Skills Bout in 1 Week

[fraidycat]

Interesting. Stopping the massaging. Why, pray tell?

[Rockin']

Would you take a muscle relaxer before a fight?

Rockin'

[Ringo]

Massaging your muscles causes them to stretch prematurely and fill/drain blood. This causes inadvertent muscle fatigue. You don't want that. Keep yourself clothed in long sleeves/pants to stay loose, and throw some wicked punches. Good luck.

[fraidycat]

Wow. I never thought of it that way. I massage my muscles throughout my workouts, between rounds when I'm sparring, between sets when I'm lifting. Never thought about it. I've been doing it for years. Wow.

I will have about 90 minutes in the dojo next to our boxing gym, before my fight. I'm taking some fruit and some Gatorade, a couple of Tums and some Imodium, in my bag. Plus, my rope. How should I approach the warm-up? I'm thinking skipping rope, maybe some light sparring with someone else back there, pushups, stretching. Nothing too major, and just to get pumped but not tired.

[Ringo]

All of that is perfect except the rope. If your going to be up on your toes in the actual boxing setting, you DONT want to get fatigued mid-fight because your calves gave out. You adrenaline will be super high for the first round-and-a-half, but you might lose a little and you want to be fresh. Your warmup and fruit/gatorade sounds perfect, just replace rope with a little jogging in place.

[fraidycat]

Well, I did it. Three rounds. Non-scored, but consensus is I owned his ass. At the last minute before the fight, the ref came to me telling me that we were only to do straight punches. ??

He came out heavy right away, getting in close and looking to put me away. I outboxed him, out endured him, and rocked him across the ring half a dozen times, including once in the third round when I switched to orthodox for a few punches and pummeled him back about five steps with an overhand right. For my part, I have chipmunk cheeks -- the ****er could HIT! -- and my right eye has a scratch on it, a long red hematoma that's probably from my own glove. And my neck hurts, and my jaw keeps popping.

It was a brawl. Nothing pretty, no great technical boxing, just two strong guys trying to take each other out. Exactly what I signed up for. I don't know that I ever want to do it again, but that may change in a few days.

I'll post video when I get some. There were a couple of people videotaping so I imagine I'll have video in the next week or so.

G'night.

[mgkirkpatrick]

well done man. cant wait to see the video. i take it you know what leaving everything in the ring means now

[platinummatt!]

Well done man lol!

[Ringo]

G**** Fraidy. I want to see it, too!

[fraidycat]

Aftermath:

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I'll post video when I get it.