After my morning run, I was able to stretch, and finally it was time to start training. I was paired with a new older trainer who went by Ta. Ta is one of the older trainer's in the gym but he's not really old, just old compared to the other trainers that were training the foreign boxers. I immediately took a liking to Ta because he had a no nonsense approach to training me. Don't get me wrong, I really liked training with Ong but he gets totally distracted with what's going on in the gym.
With Ta training me he went on a slow but consistent pace. There was no time to rest because he was always barking out instructions. So even though I was not going rapid fire I was going on a slow pace but always throwing techniques. The morning session is always my favorite session because it isn't that difficult compared with the afternoon session and the weather is cool.
After breakfast and taking a nap I was ready to go for the afternoon session. I was then reunited with an old friend from Sweden who goes by Toby. Toby Alexanderson is currently the WPMF (World Pro Muay Thai Federation) World Champion. He won the title last August. I met him last year and both he, myself, and another fighter, Sam from Australia, would always hang out after training. Toby was actually planning on staying in Thailand for just a few days as he had a fight lined up in Beijing that unfortunately fell through. With no fight planned, he decided to stay at Kaewsamrit and take up the hard training.
I was paired with Ta again and with my body so sore I was barely able to make it through the session. To make matters worse, after the training the trainers had me run about 2 miles to finish my workout.
After dinner I agreed to go with Toby to Tesco Lotus (Thailand's Walmart) to buy groceries and other goods. I wanted to tag along as there is nothing going on the gym after training. At Tesco I was educated on the diet of a pro fighter. Toby bought muesli, nuts, and fruits. Not only did he buy those ingredients, he was informing me why he was buying them and what it did for him performance wise. After the nutrition lesson we went to the mega mall Central Pin Klao.
At Pin Klao, the world champion who educated me on performance diet had a craving for "american" donuts and ice cream. After the training we just went through I did not any of it and for the time being I was able to politely avoid it. However, after Toby bought some donuts, master Cheng called us out. Apparently Cheng and a few others had gone to Pin Klao to help some of the foreign boxers exchange money. They were all at Swenson's an ice cream chain similar to baskin robbins back home. And with everybody eating ice cream I decided to do so as well. Two scoops (one cookies and cream and one Reese's) hit the spot.
On our way back home Toby and I decided to get a Thai massage. I've had Thai massages in the past and they have been both tough and strenuous but not painful. Last night was brutal as the masseuse just pounded my legs. I kept biting my lip and cringing as the masseuse looked like she was slightly getting off on seeing me in pain. It was a weird feeling but thank goodness nothing crazy happened after that.
After the walk back home I sat back and chilled. I can't believe it, my first week in Thailand is almost over.
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