T - 37 man up or get out

waking up with tired shoulders & sore neck, i decided to listen to my body & rest. i knew another session today i could only potentially work around 75% and also risk more damage or injury which is not what i wanted..... 'smarter not harder' i hear myself say.

therefore this will be a great chance to document my experience i had in an intermediate - advance kickboxing class of recent.

we were asked to spar.... i had never sparred in my life before & it was 8 men and 1 woman (me). you can only imagine the testosterone in this small studio.... it was bursting at the seams. being put on the spot & out of my comfort zone, these boys were all quite experienced with muay thai kickboxing and some had already did their time training over in thailand therefore i was way out of my league. although that didn't stop me even though the boys had no patience for a new person. i still managed to hold my own and after receiving a good couple of hits to the head & couple jabs to the mouth with no head gear or mouth guard, i managed to dig deep, find my strength and protect myself. one guy was quite rough & really wanted to give me a run for my money. this is where i discovered my two strong punches & a kick to the ribs got me out of trouble. i managed to earn my cred as once we had finished sparring he pulled out his mouth guard and said i wouldn't want to be fighting you.....

T - 37

1. rest day