Fresh Meat In The Grinder

[manchestermatt1986]

Name: Matthew
Sex: Male
Age: 27
Weight: 203llbs
Height: 5'9

Background: Early years I ran for my high school athletics club for the last two years at competition level. In my own time I played a lot of football (soccer), Thai boxing, skateboarding, surfing and trampolining. I became a fitness instructor/class instructor but after a motorbike accident I tore my ACL and lost a lot of my gains.

Returned to fitness as a gym manager after selling cars for a while and have been on and off boxing for 18 months (mainly for fitness), got a rear molar tooth knocked loose and got a abscess which hospitalised me about 9 months ago but carried on then stopped 3 months ago. I have returned this week. Got from 216llb to 203llb the last 6 months and still dropping.

[manchestermatt1986]

Friday 27th

Warmup: Gentle jog with side stepping and backwards jogging finished with gentle pre stretch.

>=followed by

Length of gym: Walking lunges nice and deep > walking lunges with a light barbell holding above head > squat jumps as far forward as possible > side squat jumps > backwards squat jumps

Boxing stance movement up and down the gym, slipping under a rope, side step punch, step forward or backward follwed by combo or slip and counter combo

Circuit x 10: Exercise ladder with different foot work drills > hands and feet round certain points (mma style) > medicine ball station

5 combos numbered and throw at partner.

Not trained for a couple of months and was sick 3 times. Felt good by the end of the session thou

[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