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Post by R. Devane on Aug 29, 2011 14:42:09 GMT
DAY 12: Sunday, a day of rest. Caught up on emails. Read. Got a tiny bit of colour by the pool. It's very warm over here and it sucks to have to grapple when you're sun burnt! Laundry and food shopping set me up for the coming week. My weight is pretty good at the moment so had a half a cheat meal (not a full cheat). Went to a large book shop and browsed around. Then Aaron, another fighter from the gym called Ike and myself went to the cinema. It was only 2 dollars in! What did us 3 macho men watch? Bridesmaids! It wasn't bad  So, that was my Sunday. Batteries recharged and ready for the coming weeks training. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 29, 2011 16:05:18 GMT
Haha that sounds deadly i'd say you all got a funny look going into the cinema asking for 3 tickes to bridesmaids HA! The training sounds like it's really going to plan for ya and really benificial of course. Keep up the hard work Druid can't wait to hear about more of the training |
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Post by paulobyrne on Aug 29, 2011 20:43:26 GMT
Great to hear it's all going well for you over there Rob, gotta say Bikram yoga scares the hell out of me (maybe even more than the sparring, that kind of heat shows no mercy!)
Very tough to leave your life and home many miles away for an extended period but at the level you fight at it sadly comes with the job but you have the right mentality to get the most out of it and everyone back here supports you. Can't speak for D15 but John's running a tight ship in Dublin 7 anyway, so it should still be here when you get back!
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Post by dkidd on Aug 30, 2011 6:33:39 GMT
Time for relaxation in the middle of al that training is important. Looking forward to seeing you when you get back.
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Post by R. Devane on Aug 30, 2011 14:01:14 GMT
DAY 13: Staright into small gloves sparring. We all did about 6 rounds. Brian Stann took the session. Then after that I had padwork. I felt fitter which is a good sign. After a couple of hours it was back to the gym to do a wrestling session taught by wrestling coach Izzy: izzystylewrestling.com/coaches.htmlIt was a very good session and he had some good drills and he's a good coach. So, that's it. I put in a good day to start the week. Just 4 more days left and I'm determined to finish strong. |
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Post by stephenlarge on Aug 30, 2011 16:11:54 GMT
sparring, padwork then wrestling thats some work. Had a look at the link for Izzy style wrestling very impressive competitive career-not looking forward to you applying what you covered when you get back.
Hopefully the last few days will fly in for you.
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Post by R. Devane on Aug 31, 2011 13:51:06 GMT
DAY 14:
Big gloves sparring at 9.30am. It was busy today at the gym. A lot of people have fights coming up so everyone got stuck in. After the warm up sparring I got in 4 good rounds against 4 different fighters including heavyweight UFC fighter Travis Browne.
Padwork at 11.30am and Mike Valle put me through my paces.
Strength and conditioning at 5pm.
3 days left. I'm looking forward to seeing the difference in altitude when I get back. The last time I returned from here I could feel the difference and I was a lot fitter when I got home.
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Post by dkidd on Aug 31, 2011 14:25:31 GMT
I imagine everything will feel easier when you hit home.
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 13:53:38 GMT
DAY 15:
9.30am session of Izzy Style wrestling. The reason I keep writing 9.30am is because it's so d**n early to be getting stuck in! This was a great session. Izzy is a great wrestling coach. He and quite a few others here simply call me 'Irish'. 'Come on Irish'. 'Right on Irish'. 'Good job Irish'. It's funny.
Bikram yoga in the evening. I think I lost loads of weight in this session alone! I think that's the last of that I'm doing for a while.
2 more training days left.
I leave Saturday and get into Dublin Sunday morning. I can never sleep on planes so I will be jetlagged to bits. I'll stay at the airport to meet Tom because he arrives in a couple of hours after me and then we head to D7 for the seminar. It's going to be a good one.
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 19:49:26 GMT
It's not easy training and tryining to get pics with everyone but I know you all want to see more pics so here you go. They were taken from my phone so a couple of them are a bit blurred. You should be able to recognise some people though. This is Shawn Jordan (UFC fighter), Lang Williamson, Moi and Carlos Condit (UFC fighter). Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 19:50:45 GMT
Some more of my training partners. Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 19:52:15 GMT
I don't know why Diego Sanchez is wearing the Irish colours on his hands! Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 19:55:04 GMT
Brian Stann - he's a fight against Chael Sonnen coming up Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 20:03:04 GMT
My muay thai coach - Mike Valle Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 20:07:16 GMT
My room mate and buddy - Aaron Riley. Aaron is fighting the fella who won the last TUF series in a few week. Attachments:
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Post by theslug on Sept 1, 2011 20:08:41 GMT
Great updates, thanks Rob. You actually look like you are having a great time. What time do you get in on Sunday morning, I might drop by and say hello. Enjoy the last few days.
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 20:09:17 GMT
I'm still not sure if Keith Jardine is genuinely mad or not! Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 20:10:29 GMT
Jon 'Bones' Jones - he's fighting Rampage next. It looks like he's giving the peace symbols but it looks like I'm giving the F.U. symbol - which I'm not ha ha Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 20:12:48 GMT
a shot of the gym - that's the lighter weight fellas sparring. The bigger boys (me) spar from 9.30 to 10.30am and then the lighter weights spar from 10.30 to 11.30am. Attachments:
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Post by R. Devane on Sept 1, 2011 20:16:39 GMT
another shot of the gym. All the above pictures were taken straight after my sparring session this morning so I never got a chance to get my hair and make up sorted! I hope you guys like the pics because I only got them to show yas. Attachments:
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So, that was my Sunday. Batteries recharged and ready for the coming weeks training.
