Week 6: I have been asked to fight in October...

...Challenge accepted!

In a white collar boxing even in aid of legendary Ontario coach Keith Murphy. I will be fighting at 200+ (of course ) against an old foe of mine. Keith has been suffering from MS for 21 years and struggles to walk and see every day. Everyone in southern Ontario knows Keith with his no nonsense coaching style and heart of gold to all fighters.


So accepting a fight for Keith's benefit was a no brainer. I have fought the other fighter in an exhibition a couple of years ago. He is taller and fitter, but I'm now 30lbs lighter and still dropping. So who wins?
Me of course, but lots of training is needed, ESB folks are a great help of course but it's ring practice that counts so the gym time has gone up.


We'll see next week if the increased work load has affected my weight.


Till next week
TTF



Bodyweight: 249.2lb "BodyFat": 34.5

Week 5: Fattie does the Funky Monkey and other interval exercise fun

Bodyweight: 251lb "BodyFat": 35

Well that was productive :) Weight has started to come off again. Who'd a thunk it, not going out for dinner every other day helps reduce weight. I still have no idea what the body fat % is all about because i know I'm shedding inches, that is unless my body uses only water as excess fuel.

I won't blab on today cause I don't have much to say other than I have finally added the video of me following the Jeff Fenech arm interval training. I know the guys on ESB are familiar with this but I thought it might be more entertaining with a fattie. There is also a  round of heavy bag for critique at the end.

Enjoy,

Till Next Week

TTF

Week 4: An injured arm, a heavy bag session and lots of sushi, what could possibly go wrong?

Bodyweight: 254.5lb "BodyFat": 34.4

I've been hurt in boxing before. I'll never forget my first real body shot, it put me out of training for weeks and to this day I would still take a hundred head shots over one body shot. That being said, even when that happened in sparring I still kept going to the end of the round (probably not the smartest decision I've ever made). But the pain I felt throwing my first left hook  on Sunday's training was show stopping.


So now I have some sort of strain in my left bicep, leaving me few options for boxing training. As compensation for the lack of training I took it upon myself to go to eat-all-you-can-eat sushi...twice. Given the enormous salt content of soy sauce combined with reduced exercise I took or more water and lost less fat. Booooo!


So that leaves me with extra weight loss yoga, which has helped me understand my inner feminine side (while sweating like a pig may I add). Running has also become more common, I'm determined to get to the 5K mark by December. The change in training has meant a further delay to the "Fattie does the Funky Monkey" video but rest assured it is coming.


Till next week
TTF

Week 3: I got hammered on beer and still lost weight! Sounds like an infomercial

Bodyweight: 254.5lb "BodyFat": 35.4

It would seem that getting viciously hammered on Canadian beer has two effects; the first is that the next day there is a tendency to denounce the demon drink for all eternity (a lie that is consistent across continents) and the second is that it is still possible to lose weight in the same week. That being said I'm sure the permanent damage done to my liver and the lost day for recovery is hardly a good balance.

This week marked a couple of mile stones; the largest drop in one week (that is probably water weight) and my return to sparring. It has been over 18 months since i stepped in the ring and boy did it hurt! Not so much the fists battering my face, but sparring after a boot camp session with the guys from BigTyme Boxing club tore my lungs up.

Sparring consisted of a short fighter, a tall fighter and a south paw, a good mix with lots of different punch combinations. It was only 30 mins but i got out a lot of ring rust, maybe i'll stick up a video in a few weeks. Anyway; weight is down, running is up to 14 mins and training is on track, everything's coming up Milhouse!

Till next week
TTF

P.S. The "Fattie does the Funky Monkey" video will be posted next week. A weekend of boozing prevented this from being recorded