Fresh Meat In The Grinder

[manchestermatt1986]

Monday 30th

In the gym. Felt groggy, not been eating correct since christmas.

Warm up on treadmill > 6 x 30/30sec hill sprints at 12km/h BPM was average 150/180 per sprint, little bit higher numbers by 5th and 6th sprint

followed by squats 3 x 20. first set @ 20kg > second set @ 10 kg > third set bodyweight

Swim - 15 lenghts front crawl

I felt tired, short of breath and was hitting anaerobic fast and struggling to control my breathing. Just felt like a wimp and unfit.

[manchestermatt1986]

Tuesday 31st Dec

6.00 am - 20 mins gentle jog

1.30 pm jogging, skipping, shadow boxing with a partner, pad work and more skipping. Felt good, did 90 mins

[boyla]

Keep up the work.

[manchestermatt1986]

Thursday 2nd Jan

2.30pm Skipping 10mins > shadow boxing with eyes closed 10 mins > skipping 5mins > shadow boxing eyes closed 5mins > footwork drills, back and forward, side to side, pivoting all on squash court lines, following them. Fast moving forward, slowly backwards and vice versa 10mins > shadow boxing eyes closed 5 mins > skipping to finish and cooldown

[manchestermatt1986]

Friday 3rd Jan

20 min jog, nothing major

[manchestermatt1986]

Monday 6th

Bit different today. A friend took me to his kung-fu class. hes been doing it years and says there are aspects that will help with boxing. I told the teacher that i respect all discplines but want to get into boxing as a sport and win matchs. He has advised me on a technique called splashing hands aswell as others. I have to admit i enjoyed the class and alot of the technique and fundamentels i can see coming accross. he even brought up jack dempsey and said how parts of kung-fu are actually involved in boxing.

90 mins of various kung-fu techniques, strikes and blocks

[manchestermatt1986]

Tuesday 7th

Jogging for 20 mins.