[Rachid Ghanoudi]

I actually liked the black and white pic, very Salvador Sanchez.

P.S. I'll think about some exercises you might want to try.

[mschatz]

Originally Posted by Diego Lara

. I was grunting and spitting by the end. The last 40 seconds or so I threw rapid-fire 1-2s, over and over, beyond what I thought was the point of exhaustion and into a realm where the pain doesn't register so much as the thought of NOT BACKING DOWN no matter what, even in training. What my trainer asks, I will do, regardless of how my body feels or how my mind protests. So i grit my teeth, think of being in a sold out arena with blood running down my face and thousands of people chanting my name, and I keep hitting no matter what.

This turned me on...

[JuanLeche]

you should try to get the Duran beard goin

[Diego Lara]

Man, it's taken me 5 years to get this little bit of stubble I've got going around my jaw. Maybe if I put some Miracle Gro on it I'll grow a beard.

[Diego Lara]

Tue 10/30: Watched Morales vs Paulie Ayala. The young version of Morales. So Ayala didn't really stand a chance against such a good boxer who is aggressive, and won't let you get away from him. Morales beat him up.
2 m around the park and back. The shins are getting better in record time.

Gym time:
1 round of stretching, one of ring jacks.
1 round shadowboxing. I'm trying to move around more, not stand still while I'm throwing combos. Get on my bike when I'm tired, and throw 1-2s off the back foot.

5 rounds heavy bag. Mike is definitely working us harder. I focused on throwing more jabs, not standing still when throwing, and throwing jabs while I'm moving my head and trying to create angles. There's always a point where you forget that you're out of breath and your arm screams in pain as you throw jab after jab. I try to imagine the other guy standing in front of me, how am I gonna move, how to keep him from finding an opening in my guard, things like that.

2 rounds double-end bag. My jabs are rendered useless by the heavybag. I'm trying to focus on speed, but it's hard to pop the 1-2 quickly with such weary arms. Switching from heavy to double-end is always tricky for me, because of the change in rhythm and focus (strength/ technique over speed). Mastering this transition, however, is what will make me a smooth fighter.

3 rounds speed bag. Have a hard time getting a good rhythm again, but I was doing more or less ok by the 3rd. It's about the journey, not the destination...

Conditioning:
3 sets of ab machine pyramid.
5x10 twist -ups.
Today, Liu concocted up some new "exercise" from his secret book of Medieval torture techniques. This one was called inclined resisitance sit-ups. Basically, you lie on an incline, held upside-down by your legs, and do a sit-up as a partner pushes down on your chest every few inches. Wonderfully painful.

And that concluded another all-too-short day of training. Tune in next time, when we'll explore the joys of putting on all your gear to spar, then realizing you gotta pee!! Firefox out.

[mschatz]

Diego, do you warm up at all before running?

I used to get shin splints quite a bit back in High School, but our track coach had me warm up more extensively before training,m and it helped a lot. We would do the following:

10meters High Knees
10meters Butt Kickers
10m skips
10m Bounding (basically just standing horizontal jumps)
10 M walking on heels (this was supposed to prevent shin splints)
10m walking on calves
10m lunges

It seems like a lot, especially when youre just going for a LSD run, but if you are getting shin splints, it might help to focus on warming up properly for a while

[Mr. Sinister]

Diego just forgets to take enzymes.

When he takes enzymes like he should, no shin-splints. When he doesn't, shin-splint City.

[mschatz]

enzymes?

[JuanLeche]

Originally Posted by Diego Lara

Man, it's taken me 5 years to get this little bit of stubble I've got going around my jaw. Maybe if I put some Miracle Gro on it I'll grow a beard.

HAHA I feel you man, my whole family is able to grow facial hair but me, my 15 year old cousin has more than I do

[JuanLeche]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izDf0MCR2DU

here is an ab circuit yall might enjoy