still sick, another day down… hoping for tomorrow…
cold’s still kickin my bootie… missed work today (wed)…
doubt I’ll be feeling much better at 5…
Nope didn’t feel much better.
From the blog you can tell it was gettin serious by Sunday- I was asleep by 11 that night after being out and working out for 13 hours.
On monday the plan was originally to take the day off and spend the time with the gf for valentine’s day. Well I kinda did that. Driving back after getting her a new passport in DC, I ran a redlight; but didn’t even reaize i did it until my gf stopped screaming long enough to explain what happened.
That was a definite sign to get some rest.
Tuesday I had to give a presentation, so I woke up early and made the long trek to the meeting. I was passing out the entire time I was at the meeting, waiting to give my presentation. As soon as I gave it, I took off to get some food. Went home after that and almost passed out on the way. Was out like a light as soon as I hit the bed. Woke up for a few hours to eat and then it was back to bed.
Monday the cold was mostly in my throat, with some achiness and fuzzy-headedness. Tuesday the cold had gone to my lunks, still achy and fuzzy. Today the cold was in my head (killed a box of tissues already), still achy, still fuzzy headed, lil bit of a headache.
After monday i decided not to work out till i was feeling better.
I also figure with this much time off i should be amped to hit the gym again; so if the idea of working out isn’t appealing, it’s probably not time yet.
I keep hoping for “tomorrow”; but again, we’ll have to see.
It’s sad when the week’s a total wash, but sometimes you have to listen to what your body tells you.
I’ve totalled it up, since sunday i’ve hit 1.5 gallons of Orange Juice, and 1 gallon of ruby red grapefruit juice. I also drank half a gallon of pomegranite juice. Taking a multivitamin, a separate 1000mg Vitamin C pill, and a 50mg Zinc pill every morning.
Let’s see what thursday brings.
Get well soon buddy…rest up…are you coming to Sun Tzu’s? fight on saturday?
Oh yeah…had a good workout with Sun Tzu today…also I was holding the pads for Brandon and he almost took my arm CLEAN OFF…we got it on tape…
sorry, i’ll be in new york feb 19th.
i’ve held pads for b before…
that was back when i was having elbow and shoulder problems from pad work… I wonder if there’s a connection? lol
he’s got power, but i’m not 100% sure if he’s the hardest hitter i’ve ever held for (as far as pure power, not effective delivered power in the ring).
EDIT: forgot to thank yah for the get well wishes 
Went down to dc last night and did a decent warmup type workout- some jogging, some pushups, some stretches, and a form or 2.
Half way through I was sweating harder than I was breathing.
I feel a bit better today, though I slept like a bear in hibernation.
Throat’s a lil scratchy but i’m hoping it’s post nasal drip from sleeping on my back and not the whole thing starting over.
Tonight going to philly, saturday go to new york but be back in time for virginia Sunday morning.
My right toe’s a little tender. Kicking with my right foot’s not quite there yet.
First time back at bxf since saturday… went pretty well i think
Had to reduce my workload of course, but i think i did alright.
started off with my 10 min high intensity warm up on the elliptical crosstrainer. went well, back up to my old intensity. K1 USA highlights playing on ESPN 2 sure did help… helped the whole night actually
then it was on to weights.
front squats with cradle grip:
135 x 10
185 x 8
185 x 3
my endurance isn’t normal right now, was pretty winded after first set.
Sumo deadlifts.
Okay, I didn’t feel like doing these off the floor, thought i could do them off the support beam of the power rack. The rack has these fold down platforms for each foot (to make up for the bar being slightly elevated); but i’ll be darned if I ever figure out how to use 'em coz there was no way to do a deadlift while standing on them without catching on the rack pins. instead, i had to stand on a couple of 25lb plates to try to make up for at least part of the 4 or 5 inches of elevation the weights had by sitting on the bottom of the rack.
After that long explanation, it still didn’t feel all that different from picking it up off the ground- except maybe that i banged my shins and knees a lot less.
185 x 10
225 x 6
315 x 3
315 x 3
I skipped bench coz I did upwards of 200 pushups yesterday and was still a bit sore.
assisted pull/chin ups
25++ x 5 (each + represents a partial plate) wide
25+ x 3 neutral
25 x 3 narrow
pretty bad 10 second negative- not much control in the top half.
My endurance was REALLY shot on this exercise and this pulled whateer in my neck was really making this exercise hard.
