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Definitely agree that it is probably the toughest sport both physically and mentally you can do. That diet must have been absolute hell considering the strain you were putting your body through. Training day in day out at that intensity is the hardest thing about boxing IMO.

 

So did you still have much strength as compared to before when you ate whatever?

 

The food wasnt a problem as it was a proper calorie controlled diet.I was eating foods that we all SHOULD be eating.lol.

I felt great ,not lethargic and sluggish like after you eat maccas,kfc etc.

The whole getting my weight down and keeping whilst staying healthy was the main problem.When you are a athletic 85kgs than you strip down to 74 to fight was crazy..I striped pretty much 11kgs of muscle.

Towards the end of my short amateur days i could hold my weight at 77-78kgs than strip it before the bout..

I can kind of understand why boxers sometimes struggle to produce great performances.People sometimes forget how hard MOST boxers train to make weight etc and then on fight night they have to be 110% on their game..Its honestly a huge mental struggle.

You have to make yourself HATE your opponent and want nothing more than to break them in half,eventhough in most cases you have nothing against them..It like you win by running through some1 or scoring a goal.

Boxing was one physical and emotional rollercoaster during my 9mnths 5fight stint.Great experience though..

My trainers were pretty gutted i didnt keep fighting as they believed i could of been a state champ atleast..

Maybe a comeback if footy doesnt pan out for me...

 

Sorry MSTR, i missed this post :good

Smashing.....i tell you what, you must have given me this word, everything me and my mates do now , we smash, i cant stop saying it!!! Smash cones , smash weights, smash chicks, smash the pads.

Mate your bench is ****in great!!! way more than i do, im doin supersets for my chest atm, 8 reps of incline bench & 8 reps flat bench, give me a huge pump. I could only bench say 80kg for 6 reps so your pretty strong mate.

Dont forget your legs mate, you know they are very important, so do them!! Doin squats are hard, but the feelin is great if you get into it. I also do stiffleg deadlifts for my hams, you should try them, gives you a real good stretch, making you both strong and flexible.

Do they teach BJJ and Muay Thai? Tell me everything when you find out mate:good

Everything else sounds good MSTR, make sure you tell me how the training goes!! And i wanna see pics of bruises!!!! or your not training hard enough!!

 

Bench press is going well, but only because I wanted to be able to press 100, so I was doing around 15 sets per week on it. I have now switched to freeweights, and am looking at changing my routine up a bit. Definitely doing legs now as well. My legs used to be solid when I was boxing, and now they have lost SO much weight its not funny. I can't believe it took me so long to notice. I kept wondering why I was getting bigger but not putting on any weight. The MMA gym trains 3 days BJJ, 1 day wrestling and 2 days Muai Thai. I havn't started yet though because I have been flat broke, paying off a heap of fines. I need to get my damn tax done, clear up some debts and then I will be good to go. I want to fight, so I am planning on training seriously. It will take me a while though before I am REALLY comfotable with the ground game.

 

When you say u want to fight, you mean a proper MMA fight?

Man, dont even get me started on money!!!! :fire

Banks are pure evil!!!!:fire :fire :fire

 

They are evil. Just sucks that I work for one! Yeah MMA fight. They do have amatuers though, so I basically would like to just do a fair few amatuer fights first. Not really be too concerned with winning or losing, but just on getting some experience. Depending on how confident I am and how well I can manage to pick up the ground game I may or may not have some actual pro fights. All speculation at this point though. I am still reasonably young though in terms of MMA, so i think it isn't outside the realm of possiblity.

 

How does amature differ to pro MMA?

 

Shin guards and maybe slightly bigger gloves from memory... Just the fact that you are fighting other less experienced people also is a big factor. The last thing I need is to jump in there with someone who has 6 years of BJJ behind them. Pretty pointless.

 

Random post ok.

I was driving home from work the other day, sitting at a intersection waiting to turn and a big crash into my car happens from behind, im a little high at the time so it spun me out!! i look left and see a motobike rider on the deck holding his chest!! SO before i jump out i turn my blinker on :yep so then i jump out and see if he is ok, he said " yeah i just ****ed up, and im winded "

so i pick up his bike up and help him stand up, i say mate i had my blinker on, and he said thats ok, it wasnt your fault. he said he just didnt see me , had to deck the bike and smashed his chest into my spare tyre thats mounted on the back of my 4x4!!! the dude bounced like 5 metre from my car through the air onto a bank next to the road.

anyway, he gets back on his bike, so i shake his hand and say, catch you next time.....man i didnt know what to say :thumbsup

 

Thats what I love about this thread. All random stories WELCOME!!! Pretty intense mate. Those bikes just sneak up out of no where. The guy is lucky he didn't kill himself.

 

haha you crazy stoner i bet you wigged out hardcore

 

Hey.... It wasn't me! But yeah you must have totally wigged out mate. That would have been bloody intense.

 

I got another one :good

Ok, its sat arvo (just gone), im home, so i start running the sink to do the dishes, and i have a old house so its slow running the hot water, and i always do some other jobs and flood the sink, but this time i forget about the hot water running and go to the shops to buy the Ring and check my tats ticket.

I win!!! Just $100 but im happy so i think i should go do the grocery shopping.

45min later i get home to my front door (glass) totally fogged up!! but i still have forgot about the sink and i think its a fire!! so i burst in to see hot water ****in everywhere!!! All the windows in the house fogged over and 2cm of water in my kitchen and pantry, my draws are all full of water and its got to the carpet and thankfully it seaps throught the floor boards to fall under the house!!!

Totally pissed me off!!!!

My lesson learnt was ......Just stand and wait untill the sink fills then go do other jobs :good

 

How much damage did that do Marcus?