It’s Been Long Road!

Did you know someone that just doesnt listen? Yea sure they took in the information but they didn’t LISTEN! They knew exactly what you were saying, fully understood, but still they done the exact opposite of what you are saying? I’ve had a few clients like that. . they tried my patience! One in particular though really took the biscuit! He had to get it REALLY wrong for him to realise that he needs to change something! He took all the wrong turns along the way. He made all the mistakes possible. Maybe sometimes you need to make the mistakes and learn from them in order for you to really stick to something. Otherwise you are just following blindly . . like a groupie or something. . .

Let’s start from where it really got interesting, you see I had been helping him for quite some time, helped him make weigh-ins and helped a little with pre fight nutrition.

In summer 2007 we had just boxed in an international tournament against a Nordic team (comprised of Swedish, Norwegians, and Icelanders. Instead of keeping on track the dumb antelope bought ‘The New Encyclopaedia of Modern Bodybuilding’ and after losing an small amount of bodyfat (and muscle because he wouldn’t listen and used to run 15 miles 3 times per week and thought that would burn fat??) in the previous few months, he was actually starting to get lean ~10% bodyfat but then he decided to follow Arnolds recommendations and eat 3500-4000 calories per day and train using bodypart splits and a bodybuilding style of training and ceased to train athletically! The result? He put on weight alright. . ! shot up to about 14+% bodyfat! For an international boxer that is a horrible bodyfat percentage to be at! After a summer of mistakes and 3-4 kilo’s of fat later he finally decided to listen to me!

He started on the programme early October. . he listened and trained hard. . but it really was too late! He just barely made the weigh-ins for the all Ireland boxing championships 2007. Tired and drained and not performing he boxed with all his heart in the 1st fight. . heart wasn’t enough against the slippery opponent. . heart will only get you so far he needed to change his whole outlook on his training and lifestyle!

Up until a year ago his training tools involved a skipping rope, a sweat suit, a treadmill and a sauna. No wonder he wasn’t performing. . he was training to lose weight, NOT FAT and certainly NOT TO BOX!

‘Weights? Ah they will just slow me down’ common misconception among boxers and couldn’t be further from the truth!

"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field." - Niels Henrik David Boh

Robert spent more time in the weights room conditioning his body and even longer in the kitchen preparing food that will FUEL his ambitions not hinder them than he did in the ring for 6 months after!

Fast forward less than a year and 3 solid months sparring with the best in the world in TOP RANK boxing gym in Las Vegas. . . .



Lean, Athletic, All Ireland Champion. .(he's still ugly though) : )

Find out more about the system Robert used here:

Http://www.athleticbodysystem.com