This is one of the unique things about the various combat sports. The massive amount of training that goes into it and how quickly it is all over. I was in the gym for hours a day, seven days a week, for eight months and it culminated in three one minute rounds. [...]
I took a canoe trip this past weekend, and needless to say my diet suffered. Tremendously. When I got back to the gym on Monday morning and went back to work I was dragging. I haven’t been that worn out and performed that poorly since the first couple of months I showed up at the [...]
I climbed back in the ring this morning with Tyson and proceeded to get pummeled. I still don’t have my body conditioned that when I get hit I should immediately punch back. My natural instinct is to cover up, and that couldn’t be more wrong. I feel like I’m taking the shots [...]
So today was Memorial Day. I slept in, kind of took my time getting to the gym. My plan was to put in a half hour of cardio, do about ten minutes of abs, then a little neck work, then bolt.
Instead I spent an hour and fifteen mintues in the weight room with an instructor [...]
I’ve been tracking the time I’m spending at the gym on a spreadsheet. It helps me keep track of whether or not I’m cheating myself and should give me a gauge on how hard I’m going to have to work out if I decide to enter any more tournaments in the future. Since I started [...]
After a one hour workout today I had my first live session of sparring. I spent four rounds, ninety seconds each, in the ring with a 165lb professional fighter and former Kansas State WR, Tyson Schwieger. I got my butt handed to me and he wasn’t even close to going all out. He drilled me [...]
So after a particularly brutal hour and a half at the gym this morning I’m lying on the floor, having just finish the ab work. Everyone else is filing out and one of the guys starts laughing, then tells another guy “Look at him, just laying there and smiling.” I looked up to see who [...]
In the world of amatuer boxing a Master Boxer is anyone who will be 35 years old or over at any point during a tournament. This basically takes you out of the tournament and puts you into a special category with different rules. Master Boxers only fight other Master Boxers within 10 years of their [...]
I joined a new gym, Punch Boxing and Fitness, back when they opened on January 4th. I’ve never missed a day since they opened, and today I decided to actually put all of this training to use. I’m going to enter the 2009 Ringside World Championship tournament as a Master Boxer.