I also have a hard time actually pulling my chest up to the grip- i noticed that i usually stop around nose/mouth or chin level.
started my skills workout from here, again reduced load.
I did 2 minute rounds with 1 min rest each.
2 rounds of jump rope
2 rounds of shadow (1 round with weights)
2 rounds of 300lb bag
2 rounds of regular banana bag
2 rounds of uppercut bag (20 continuous knees at the end)
2 rounds of the double ended bags
2 rounds of shadow boxing in the ring.
As before, I was sweating harder than I was breathing; but I was still getting tired real quick.
At least it’s a start.
In other news the first half of my 4 month supplement shipment came in. Trying to decide if I wanna start them up in stages beginning tuesday, or just wait till March to start them all at once.
Thank goodness this forum’s back!!!
Saturday the 19th:
Went to New York, met up with Dixon Fung and the rest of the gang. Got to see a lot of guys who could actually make their stuff work. Instead of making me want to rush back to my kung fu school; it made me really appreciate my Thai trainers. Still going to the kung fu school once a week to hang out & will try to see if i have any options for getting the kind of skill i saw displayed in NYC.
Sunday the 20th:
Worked Thai with Khun Kao. TONS of partner drills. My partner was Jurgen of Boston San Shou- it was great to see him again. He’s going to be a One-Spirit fixture from now on like me. Jurgen and I really banged each other up good during partner work- i swear his elbows have electro-magnets for my kicks & knees. Didn’t spar, but after getting back from NYC late & catching a few too many elbows, i think it may have been for the best. O and Buakow’s a pimp.
Went home and slept for like 6 hours, then got up and drove to my folks’ place.
Monday the 21st:
Spent Sunday night at my folks’ place. Drove home a lil later than i wanted to monday. With all the travel & still getting over the cold, I kinda just chilled Monday night.
Tuesday the 22nd:
Got out of work a little late. Got to BXF and saw Roger Leonard trainin the noobs; you may know his brother Sugar Ray. Dumb me decided to work out on other stuff and missed the opportunity to work much with him.
Elliptical crosstrainer, interval warmup - 10 min.
I would do more, but i heard more than 10 to 12 minutes has a pretty adverse reaction on lifting when done first.
Trying to find time to add in 2 or 3 longer cardio sessions; but on this day i closed down the gym.
Cradle grip front Squats:
10 x 135
5 x 185
2 x 225 - yes, i can now officially cradle grip front squat about the same as what i can back squat. Bye-bye back squat.
Deadlift (still off the bottom of the rack, so i can change weights faster. basically about a 4 inch cheat, but I stood on the adjustable spotter bars- lying flat on the ground - so it knocked it down to 3).
225 x 5
315 x 3
405 x 1 got it up and my grip failed as i was locking it out, but i’m gonna count it anyway.
Assisted pull/chinup
25++ x 6
25+ x 6
25 x 5
really nice 10 second negative
At this point i skipped dumbell bench without realizing it. I’ll make it up next time.
skillz was 3 minute rounds with 1 minute rest:
3 rounds jump rope
3 rounds shadow
5 rounds 300lb heavybag (i use this for pure power)
5 rounds regular bananabag (i use this more for combinations with decent power)
5 rounds uppercut bag (last 30 seconds knees)
3 rounds double ended speed ball
Worked out from 7:15 till just about 10 and closed the place down.
Hurt my wrist either failing the grip on the deadlift or throwing hooks on the 300lber; kinda tender.
Went to kung fu last night- pretty easy workout.
some meditation, jumping jacks, a bunch of pushups (the wrist held up), stance, and form work.
Was pretty tired by the time i got home tho.
Having a hard time getting to bed before 1 these days.
kind of annoying, really gotta work on it.
last night i think i finally laid down at almost 1:30.
the big reason was because I couldn’t finish my protein shake (sometimes seems like the shake is bottomless).
It’s snowing right now, big time; due to peak at 4 this afternoon.
I’m gonna be really ticked if i can’t make it to the gym tonite.
got snowed in today… fugg it… o well…
okay so thursday i got snowed out…
but today (friday) i got off from work, only to have the sun come out by noon.. W00T!
I woke up about noon and did laundary today.
Got to the gym a little after 6 and was working out around 6:15.
