In the midst if one of the worst weeks of my life, which I don't want to get into, I have dug deep and found some things to be positive about. First and foremost as I mentioned in my last post my fighter Mandy Anderson lost her last fight by way of disqualification and this past Friday May 14th in Guelph we got some sweet redemption. I truly believed we were winning that first bout before the DQ and I know Mandy is a better fighter then the other girl and that is why I really pushed for the rematch. We slightly tweaked the game plan in the 3 weeks leading up to the rematch and as I expected she went out Friday night and thoroughly outboxed the girl and won an easy 3 round decision with all 3 judges seeing the fight in her favour. Planning and proper execution gets the job done. Congrats Mandy!! Onward and upward.
This weekend we here at All Canadian Fitness participated in the Climb for Cancer charity event and it was a huge success. We hosted a 5km walk and also did the Chedoke stairs for 1 hour. I did the same event 2 years ago and did 12 sets of stairs in 1 hour. This year my goal was not to beat any records I just wanted my kids to be apart of the event with me. So what I did was every other set on the stairs I would take either 5 year old Rayna or 1 year old Athena. I did 8 total sets 4 with the kids and 4 without. It was very challenging yet very rewarding at the same time and for personal reasons it meant alot to me to do it. All in all a great and successful event.
Finally, as I also mentioned in my last post, I have been reading about training frequency and rest with regard to effective training. For myself personally working out less and resting more is paying off huge dividends as I feel bigger, stronger and I am down a few pounds. And I experimented for this fight with Mandy and had her only training 4 times a week with me with no additional workouts on her own. Not only did she put on a beautiful performance, she also commented after the fight that she was far less fatigued then after her other fights. So I guess it works for some people.
Again what the hell do I know. I'm no expert.
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About Me
- Rich Menna
- Rich is married with 2 beautiful daughters, Rayna and Athena and has been involved in some way or form in boxing as competitor or trainer(coach) for nearly 20 years. Rich has also been a personal boxing and fitness trainer for the last 8 years and holds a level 1 amateur boxing coach license as well as professional license. Since the age of 13 he has been working out and played numerous sports where he excelled at. However one day when he started boxing for conditioning of other team sports he became hooked and never looked back. As a competitor Rich won The Detroit Gold Gloves as well as 2 Ontario championships as a heavyweight. He also fought as a professional and had the privilege to have trained in Las Vegas with some world class boxers. He has now made personal training and helping others reach fitness goals a priority and a passion.
1 comment:
Rich
I always wondered if you continued fighting and you obviously, and not surprisingly, had a successful career. Last saw you at Regency on James north many years ago. Good to see you are doing well with personal training and training fighters.No longer live in Hamilton, away 12 yrs, but read the Spec to keep up to date in the city happenings.All the best to you.Take care and say hello to your brothers.
Steve Travale
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