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From the 20th Aug to 1st Sep 2007, Mike with his trainer Sozos Panagiotis, went in Holland
in order to train at Ramon Dekker's "Golden Glory" Gym. The purpose of the training
was to face some of Holland's best fighters and improve his sparring skills.
The training was carried out under the supervision of Mr. Dekker and Mr. Hemmers. Mike
was very satisfied with the results and is looking forward to train in Holland again. |
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I firmly believe in the benefits for
kickboxers of working out with weights I have a
weight trainer and we do exercises according to
a specific program: a lot of quick reps with low
weights to strengthen and tone the muscles but
not to bulk, because that would result in loss
of speed. Very important is also the timing
of the kind of weight training you do during
your preparation.
If for instance you have a fight in three months
and you want to gain strength, you concentrate
for 1.5 months on weights in order to become
stronger and bigger and then after that you do
more relaxed
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weight training, where you concentrate on speed
and explosiveness. About 20 days before the fight I stop
training with weights completely and concentrate more on
running. |
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I believe that the real power is in one's
internal energy combined with the right
relaxation. Many times when I make contact
with my opponent it feels like my energy passes
over to him, like when I hit F-16 Forrester on
his guard and still knocked him down. It's like
the tail of a whip, on its own it has no real
weight or impact power, but when one cracks it
properly and it hits you, you really feel it!!
When I feel well in the ring it's like I am
boiling over with energy; on the one hand I feel
light as a feather and on the other hand, it
feels like my punches have the power of a heavy
weight.
My training routine basically consists of
Kickboxing training, running and weights.
Very important for me as a fighter is eating
proper home made food, live seriously, get
enough sleep and most of all fill myself with
positive energy; stress and pressure are bad for
a fighter.
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There is nothing wrong with training hard, but
many fighters over train themselves. I also
train a lot, but I do so under medical
surveillance. For instance, I regularly do CPK
tests to check for the lactic acid levels in my
body. I have seen fighters train like crazy in
the gym and look washed up in the ring. This is
because they over train and stop training two or
three days before the fight. If your lactic acid
level is too high, it takes at least 7 days to
get it out of your system. Stopping your
training two days before the fight is just not
enough if you are over trained.
Also if they are on the edge of your weight
limit, many fighters drink very little the last
days in order to make the limit, then do the
weight in and immediately drink a lot; this is
wrong. If the weigh-in is the day before the
fight there is no problem, you can slowly intake
water and recover within 25 hours your fluid
balance. If the weigh-in is however in the
morning and the fight is the evening then you
have a problem, everything you drink will just
pump you up or you urinate it, the body does not
recuperate. |
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