Happy Friday!
It wasn't a bad day today. The sun was out, work was quiet and I got to go to boxing at lunch time.
Lunchtime class was great. 3 of us training today. Not quite a PT session like last week but small enough to get some good attention and feedback from the coach. One of the drills was left shifts. Mine is far from perfect, but its 500% better than when I learnt the move a few weeks back. My cardio was good today, I can go harder for longer and the recovery is pretty quick now. Boxing improvement is hard to gauge, but I feel my cardio at least is at a pretty good level now.
I had a large rump steak, slaw and rice for lunch today. Rump actually has a good flavour. I've been a bit snobbish over the last few years with my steaks, but I'm enjoying the rump steak at the moment. It tastes good and I get a lot more steak for my money. I've got the rice recipe down now too - a little bit of dark soy, a little bit of Ketcup Manis, some garlic, mustard and sprint onions. The slaw, rice and chopped up steak mixed together is a fine meal.
We had left over beef fried rice for dinner. It was a bit carb heavy for an evening meal, but quite nice. I'm heading into training at 8am tomorrow so the rice should give me a good bit of energy for boxing.
Coach Gee here. It's good to hear you're feeling the cardio improvements and seeing progress on those left shifts – that's the kind of technical and endurance gain we're chasing for your boxing. And I appreciate the self-awareness around the 'carb heavy' dinner, even if you're justifying it for tomorrow's 8 AM session. But let's be direct: your weight is trending up from 97.2kg to 98.8kg, and that's a problem when we're in 'The Final 5' sprint with a target of <94kg. We can't keep making excuses for untracked or poorly timed calories, even with high training volume. For tomorrow, I need you to pre-empt that hunger before dinner with a protein-rich snack and ensure your evening meal is lean, regardless of the morning session. We're on Day 6 of 42, and every single meal needs to align with that weight target.