My training log

[Dave1066]

Yeah it is a good place. It has an on site shop aswell. Selling all the popular Boxing brands. To suit most pockets. Right through to Cleto's. I use Fairtex boxing gloves for sparring, and Twin's Specials Bag gloves for bag work. The shop doesn't do cheap equipment. As anybody with self respect and respect for those around them, who values there hands and body. Wont use cheap rubbish. They do vet peoples equipment if sparring. To make sure its upto a good standard. Cheap brands most likely are not aloud.

The gym I use trains in Boxing, Kick Boxing, Muay Thai boxing, MMA, and White Collar Boxing.

[Dave1066]

Well, warmed up with 2 minutes skipping today. Then went around my circuit training routine twice. The second time round the circuit I struggled with some of the exercises. Was sweating a good un by the end. This took about 24 minutes.

Then I put my hand wraps on. Put my bag gloves on. Did some shadow boxing. Then 2 minutes on the speed ball. Then 30 seconds rest. Then 2 minutes on the heavy bag. I did this upto the hour. On the heavy bag I would sometime practice fast punches and foot work. Other times I would do say left and right jabs straight after each other, really fast up the count of 20, then straight into 20 fast hooks after the labs. Other times I would give it my all on the heavy bag and really dig in with all my strenght on power punches.

Then the usual stretches for warm down.
Then straight in. Glass of milk. One rasher of bacon, two pieces of toast, sliced up tomato, and some sliced up cucumber. Put all together to make a bacon, tomato, cucumber, vinegar, and brown sauce toasted sandwich. With a herbal tea!

[Peter Som]

Well, warmed up with 2 minutes skipping today. Then went around my circuit training routine twice. The second time round the circuit I struggled with some of the exercises. Was sweating a good un by the end. This took about 24 minutes.

Then I put my hand wraps on. Put my bag gloves on. Did some shadow boxing. Then 2 minutes on the speed ball. Then 30 seconds rest. Then 2 minutes on the heavy bag. I did this upto the hour. On the heavy bag I would sometime practice fast punches and foot work. Other times I would do say left and right jabs straight after each other, really fast up the count of 20, then straight into 20 fast hooks after the labs. Other times I would give it my all on the heavy bag and really dig in with all my strenght on power punches.

Then the usual stretches for warm down.
Then straight in. Glass of milk. One rasher of bacon, two pieces of toast, sliced up tomato, and some sliced up cucumber. Put all together to make a bacon, tomato, cucumber, vinegar, and brown sauce toasted sandwich. With a herbal tea!

Are you tryin' to gain mass?

[Dave1066]

In which part are you refering to Peter?

[Peter Som]

Eatin' bacon and all that!

[Dave1066]

First of all were from two different countries. A rasher of bacon in the UK and portions of food is generally a hell of a lot smaller than in the USA.

No I'm not trying to gain mass. Which is why I only had one rasher of bacon. And even if I did have two rashers. There is no way from one meal. You are going to gain mass. Unless..(explained below).I grilled the bacon aswell. And actually that meal minus a normal leaf salad, brown sauce, and vinegar is recommended by Jack Dempsey... As a dinner time meal. Vinegar and brown sauce have no fat...Nor does cucumber or tomato. Bread and semi skimmed milk has very little fat. So actually its quite healthy! When you brake the meal down.

Thanks for your concern, but I do know what i'm doing..
Its not as simple as, do this exercise+ eat this = mass. That is a common misconception in the public sector..By have a go Henry's PT instructors and dietitians, who haven't had proper training and education. Just go look at your local fitness rag or on the internet. Look at the advertisements, and look for how many have recieved any form of education or training. But it worked for them right? So it should work for everybody? No is the answer to that. I sat through 3 hour lectures in her royal majesties armed services. Having served in one of her Infantry battalions. And taking part in sports. In the lectures, they go into body types, metabolism, food, exercise, exercise intensity, exercise regularity, supplementation, and life style. Then you put it into practice, so your in no dout about what you have been taught.

All of the previouly mentioned must be taken into consideration. When working out what to eat, and when. If you want to gain mass and gain mass quickly. With high intensity exercise,high intensity life style, with a fast metabolism, and Ectomorph body type. You would need to consume close to 5000 calories a day. That goes pretty well for a Mesomorph body type aswell. A Mesomorph could get away with eatting less in the same day to day conditions. The three main different body types are Ectomorph, Mesomorph, Endomorph. Those three body types are a good indicator on how fast your metabolism is or isn't. If your an Endomorph, then yes you should be very careful of what you eat. As Endomorphs gain weight very easily, but find it very hard to loose weight.

Now by controlling your muscle/weight gain or loss through diet is much better than supplementation. Because the stomach and the intestines have evolved to digest the food we normally eat over a very very long time. Bodies find it harder to digest supplements. As its not in a natural form. A good example being the history of Creatine throughout the years.

So I do a lot of conditioning, and at the intensity and regularity I do it. Plus I do a physical job. One rasher of bacon is not going to harm! I'd be surprised if a Endomorph would gain weight from one rasher of bacon after working out and with my day to day activities...

[Dave1066]

Well been out and did another 5 milers today. My times keep getting quicker and quicker. Took 36 minutes today. Sweat a good un. The first 1 1/2 miles I found pretty easy going. Though at times I feel I could of jogged faster, so I picked the pace up. At times the pace is just naturally fast. But that is usually when I am focusing on technique rather than speed. Must get my Heart rate monitor watch working again. To make sure I am working my heart in the right beats per minute zone for the performace gain and goals I have. It also maximises and economises your work out time, by making sure your heart is in the correct zone for the targeted performance gain you want.
For instance if you jogged to slow, and your heart rate dropped. Then your wasting effort and potential performance gain, you are not fully economising your time and effort. Your just going through the motions. Its a great bit of kit for achieving performance goals quicker, especially if you train a loan. As it can be a great motivator, with an audio beep if your heart rate is dropping to low.

Anyway came in semi skimmed milk drunk, healthy meal, and a herbal tea. To help my body rebuild its self.