Wed 11/5: Watched Mayweather/Hatton Part III this morn. Not too much exciting building up to this fight, it's big but I think it's just another paycheck for these guys and each one could fight better opponents. Still, money talks, alot...
3m run at the park.
Gym time:
1 round stretching.
1 round ring jacks.
2 rounds shadowboxing.
Met a few of Jesse Reid's fighters, one in particular named David, a guy my size who weighs about 123, so he's tall for his weight. We might do a little work next week.
5 rounds heavybag. It was hard keeping my stamina up, I'm probably starting to feel the effects of carb depletion.
3 rounds speedbag. Still can't transtition well, and fatigue doesn't help either.
2 rounds skip rope. Makin Mayweather look like, well, good.
Conditioning:
Push up circuit, pyramid style, 15, 12, 10.
2x10 dips.
2x10 lat pulldowns, front and back.
And I was thoroughly killed. Dropped down to 154, went back up to 155 by the end of the day, despite a 2 m run around the park and soaking. >
Thu 12/6: Watched Larry Holmes vs Tex Cobb this morn. Tex is a dirty looking hard as stone impossible to kill hillbilly extraordinaire. Larry beat him stupid, but didn't knock him down or out through all 15 rounds.
15 rounds takes a bit of a while. Due to time constraints, ran 3 full laps around park, a distance of about 1.5 m.
Gym time:
1 round stretching.
1 round ring jacks. I wore trashbags to gym. Time to really lose weight. I hurt already.
2 rounds shadowboxing. For the 2nd one Liu and I try Jesse's style of shadowboxing, when 2 guys shadowbox each other.
3 rounds heavybag. My god 3 layers of clothing and a trashbag really makes a world of difference. A painful world. But my stamina is better than most days, and I feel more relaxed than usual.
2 rounds bodysnatcher. A test of sheer will at this point.
3 rounds speedbag. Mike shows up halfway through the set and tells me the fight is on for sure. Good rhythm, fix my stance and make it easier to transition, and I finish strong.
2 rounds skip rope.
No conditioning this morn. Instead I do 10 min on the Stairmaster, and neary puke. It's all about cutting weight at this point. This morn I was back at 155, and later at the gym I was 158, which I know can't be right. I can't be gaining weight while at the gym. I think I need a second, third, and fourth opinion before we settle this. All I know is, I've got roughly 10 lbs to lose in 9 days. How much of that can be water weight? I'm not sure, and I haven't started a round of diuretics yet, so I'm working on losing as much fat as I can. Gonna do 4 laps at the park tonight, soak, and attempt to do some abwork before I faint from exhaustion. I'll report back tomorrow to see if I've willed 3 or 4 pounds off. Firefox out.
