FUN...

Friday!! Ok so friday was a little bit different than a regular training session, we did things backwards that day for a change of pace. My training session started with 12 rounds of Muay Thai sparing... fun stuff!! Nothing wakes you up in the morning like getting punched in the face. I started off going with a young aspiring amature who is plannng on doing his first smoker after training along side me and rodney for almost 3 years now. This kid has alot of potential, just needs to listen and take the advice in and change his game. Oh did I mention that he can take a fucking beating!!! So anyways we started off sparring and did a round robin, so 7 rounds straight where I stayed in and had to spar with a fresh(rested) partner every time. After i got through my 7 rounds I was switched to being in every other round. Towards the end of the sparring session, it was me and rodney paired up again, this is always fun, we have some of the best battles ever. We start out both feeling eachother ot because we definately respect eachother.... we start to pick up the pace, the punches start flying, heads start being whipped around. The bell rang and the round ended but the punches did not. Our other training partners were trying to indicate us of this as we both stare dirrectly at eachother and continue to wail away. I tuck my chin in and start to unleash punches, working combinations from the body to head and back. Let me remind you that this is supposed to be a light sparring session, it has now turned into a full sparring session where we should be wearing head gear and 16oz gloves.

Strange thing was in the midst of all this punching and getting punched, one thing ran through my mind, DAMN THIS IS FUN!! I felt that this is what I have grown to love, with fists flying towards me and landing alot more than not, I realized that there was no place I would rather be at that time!! I fucking loved it... when it was over we both gave eachother a "good shit" look and embraced with a quick hug(no homo). If ou were just in the same sparring war that we were in you would totally understand!

Sparring was over and now it was time for Thai pads. After 12 rounds of sparring trust me Thai pad and mits are the last things that would be on your mind but it had to get done. We did 5 rounds of mits and they were 5 of the cleanest rounds that we (me and rodney) have done togather in a while. No pressure or anything since we were only being filmed for footage to the website. Fuck a website, not to be cocky but we should make an instructional Dvd for that shit Mastering the Mits 2009. Yea it was that good! And dont be suprised if we do make a dvd coming out sometime later this year, but I will keep you posted on that. I finished training and it was time for conditioning with the other MMA fighters there training.

6 rounds of conditioning. after about the second or third round of it I felt as if i was going to puke. Thank god for a second wind! I found it somewhere deep down inside to finish the rounds and push myself as hard as I could so I could get the most out of the workout. And thats exactly what I did, Lost 4.5lbs in my two and a half hour workout!!

Day 1 of 25

Today is the first day of my 25lbs in 25 days, this morning I woke up hopped on the scale and said "Damn, this is gonna be a long month" hahaha . took a second looked back down at the scale and thought to myself, what have I got myself into? Those thoughts we quickly over shadowed by my voice, I said out loud to myself, " I've been here before, I've done this before and I will do it again!!" Negative thought and failure is not an option I want this too much! So with my gf still in a deep sleep in bed I went to the spare bedroom, my gym.

I hit the pavement, well not litterally I just turned on the treadmill and ran for 3 miles, cranked up the space heated that I have and ran. So about 20 min and change later I took a quick shower and ate a ceral bar for breakfast. Lay back down in bed for about 30 min then on the road. Drop the gf off at work and then straight to training.

I get to the gym, change and start to stretch. I warmed up with 3 boxing rounds on the bag as I waited for rodney my stand up coach to be done teaching his 9am class. When he was ready, we started, slowly and then picked up the pace as we got deeper into the rounds. We did 4 rounds of mitts ( just boxing) and then followed those rounds with 6 of thai pads, every round starting with 50 left and 50 right kicks. As I got deeper into the 7th round on I can feel fatigue start to set in, that's when I really started to fucus more on technique and let my instinct kick in. After ten rounds on the pads and 3 rounds on the bag, I returned to the bag for a lil extra 50 power right kicks and 50 knees. Almost done with the morning session, Conditioning... one round of kettle bell sprints, not bad right, but after that one of my trainers assisted me in doing some leg conditioning. This is to get your legs used to taking kicks and hits. So pretty much all i do is stand there and let him kick me over and over again in the quad! Fun right, but it gets better, then after 25 on each side he moves the kick up towards my ribs and what do I do still stand there with my hands above my head taking the kicks!! This is supposed to help you both with your breathing and knowing when and how to exhale upon impact. Followining this was just 100 push ups and 100 sit ups... Morning session over.

After training I did some grocery shopping, my list consist of fruits, green vegetables, and chicken. When shopping was completed I made some chicken salad mix and ate this for lunch and washed it down with nothing other than water. It is currently the afternoon and I still have to hit the gym one more time to run, and do some circut training with weights. I have to get to work, so this will conclude day one, stay tuned...

25lbs in 25 Days

Ok, so im 25 days out until my next fight and I HAVE to lose 25 more pouds to make weight!! Ya I know 25 lbs, wtf right? I have had alot of people tell me i wasnt going tp do it!! Fuck that im doing it, even if it means 6:00 am runs, long days at the gym coming home past midnight and sauna till i prune up like a plumb, im doing it!! Im willing to do everything and anything to get back into fight shape and make my weight cut so I can perform well in my fight. So I was talking to a few or my training partners and friends and they thought it might be an interesting topic for me to blog about. My 25 day journey to the weigh ins for my fight! So here it is, it will also reflect as a daily journal for me so I can record progress, workouts, and meals. The following blogs will have all of that and more as i strive to shead the unwanted pounds....