Breakfast: Ham, egg and cheese omelette
Lunch: Pulled pork pot pie
Dinner: Fried chicken with boiled brocolli and asparagus
Today started off with my forearms feeling sore. I guess my hands still need to get used to hitting the speedbag, soon enough i will be breezing through it without a problem and skipping in the same time just like Manny does it.
When I got to the gym my coach had that face of "hurry up" and told me we are going to work in the ring today, you know what that means! SPARRING! My third day back and I get to spar already? sweet!
Not so fast though, it was with 2 older gentlemen who are sparring for the first time. Nonetheless I was happy just to see where my skillset is at even though i havent spar in over a year.
So I start with the first guy who is the much older person, probably mid 40's early 50's. Taking it real easy and basically letting him throw in the beggining so he can loosen up and give him more confidence. By the middle of the round I can hear him wheezing while breathing and we were not even working that hard. but I think it was just more of the nervousness in his end that he was using a lot more energy than expected.
The second guy comes on the next round and I just try to go through the motions as usual. He had more intent on his punches so I had to just bring mines up a notch. I am usually a slow starter, it takes me at least a round to warm up and by the second round im on my groove. I saw that he liked throwing 1,2 combos back to back, so I took the ropes and just timed him as he let loose on the straight right and countered right back with a hook, I STILL GOT IT! I didnt throw hard of course just wanted to see if i can pull the trigger.
One of my flaws in sparring was putting my hands down while slipping punches. Need to stop doing that!!! I notice i do a lot of un-necessary movements that's a waste of energy. On the next session, I will concentrate on that more.
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