RDJ's training log

[RDJ]

Sun Nov 16

Run, same as friday.
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Mon Nov 17

Half an hour warm up, one round of shadowboxing, three rounds on the bag, about four in the ring, and a drill to finish up. I've been hitting an insanely hard and heavy bag lately, and while I like it a lot, my arms have been pudding after training lately. But it does improve power I think. And of course the bike ride, two times five miles.

Had to spar new guys, first time ever in a ring. Both had been training for half a year or so, but no sparring. Went insanely easy of course, but it was odd how difficult it was to defend against their unpredictability. They don't do what you expect a boxer to do. They throw Calzaghe like taps being wide open out of nowhere, six lead right hands in a row, shit like that. It was odd but fun, and I got to work on my defense

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Tue Nov 18

Short bike ride in the morning, about 13 miles. Medium intensity.
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In the evening went to the gym, two times 5 miles by bike. Our regular trainer wasn't there so we had a spontaneous replacement trainer from our competing gym (my town has two gyms), who happened to be at our gym. Did a lot of combinations on the pads / gloves, they do things just a little different than we do, which was very refreshing. No sparring, but a good workout nonetheless.
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Wed Nov 19

Was sore as hell, and Wednesday is usually our free training day so I wanted to take it easy. Biked there first, 5 miles. Warmed up, about 15 minutes. Did about 8 rounds on the bag, after that did 3 rounds of shadowboxing (all 3 minutes). Decided to cool down, but got sent into the ring instead. Had to spar a very fast guy who's technically very sound, and had a great session. Both landed some, nothing damaging though apart from a small mouse next to my left eye. Did 6 or 7 rounds of 2 minutes. Cooled down, stretched, and biked 5 miles back home.
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Thu Nov 20

Five miles to the gym. Half an hour warming up, about 10 rounds on the bag, three rounds of shadowboxing, cooling down, and five miles back home. No sparring.

Fri Nov 21

Drank lots of wine yesterday, and didn't have much sleep. Today is my rest day.

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Took Saturday off as well, the weather was too shitty to bike or run.

Sun Nov 23

Short roadwork session, 3.9 miles.
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Mon Nov 24

Half an hour warming up. Condition training on the bag, about 1 hour long. Cooled down. Two times 5 miles included as always.
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Tue Nov 25

Technical session, we did some pad work (glove work actually), then some defensive drills. Took about an hour. Warmed up and cooled down, about half an hour. Biked 10 miles to and from gym, about 40 minutes.

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Wed Nov 26

Biked 13 miles in the morning, medium intensity.
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Took my mothers car to the gym. Warmed up for about half an hour. After that we were called into the ring taking turns against each other, with 4 guys. I did about 5 two minute rounds, and 1 four minute round. Things went ok, landed a lot actually. Did not take much, except for a nasty punch on the back of the head that had me dizzy for a few seconds. Not intentional though, so I can't blame him.