10 min on the elliptical crosstrainer, level 19, aerobic crosstraining (interval) setting… wrecked it… one of my best yet…
seated row: 175 x 6, 190 x 6, 220 x 3
dumbell bench: 90lbers x 3, 90lbers x 4, 80lbers x 8
cradle grip front squat: 225 x 1, 225 x 3, 225 x 3 (finished strong)
calf raises: 6 x 180 on hack squat sled; 6 x 270 on sled; 10 x each leg x bodyweight
realized how much i didn’t wanna do additional cardio… hehe
the round timer was set at 2 min work, 1 min rest for the beginner class…
so i figured, “let’s just do more”…
10 rounds of jump rope
6 rounds of shadow boxing (4 of which with weight vest and hand weights)
6 rounds of 300lb banana bag, mostly power shots (with weight vest)
6 rounds of regular bananabag, focus on combos (no weight vest)
6 rounds of uppercut bag (last 30 seconds continuous knees)
6 rounds on double ende bags (3 on small one, 3 on peanut)
finished with 10 1-armed clean and press with the kettlebell, each arm.
closed the place down again; total time just under 4 hours.
kinda hurting. LOL
wrestling coach was busy taking his team ot regionals this morning.
got down with some thai boxing from 1 till 3- lots of jogging, shadow, & some light sparring; got my technique cleaned up a bit.
Sunday was a bad day.
What I guess was a stomach virus, kicked in while i was driving down to virginia- only 15 min or so away from where I was goin. I, in my delirious and explosive state, decided to try to get there asap (for obvious reasons). Got pulled over and got another ticket.
Still went to work out anyway, eventho i spent most of my time in the restroom.
Against better judgement i still managed to limped home.
Had my gf drive me to the emergency room where i spent the rest of the day. I got hooked up to an iv and the whole 9. Kinda hoping the emergency room paperwork is enough to keep me from losing my license; but we’ll see.
My gf was great about takin care of me the whole day.
Came home by 8 or 9.and went right to bed. Slept like 13 hours.
Feel a lot better today.
The doc said it was a stomach flu; but I still think it was some kind of interraction between fuze tea and the biotest supplements i take.
Felt kinda bad about missing work on Monday and figured if the doc said to take some time off, the idea has some merit, even if i felt okay. Plus we were snowed in again yesterday so i ended up spending all of monday in bed.
Today I slept in real late, coz with the snow, work was opening late. Finally got into the townhouse complex I originally wanted to get into back in 2002; today i put down my security deposit and application fee- think i should probly get it if my credit isn’t smelling too bad.
Think I’ll go ahead and work out tonite.
Man, I’m gonna have to start a fundraising drive:
“Save the Pork Chop foundation”
I’m so broke and it’s only gettin worse.
I gotta have some of the worst luck.
I didn’t eat enough yesterday after breakfast; so I kinda head a headache in the gym. I also was a bit tenative after having such a rough day sunday so I took it easy.
Last night I just worked with the boxing class.
4, 3 min rounds of jump rope
1, 3 min round of shadow
got in the ring and we worked some 1, 2, 3, and 4 step sparring- kinda like catch drills.
Worked maybe 2 rounds of heavybag afterward.
Okay I’m gonna give an honest impression here, so I’m sorry if anybody reading this gets offended (or thinks I’m an idiot for thinking like this), but that wasn’t the greatest drill.
All the drills were geared to orthodox vs orthodox.
Every drill put me, as a southpaw, in very bad position.
All the drills were done “swinging for the fences”.
It was very tough watching the other southpaw, a beginner, getting torn to shreds coz the drills were downright stupid as far as strategy for him.
After the first round or two i ended up switching orthodox myself.
The first round was kind of a nightmare.
I was told i had to do the exact drill, anytime i tried to improvise anything, i was told to stop and just do the drill.
Should I actually do the drill as told, i was going to get hit- not only because the drill stunk, but because my partner was continuing the drill after the “stopping point”.
“no bobbing/weaving”…
“no same hand parry-jab”…
“no going to the body”…
“stay in one place, don’t use footwork”…
People who know me know how i feel at being forced to get the tar kicked out of me while being prevented from defending myself.
I had to pop the guy in the face with the “wrong” hand after he kept “continuing the drill” (past the understood exchange) a few times- to let him know that I wouldn’t just be standing there as an open target in real sparring.
I guess he was ticked coz my normal defense strategies that came out before I was told to stop, were making him look kinda stupid; I dunno.
Can’t wait to spar him in particular- but I probably won’t; I’d enjoy it too much.
