02/09/2010 08:44:07
gymnag_Rob
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Not only is Gymnag ideal for anyone who wants to be fitter, slimmer, bigger or healthier, but is also ideal for anyone who participates in any sport that uses weight classes for competition such as boxing or martial arts, or indeed any sport where weight can be an issue.
There has always been a fine balancing act for athletes between losing weight and maintaining performance, not only for the event itself but also to meet the demands of training for the event and a lot can be learnt from finding out what methods sports people use. Whether these are nutritional or training principles or even mental/motivational techniques, the principles can apply to everyone. Here Ash Evans, one of UK's most promising Muay Thai fighter's, explains how in eight weeks he lost 13kg to make the weight for his latest fight.
"When the fight was arranged I weighed myself and was 86kg. The fight was made at 73kg. In order to lose the weight, my diet went from lots of refined foods and foods high in sugar, salt and sat fats to 100% natural foods, with no refined foods at all. This typically included Shredded wheat for breakfast with honey and soya milk. The rest of my meals would be made up from vegetables and fish in any combination. I made lots of natural soups and just added my fish to it. I didn't diet at all and never went hungry. I ate as much veg and fish as I wished - as well as lots of fruit to keep up the blood sugar levels.
I trained in Crossfit 3 times a week - sticking to body weight exercises as much as possible. I would have done lots of interval running as well ,but unfortunately, whilst training for the fight, i damaged my knee whilst sparring and my knee didnt allow it. I would have also done a 10k run every week for time. My specific training would have included lots of sparring but for the knee injury and did include 5 very hard rounds on the pads. I also found the tabata protocol very good for fat burning.
In eight weeks I went from 86kg to weigh in at 73.3kgs."
Check out Ashley's before and after photo's to see the great results he obtained.
Ashley went on to win on points over five hard rounds, against a tough opponent with a of experience, extending his unbeaten record.
The fight can be seen on the internet at www.P4TV.com. on the Rising at the Reebok show at the Reebok Stadium.
Ashley - Before: 
Ashley - After: 
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03/09/2010 08:17:49
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Surely he must have been eating less calories than normal or increased the amount of exercise? Otherwise how else would he lose weight?
Is he keeping the weight off?
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05/09/2010 11:51:53
gymnag_Rob
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I spoke to Ashley about this and he said that he did cut back on calories but this was a natural consequence of eating healthily as there was a lot less calories in the food he was eating. He never went hungry as he was eating lots of vegetables which filled him up and most of the calories were in the fish and his breakfast. He also increased his training for the fight which burned off more calories too.
A good tip he gave was too use a local farm shop to buy all his vegetables and fruit as it was all fresh, local produce and far richer in nutrients than supermarket produce. He's put a couple of kg's on since due to relaxing a little post fight, but has maintained most of the weight loss.
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18/09/2010 07:41:25
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Why soya milk and not cows milk? Cows milk is natural and unprocessed as well or does he not like cows milk?
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19/09/2010 18:35:43
gymnag_Rob
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Ashley finds that cow's milk makes him feel sluggish and is also concerned about the hormones/antibiotics that may find there way into non-organic cow's milk. Also there is mixed research into whether cow's milk is good for us although i don't believe there is any conclusive findings. However as cow's milk doesn't agree with him anyway he doesn't take the risk.
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20/09/2010 15:36:18
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He should try goats milk. It's not disgusting as the reputatuion it has and is supposed to be better than cows milk as it has proteins better suited to humans. And it can often be drunk by people who can't tolerate cows milk.
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20/09/2010 22:56:09
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Would just like to thank gym nag for all the help and nagging when attempting to lose weight and stay motivated for my recent fight. I look forward to more support and help in the future.
Ashley Evans
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