Blog 3 Weekend Recap
so made it the gym sat around noon. was greeted by the trainers and owners wife. what a trip it is, driving to the gym. not knowing what to expect. The gym is located on the outskirts of bangkok in the countryside. And i mean country.. Theres giant pigs cruzing around. I've seen four foot lizards crossing the road. Pap its like 33mi rd in michigan. Dirt &gravel. So liam one of the trainers took my bags to the room. I followed. 2 min later each trainer was coming to greet me. Bao (trainer, thamjaj tournament champion) ((tournament winners are held in just as high regards as stadium champions, as to win a tournament is very hard. the consist of several matches lasting over several months) Bao brought me a pepsi. And TA (owners wife) invited me to lunch with the trainers. Lunch was soooo good especially after living off of airplane meal for the prior day. The trainers were laughing at how i knew to eat the local fare (we got thai food back home). Nam Tok (crying tiger in ur local thai joint) and larb kai (minced chicken). Wzs unreal. So after lunch i got settled in my room. Two sets of bunks and closet deal with three fans. homesweethome.
ok three hours later made the afternoon training session. 2 mi run-15min jump rope, shadow box, padding with Bao which i died on.. felt good during run and so on, padding was destroyed on. There is nothing you can do to prepare urself for the heat. Maybe if you could hit pads at bikram yoga class that would work otherwise forget it. Pushed thro. Made three rds. (rds are 5 min long) .. Then did bag work and clinching w/bao.. (seems baos going to be my trainer thus far) he got a kick outta throwing me to the ground every ten seconds.. lol finished w/ neck work, abs so on. Day 1 training done.
Chris from canada fought this night (sat). Banklang stadium. Pretty good show. Its a touristy stadium. Played J.Z. in between rds and other western pops. Chris did well and won by tko.
Sunday_ sundays are off days. had breakfast and linked up with a couple people to go shopping and tour. (currently there are 7 foreigners in camp, canadians, aussies, and europeans).. Went to Tesco which is the equivalent of costco.. ok maybe walmart.. dont wanna take a dig at kirkland products. next thing i know my membership gets revoked. lol.. got necessities (toilet paper, energy drinks, water) came home and went out again this time to mbk mall.. giant mall. 6 levels high. diff levels designated for diff deals.. electronics, eating, clothing and so on. rested rest of day.
ok three hours later made the afternoon training session. 2 mi run-15min jump rope, shadow box, padding with Bao which i died on.. felt good during run and so on, padding was destroyed on. There is nothing you can do to prepare urself for the heat. Maybe if you could hit pads at bikram yoga class that would work otherwise forget it. Pushed thro. Made three rds. (rds are 5 min long) .. Then did bag work and clinching w/bao.. (seems baos going to be my trainer thus far) he got a kick outta throwing me to the ground every ten seconds.. lol finished w/ neck work, abs so on. Day 1 training done.
Chris from canada fought this night (sat). Banklang stadium. Pretty good show. Its a touristy stadium. Played J.Z. in between rds and other western pops. Chris did well and won by tko.
Sunday_ sundays are off days. had breakfast and linked up with a couple people to go shopping and tour. (currently there are 7 foreigners in camp, canadians, aussies, and europeans).. Went to Tesco which is the equivalent of costco.. ok maybe walmart.. dont wanna take a dig at kirkland products. next thing i know my membership gets revoked. lol.. got necessities (toilet paper, energy drinks, water) came home and went out again this time to mbk mall.. giant mall. 6 levels high. diff levels designated for diff deals.. electronics, eating, clothing and so on. rested rest of day.
posted by Bryce Krause at
9:52 PM
3 Comments:
"hit pads at bikram yoga class"- omg that line cracked me up. I would die in that heat!
I am so happy that you get to experience all this! Do they have women at any of the training camps?
Oh and Costco called, they said you're not allowed within 100 feet of their stores... :)
I LOVE MBK!!!!!!! That is such an awesome mall! Where else can you get replica Diesel, True Religion, Monarchy, for about $20? hahaha... just don't eat the "local food court" foods... it tastes really good and no wonder all the locals eat at that food court, but you DO pay for it later... cuz you don't have a "Local Stomach" yet. Hahahah.
And damn... if the BODYSNATCHER is getting tossed around every ten seconds in the clinch... then we would be like tossing newborn babies around by our feet to them.
ya shan! yes there are two foreign girls in camp training. jompops gf from englands over. shes quite good and another girl from sweden who pushes hard at each practice.
denny- its insane how strong the thais are in the clinch. let alone a stadium champ. its great training.
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