After gassing during last Thursday’s sparring and ranting on the ol’ blog, my wife pointed out that I was cutting lots of calories last week. I added some back Friday and immediately I felt better and had an energetic workout that night.
While my coach influenced me to up my punch output in training, I was doing less total rounds, and combined with the calorie cutting I wasn’t ready for the sparring. Instead of backing off the plan I’m going full speed ahead with sensible caloric intake and enough rounds of punches leading to sparring.
Saturday was a mess, there were no sparring partners so I did 10 rounds of bag work and ran sprints. My arch is killing me, I can’t run slow or walk without lots of pain. Sprinting, jumping rope and bouncing on the toes are ok. Went to the doc today and he diagnosed me with plantar faciattis or a hyperextended arch tendon. He said it’s very painful but I can work through since it’s just a month till my fight.
Good news though I weighed in at 180, down 3.4 lbs. And when the doctor took my vitals my resting heart rate was 53. Pretty badass for a 34 year old yuppie.
March 9th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
First, I love reading this blog and I wish you the best in your upcoming fight. Second, I know that you are cutting calories, but try to get some high quality carbs into your diet, your muscles will feel less flat and you should have more energy for the intense training schedule you are following. I can’t wait to read your next post.
March 9th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Hi Joseph,
Thanks for the compliments and the tip!
I was pondering my carb intake last week. I think I will load up a little more this week.
-Nerd Of Steel
March 10th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
Plantar faciattis rots! One useful thing is a type of socks they sell at running stores – these socks have a bit of extra elastic right at the arch. Good luck!