After another hellish academic week, three straight dropped workouts.
During Tuesday's class, after a few pretty solid drills (that I don't remember in particular), we did ab work. Crunch, one-two; crunch, one-two; crunch, one-two.
Thursday, we worked more countering the cross. Then, some of the dudes, including my drill partner, sparred. Can't do that yet since I haven't turned in my physical. So there you go, right? The sparring guys were pretty entertaining to watch, but the coach made a great decision by not allowing the rest of the class to stare. Said it put too much pressure on the fighters and causes them to go too hard, and as I've found, that is very true.
We also did an interesting exchange drill. Cross (slipped), block the counter hook, left uppercut (blocked inside), right straight (slipped). Difficult on both ends, gave practice at trying to block the hook, which is awkward.
Tall guy like me needs to get good at blocking the hook and at shooting over the top; I think I'm getting better at stepping outside the cross and dropping the jab over the top. Same with the right. I have noticed, however, that I tend to feel like I'm giving up a lot of my height. Guess I gotta blame Ippo.
Warmup sets
- Squat 5x225
- Press 5x45
- Row 5x95
Work sets
- Squat 5x275, 5x275, 5x285
- Press 5x105, 5x110, 4x115 (started to fail hardcore)
- Row 5x125, 5x125, 5x125 - holdin' down the fort
- Dips 6xBW, 6xBW, 6xBW - essentially failure
- Chest Fly Machine 8x55, 8x70, 5x85, 6x100, 5x115
No real comment on the main lifts, but man, I can see why people like machines. I was only there because the girlfriend was still running, but machines are very easy, and you can feel the burn right in the upper body with the chest and arms. I'm guessing it's less helpful, but it feels like I'm getting shit done.
The last time I saw Martin Honorio, a very light lightweight, fight, he was picking apart undefeated John Molina like a champ. Tonight, he wrecked another pretty big fighter in Wilton Hilario. Honorio dominated the fight from the get-go using his jab, range, clinches, infighting, combinations, angles, and... yeah, this was a slaughter. Hilario had no jab and could only lay on the inside, but there, Honorio outworked the shit out of him. Honorio put Hilario down twice in the 6th, but the fight went the distance due to Hilario's incredible heart and chin.
Hilario was 12-0-1 with 9 KOs going into the fight, but he absorbed an incredible amount of punishment. Honorio's not a huge puncher, but he was landing big shots over and over. It seemed like a beating that would stick with Hilario for the rest of his career, though Hilario never lost hope. Honorio, who's lost 4 times and has been stopped twice, is becoming one of my favorite smaller-time fighters.
Also caught some clips of Freddie Roach as a fighter, which was pretty cool. Happy 50th!
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