That was the theme of the wednesday session! at first I worked on technique on mitts, punches and kicks, then Mikael took a long stick and that was the real beginning of the session.

I had to punch above the stick without touching , with right technique and extension, the height  gradually increased and I also had to increse tempo. Same exercise with all kicks and both sides.

Then uppercuts from side to side also moving forward and backwards, that was hard on the legs and to finish me off I had to jump over the stick from side to side and with movement back and forth when I could not do it anymore Mikael just put the stick on the floor and I had to jump until I dropped!

This is very hard but good for the balance and the elasticity,  it is like jumping rope but harder.

I definetely need more of that, Mikael said I did good but I  will  do better next time!

Yesterday was all about lifting weights and stuff.  That was hard but needed, I try to lift heavier weights to gain back some muscle that I lost but I don´t overdo it, that would be stupid to injure myself again…

Mikael and I worked out for one hour only , we decided it was enough considering the hard work we put in it.

I so look forward to when the light is back! I want to ride my bike or go running, this year the winter has been the hardest since I live here, so I will enjoy every minute of the light as soon as it is back !

We worked on the bag and then on mitts, shadow boxing and finished with wrestling.

Mikael noticed I lack speed in my recovery and my hook also needs some work. We worked on this for a while but I have to do the work at home by myself during the week.

Wrestling is difficult, we are talking about 51kgs vs 110 kgs even if I fight like a mad mosquito I go down eventually and that´s it! There is no way I can get out of there without using some nasty stuff, but we play nice so I tried everything else…. No did not work! J

Good to work on this though, it makes me manage the stress and think about openings and solutions.

We hope for an outdoor training in the weekend, we have lots of snow so we will see if the slope is reachable.

I so look forward to the spring… there is nothing like training outside in the sun I really miss this.

Yesterday was surely the toughest shadow boxing session I have even done, Mikael made sure I worked until my arms dropped!

It was very intense for the body and for the mind as well,  I was not allowed to give up even when my arms gave up!

I really liked the mind game of the session. First I worked  in front of the mirror with intensity and speed, then in front of Mikael with movement and no touch, then light touch.

I worked on technique on the heavy bag after that.

This session was hard but it felt good, I felt relaxed. I thought about it afterwards and it is so amazing how the footwork comes naturally with the technique, even if I still have some work to do on the flow.

At some point Mikael said  not to use it, I felt so strange and unnatural which is a good sign. When I train alone I do it right and then wrong to feel the difference.

 Mikael decided to add shadow boxing to the end of each sessions from now on,  that will for sure finish me off!

Yesterday we worked with weights and wrestling. For me who is half Mikael´s weight ( ! ) it is very hard to get out when I am down, the only thing that would (maybe) work in this case is the ugly stuff, but this is training we are not here to hurt each other so I just tried my best  but let´s face it, it does NOT work! when you are 50kgs and down under a 100kgs guy who knows what to do , you´re dead! I managed quite well to stay on my feet at first but eventually I went down. This is a good exercise to mesure the level of stress and energy, the time when you are in such a position where you can´t breathe anymore, then you can say stop but in real life you can´t, that is why it is so good to train these techniques.

Weight lifting was well needed as well, we don´t do enough of that but  we have changed our training schedule now.