The coach down at that gym’s a nice guy; so i was doing everything i could to hold my tongue and try not to challenge what he was showing.
The coach is a southpaw himself so his approach (of doing orthodox-orthodox drills with no retooling for southpaws) made darn little sense to me.
Afterward, I talked with the coach and the other southpaw guy for a while. I brought up the point that for these standard catch drills it might be smarter for the southpaw guy to pick up the orthodox way of doing things first (in an orthodox stance); because the southpaw way of doing things is all about exploiting the natural tendencies of orthodox fighters.
I realize I’m not a certified boxing coach.
I also realize that eventhough I’ve sparred with a good number of guys with golden gloves experience, i haven’t fought golden gloves myself.
So I encourage people to take my observations with a grain of salt- and I tried to relate that thought to those guys.
That being said, I have spent a lot of time evaluating southpaw strategy; so I do trust my observations when a drill seems “wrong” and puts me in a bad position.
Sounds like a good equation for an ass kicking.
Im my experience (limited though it is) I belive if a drill doesnt work or a technique doesnt work after trying to make it work for some time theres no point in training it. just wasting time. My thought only but I think thats the conclusion you’ve come to.
On another note Im impressed by all the training your putting in. I only wish I had the time. Bows in respect
Cheers
JM
Appreciate that.
Seriously tho, as far as training goes, just try to fit in what works for you; and soon you’ll find yourself doing more and more.
If stance training makes your joints hurt, but you can work up a good sweat without much joint pain jumping rope, then add the jump rope to your routine and do the stance training as your body allows. If there’s training that you enjoy doing; eventho it’s “easier” than the training you feel you should be doing, do it (even if you’re in the car)- the other stuff will work it’s way in.
Hope that helps. Stick with it and I’m sure you’ll be doing more than me in no time.
Went to kung fu class last night.
I like those guys a lot; though it feels a little weird sometimes to be back.
Since I’m no longer doing san shou, which is often held at kung fu events; I hope I’m better able to keep my ring & gym stuff seperate from the stuff i do in the kwoon.
Class itself was a couple hours; it didn’t kill me, but I did work pretty hard, eventhough I was a few minutes late due to trafic.
it’s not every day you get to work with roger leonard…
though for me it looks like it’s gonna be m,w,th… LOL
pulled a 12+ hour day today at work; was feelin pretty run down…
I wanted to just drop off this book, maybe jump some rope, and work on this footwork drill kru brooks showed me…
cranked out a real high intensity 10 min interval warmup on the elliptical cross trainer…
jumped rope for like 5 3min rounds with 30 seconds rest…
shadow boxed for 5 rounds
300lb heavy bag, droppin bombs for 5, 2.5min rounds with 1min rest
regular/soft banana bag, mixin up the combos for 5, 2.5min rounds with 1 min rest
uppercut bag for 3, 2.5 min rounds, 1 min rest - last 30 seconds knees
pad work with roger leonard for 3 long rounds, with lots of technique advice
uppercut bag for 2, 2.5 min rounds, 1 min rest - last 30 seconds knees
peanut double end bag for 5, 2.5 min rounds, 1 min rest
Finished up with 1 set of 20 neck crunches at all 4 angles, with 2 5-lb ankle weights strapped together.
i had fun.
first thing roger leonard asked me was if i could drop to 170…
funny enough, kru danny told me i should be 175 when i first met him too…
later he told me i hit hard (even after I told him my weight), so i was pretty stoked… eventhough I’m pretty sure he thinks I’m absolutely nuts once I explained to him all what was legal in the muay thai i’m looking to compete in, and my intentions to fight heavyweight if i can’t get my weight down through normal dieting…
he wants me to do a lot more head movement than i’ll probably be able to do in thai, but i’m not gonna argue with him if he’s willing to help my boxing…
gonna try to work with him at least a couple times a week…
Tomorrow’s my last day of my cruddy job…
Today I had my “going away luncheon”…
Monday’s my first day of my new job…
Mar 17 i start movin, tho my gf’s already started packin…
Gonna be broke this month as my current lease isn’t up till the 31st…
April 1st i find out if i lose my license…
but i’m still feeling pretty up beat…
No weights so far this week, maybe some on friday, but after sunday’s emergency room visit, i’m not stressing…
Thanks for the advise & support BB, appreciated.
Trainings looking good, with all that cardio and a good diet them pounds should drop off of you.
Good luck in the new job
JM