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Introduction pt1
17 Jan 2010 1:21AM
Hi guys,
I guess I should start with a brief introduction. My name is Jamie
Taylor, I'm 30 and work full time as a health club duty manager. I
recently became a proud father. The shitty nappies and sleepless nights
have been well worth it ! Theo is now 10 month old and already punching
me in the face and laughing at every opportunity so that's a good sign.
Definately going straight on the pads when he turns 1 ;-)
Anyway I love MMA and try to train as much as poss in my spare time. A
big mistake I made was being rushed into fighting pro early on in my
career so I'm stuck with it now ! I am in the same boat as a lot of
other fighters out there, an amateur level fighter with a full time
job but having to fight pro rules fights. Believe me when I say if I
could go back and have LOTS of amateur / semi pro fights I would, but I
won't go into that as we have all heard it a 1,000 times. The sport is
by far my biggest passion but really haven't had the time recently to
train as much as I'd like to due to family issues. Obviously competing
in mma has become a thing of the past ( Hopefully this will all change
soon ). I am also an injury magnet, you name a joint...mine is probably
fucked. I blame years of sloppy weight training like a bell end as well
as lots of shady plyos trying to improve my explosiveness / vertical
leap when I was young and into basketball.
Although I realise I pretty much suck balls at every aspect of MMA.
Have done a fair bit of boxing training, same with thai and bits of
wrestling in the past ( always get injured wrestling though ). I guess
my strongest aspect is my jiu-jitsu and I try to focus more on this
when coaching. I help run a beginners mma class twice a week along with
my friend and fellow pro fighter Nathan Boyce. ( Now I know you're
probably thinking...oh great, blind leading the blind ) ! And you're
probably right to an extent. I am not and never will be the next Greg
Jackson. I try to teach my guys the solid basics of each discipline
where possible and encourage them to go elsewhere for their wrestling
etc where needed.
The lads I train understand I don't excel in any area but what I do
know I try to teach the guys to the best of my ability to try get them
all as close to my level which is all they ask for really. If they felt
they were at the point where they weren't learning anymore I'd be more
than happy for them to move on to somewhere they will continue
learning. There really aren't many mma gyms ( if any ) up here in
Middlesbrough so I guess doing the class isn't a bad thing. The guys
who come seem to appreciate the class, tell me that they love it and a
few have picked it up quickly and won grappling matches as well as
amateur / semi pro fights at local comps so I guess there's no harm
done. It also helps my game constantly drilling basics positions,
escapes etc having sparring partners available and tightening
everything up. Plus it's nice to have a bit of craic with fellow mma
enthusiasts without having to get pissed up and go into town wearing
affliction shirts ( Danny John look away now if you're reading this ).
I have done training journals before way back when I was trying to
bodybuild and I thought it was a great motivational tool so I thought
I'd do a blog regarding my MMA training / diet etc...At the moment I am
REALLY struggling to get any training done due to work and the fact
that my girlfriend is in hospital battling cancer. So I guess it was a
pretty dumb move telling my thai coach I wanted to fight on his show in
March ( I had been out for 8 hours getting wankered and had just downed
5 sambucas at the muay-thai christmas party ). Yes I am one of
them twats we all hate when we're out sober that talks complete shit
when he's drunk and shouts everything instead of talking / slavers
allover you.
However.....I'm glad I did. It was the kick up the arse I needed and I
have trained hard since then ( well since 2 weeks ago ) and have
cleaned up my diet substantially. I'm currently sitting at 82k which is
the fattest I have EVER been ( usually walk around at 77k ) and I'm
absolutely disgusted with myself. Since starting the healthy eating
plan I have lost just over 4lb in the last 2 weeks. At the minute my
diet looks something like this :
Breakfast : choc whey, porridge, small banana in water ( shake ) sometimes slice wm toast w/ peanut butter.
Snack : tin of mackarel in spicytomato sauce and an apple, handful of mixed nuts.
Dinner : small portion of wholemeal pasta and tuna with light mayo. Cup green tea.
Tea : chicken breast or turkey and steamed veggies. Cup green tea.
Post training ( if trained ) : usual pw stuff depends if I have made my
own or bought from gym usually around 40g - 60g high gi carbs 25 -
40g whey protein.
Supper : 4 scrambled eggs, teaspoon flax oil.
PART 2
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