Tonight was part two of my boxing challenge, and we spent an hour training after work today.
We started off with a little recap of last weeks session, and surprisingly I remembered more then I thought I would. We then moved on to ducking and weaving and sparring, before finishing with a core circuit again. I had done okay during the session until, whilst we were sparring, the inevitable happened. I was hit in the face. Now I know its boxing, and that's one of the aims of boxing but I really didn't expect it to stun me quite so much. All of a sudden I went to pieces (metaphorically) and forgot every block I had been taught and became almost a windmill of defence, with arms just swinging around! I'm sure it didn't look as bad as it felt as it felt like a four year old trying to fight! By the end of the evening I had been hot in the eye, the nose (several times) and the head. On a positive note though, still no bruises!
At the end we done the core circuit. Now last week my stomach hurt for around 5 days, so lets see if its stopped hurting in time for Sunday when I have a PT session!
Photos were taken and (most) weren't staged. When you see the photos you will see the staged one or two! Thank you to the trainer, Steve, and Billy for doing my photos. There will hopefully be another session soon.
I am an instructor with the Sea Cadets at Worthing Unit and have seen how much the cadets get out of the activities they do. I have also seen how much these activities and all the surrounding admin costs. The sea cadets are a charity, and I felt this was a fantastic way of raising money for Worthing in particular and also to encourage some of the cadets to try something different. If I can do it, so can they!
The gold challenge is based on the sports in the Olympics. Some of these sports I can do with the sea cadets, and I have purposely chosen several of these to illustrate the variety of activities that can be done, whilst also doing something that I think will be fun.
My challenge is to do the following activities.
1. Swim - Learn to swim - again. For those that have seen my swimming style, it has recently been described by Mrs Lawrence as "directional panic in water". DONE
2. Canoe - Learn to canoe. I have canoed in the past, but again this was a long time ago and all the new stuff I have learnt has forced this skill out! DONE
3. Boxing – Learn to box. I needed another sport and someone I work with can train this! DONE
4. Weightlifting – For those that know me, they will know how therapeutic gym time can be for me. This is a great opportunity for me to focus some of my energy on something different in the gym. DONE
5. Triathlon. This is a personal goal, to do a half triathlon. I have never done one and this is the one element that I plan to do in 2012. This will link my swimming and gym work together. DONE
6. Athletics - sprints. I was given the oppertunity to race at the 100m olympic stadium. DONE
7. Wrestling - in the process of doing the Judo section I managed to also cover the wrestling challenge, so it seamed approapraite to include it - DONE
8. Cycling. Take part in a cycle ride or three. I'm training for a triathlon. This incorporates a cycle leg, so why not do a cycle challenge too? DONE
9. 1/2 Marathon. This is similar in theory behind the cycle ride. If I'm doing a triathlon I might as well develop it further and do a half marathon. I'm not expecting to be fast round the course, just finish and not die on the way round would be a bonus. DONE
10. Judo - Try judo. To be perfectly honest, I needed another sport, as its in multitudes of 5, and this was suggested by some one at work. DONE
The challenge is to do them by the end of 2012, but I am aiming to have most of them done by the end of 2011.
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