Tuesday

Boxing

3 rounds skipping with 10 secs on (sprinting), 10 off and then 15 on 2 off for the last round. This was more difficult for me than i think it should be - will have to include more intervals in everything for a while to improve my recovery after sprint efforts.

Partner footwork with Kristine 2 rounds

Partner shadow sparring with Kristine 3 rounds

Partner drills another 6ish rounds. Worked on parries, improving reaction time, when we got to working speed together well it was fun. All very light - I left my mouthguard in the bag I took to the fights on Saturday!

5 hard rounds on the bag. Felt sluggish and unfit. I felt so much fitter just 2 weeks ago - I don't get it - maybe I tapered too much?

Balance work and abs - did ab work in between 3 rounds on the medicine balls, 2 rounds and the wobble board and one trying Scraps diagonal movement drill. Felt awkward doing that in any direction other than diagonally foreward to the left! Will have to work on that more! Also realized tonight that I've only been walking the medicine balls foreward all this time so started to walk them backwards. Why did I not think of that before - what a ditz! I guess eventually I'll try sideways too but for now learning to do it backwards is enough!

Wednesday

Lunch run, jogged to oval, 10 minutes jogging backwards, 5 forewards then 4 X 400m and 4 X 200m hard intervals with 100 m walk recovery between them, jog backwards about 8 minutes to cool down. Again not feeling as fit as I should. Noticed heart rate was low while warming up but still felt like my lungs weren't opening up enough - maybe something like asthma? I have been known to get asthma if I've had a bad flu or been stung by a bee (am extremely allergic) - but it's not something i usually suffer from although it does run in my family.

Wednesday night Judo

I kind of felt like I wanted to go to boxing training instead because that's still my favourite but going to Judo has the effect of making me appreciate my boxing training more. I'm actually looking foreward to a normal boxing training session rather than feeling it's something I have to do which takes up every evening.

I'm getting better at being a good oki - person to practice throwing etc. Falling safely is becoming natural. Apparently that's the main thing i should be worried about at the moment. I asked Leonard for a booklet of the throws and holds to help me remember them but he said I'm not allowed to have that until I get my green belt. Safety falling etc comes before learning techniques until then. I'm happy with the way I'm getting the concepts and feel the different ways I have to use my bodyweight. Some things are pretty foreign but a lot of them make sense in respect to experience I already have from boxing and other sports. I like that I'm forced to bend at my knees more (which I'm slack at doing in boxing) and still be aware of how wide my feet are and whether or not I'm on my toes.

Cycled there, got a lift home