And we’re in!
 
Tonight (Friday Oct 28th) was fight selection night. Myself and another one of the participants in my weight class (87kg) were the second group to spar. We did one round, both got some good shots in, and when we finished they told us on the spot that we were in!
 
Following that the other fighters were paired up and fought as the rest of the class looked on. At the end, the rest of the fights/fighters were announced, and we were separated into groups (Team Blue baby!) and given our coaches and training schedules.
 
Now the real training begins!
 
Outside of that, it was a good week all around. I had a few days off after a long stretch working, which was nice.
 
My shins are the main thing that continue to bother me. Running / skipping seems to aggravate shin splints that I’ve had for a long time. That said, they seem to be getting a bit better / adapting to the training lately, and i’ve been icing them post-training which helps.
 

 
I also had a float session on Sunday night after another tough workout with the FitFam (Jiatong Uni Session). I had some soreness, but felt great afterwards, with lots of blood flowing, and even did some shadow boxing on my own afterwards, to try and continue building those ’neural networks’. A couple hours later I went for a float session at Floatasian, and it. was. awesome. I always try to get some form of exercise in before floating, but this was the most intense pre-float workout I had ever done.
 
One of the cool results of floating is that your body’s circulation is enhanced, as muscles relax and blood vessels all over your body dilate. Already having a solid ‘pump’ on, shortly after I got situated in the tank, I could feel my whole body pulsating, quite strongly. I could feel the tension going away and the blood (and seemingly ‘energy’) flowing unobstructed up and down the entire length of my body. The sensation felt incredibly rejuvenating, and was very meditative, I basically just ‘plugged in’ for an hour, with very few thoughts, and just hung out in the ‘energy’ of that state. Needless to say I loved it.
Anyways lots to work on before Dec 3rd, but I’m looking forward to it!
 
(Be sure to check out this weeks audio episode. I had my friend Matty, who is also doing the boxing training, join me to discuss his journey and how the experience has been for him so far.)
 
 
Sponsor in Focus:
 

I’m sure many of you have heard of Farmhouse Juice. It’s another well-known health and wellness brand in Shanghai and I’m super happy to be receiving their support during this training.
 
I’ve been drinking vegetable juice on and off for a number of years now, but it’s mostly been ‘off’. The reason is, to do it yourself, you need to buy the fresh vegetables (a lot!), clean and prep them, juice them (cold-press juicers are pricey), clean up the mess, clean the juicer..you get the picture. So most of the time it’s more 麻烦 than I’m willing to bare.
 
That’s why it’s so awesome that people living in Shanghai have an option like Farmhouse, they do all those steps for you, and deliver it right to your door!

In my opinion, cold-press veggie juice isn’t just for the ‘health nuts’, in fact, I recommend it as a great way for someone who has a ‘less than ideal’ diet to make sure they are at least getting a concentrated daily does of important vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, enzymes and more, to make up for ‘shortfalls’ in other areas.
 
For less than the price of a beer at a bar, it seems like a no-brainer to get all that nutrient-dense awesomeness.
 
Anyways, if you’re interested in working some into your routine, I highly recommend Farmhouse. The product and service has been awesome,