, so that won’t be a problem, but inactivity does affect me.#
All in all, feeling positive.
Bring on the workload!
07.08.13 AM
I didn’t sleep as much as I wanted last night. I was in bed for 11.00, but with work I feel I’ll need the extra couple of hours.
It was 6.30am before I managed to roll out of bed, but the nervous system was intact. hit the gym at 7.00am and found it very quiet.
Mobility;
Leg Swings
Shoulder dislocates
Hump & Hollows
Power Snatch
NOTE: I cooled off on the weight here and went for good technique. Still need to focus a bit more, but I was happy.
Benchpress
NOTE: Here I wasn’t happy. In fact I was disgusted. Logic suggessts the injury stripped me of any prerssing ability I may have had. I’ve decided to drop the reps and work on strength here. It is needed.
Chins; very good- happy.
Seated Rows; good - satisfied.
5 mins reclined bike cooldown.
All in all was an OK session- nothing to be giddy about, but the way I see it 100 decent sessions will be better than 2 excellent sessions and then fecking off. tonight will be very tough and I can’t wait.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
You mick bastards and your reversing of the CORRECT way of writing month/day/year means that I have no idea when any of your training is taking place.
But you’re looking solid. Keep it up brotha.[/quote]
Ahh we can write the date any old way - its our time man haha
Being honest, none of this has been taxing so far, but gym opens tonight and should be tough.
Best of luck in your own training my man.
Great news on the fight mate. Always makes the discipline that bit easier when you know there is something you’re doing it for (and an end date!).
Don’t make us come over there Irish!
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Great news on the fight mate. Always makes the discipline that bit easier when you know there is something you’re doing it for (and an end date!).
Don’t make us come over there Irish![/quote]
Too right mate- its like you snap into a different reality and your priorities completely alter.
We’ll wait for the date, but if its any way favourable I may get a trip into London first
07.08.13 PM
I’m writing this the morning after, so I’m not as exuberant as I might be!
Arrived into the gym and all the ams were back- many looking fit which was good to see.
I launched into a double session, so I knew I’d find it tough.
aerobic warmup
Light Technique Drills
3 x 3s Bagwork
1 x 3 Padwork
1 x 3 holding pads
1 x 3 School sparring
3 x 3s Bagwork
Core work;
Leg Raises
Elevated feet side plank
Weighted Russian twist
Renegade row
Technical drilling
3 x 3s bagwork
3 x 3s shadowboxing
3 x 3s bagwork
Cooldown.
felt more tired than elated afterward- no rush of endorphins just yet!
Good session though- nice compact boxing. I think a spar will help me sort out a number of kinks. I want to box more compact, while not losing the advantage of my reach. It can be done- I’ll work on it.
I actually can’t remeber the music from the gym last night- but I was at the cinema afterward to relax.
We saw Red 2; which wasn’t bad at all- for a lighthearted action flick.
Anyway, there were snippets of this in it…
[quote]donnydarkoirl wrote:
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
Great news on the fight mate. Always makes the discipline that bit easier when you know there is something you’re doing it for (and an end date!).
Don’t make us come over there Irish![/quote]
Too right mate- its like you snap into a different reality and your priorities completely alter.
We’ll wait for the date, but if its any way favourable I may get a trip into London first :)[/quote]
Let me know if you do mate, it would be smashing to get a training session in with you if the opportunity presented itself.
In the mean time, look after that hand and the rest of your body, so you’re all set to go hard once you get the date.
