5 months training log before 1st pro-fight.

[Sarumyan]

Stats:
Height 193sm, 6.4 feet,
Age: 24.
Starting weight: 294lbs. Goal weight: 250lbs
Starting BF: 25% Goal BF: 12%.
Background: Sambo, MT.
Location: Toronto.

Have trained MMA for almost 5 1/2 years now. Was doing Judo/Sambo for 4 years when I was a kid back in Russia.

Just graduated from Uni, and before working in Europe want to take 2-3 pro-fights. Coming off a knee injury and some personal drama, so gained around 15 pounds in a month.

Now, I have give or take 5 months to get into a serious shape. Log will follow mostly nutrition and training.

For Future reference: Weight training consists of heavy compound barbell exercises. (2-7 reps, 4-6 sets).
Most days at my MMA gym I will train with Kettle-bells ( Circuit training, super-sets).

Diet: I prefer working out on Empty stomach. Focus on eating lots of vegetables, lots of meats/animal organs, fruits, sweet potato to curb hunger ( Nothing works against curbing hunger like sweet potato huh). No milk, No grains.
3 months out I will start tracking my calories, but for now, I want to take good long break from dieting and thinking about food too much.

The PLAN:
FEB: Focus on Knee rehab, "loosing up", and working on my diet.
March: Focus on Stand-up, start light sparring, strong focus on power training and flexibility.
Apr.: Hopefully knee will be fine by then, start heavy sparring, start working on ground game, keep the power training.
May-June: Full training camp with all that comes with it.

I want to keep this log, because it is rewarding to discuss your training and progress with others and diet logs are bloody boring to follow.

Lets get to work.

[Sarumyan]

Day 1:

Diet:
Big sandwhich, muffin and coffee at Coffee Culture - 1100 calories.
Ice cream - 500 calories, and almonds - 600 calories.
Orange and Grapes - 400 calories.
Steak with sweet potato - 700.

Training: Weights - 45 min. MMA - 2.5 hours.

Note: The diet is still bad. But felt like a good start today.
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Note 2: I am not taking any supplements.

[Sarumyan]

Day 2: -

Diet: Went to a party - so yeah.. still bad.

Training - light workout at my gym, lots of stretching.

[Sarumyan]

Day 3-4. No training, diet of Rice and eggs - around 2000 calories.

Sorry guys - need some paperwork done.

Going to resume training on Friday.

[rcdudegermy10]

I'd count calories if you're serious about training, at least get a ballpark figure. Which it seems like you're kinda doing so that's good

45-50 lbs is a lot to cut in 5 months. 10 lbs a month, so 2.5 lbs a week. Normally I'd cut cals by 500 and drop about 1-2lbs a week.

What weight class are you going to be fighting in?

Any idea on how you plan on winning your fight?

[Sarumyan]

Thanks mate. I am keeping the rough estimate of how much I eat every day. But I don't want to get back into the calorie counting for a while.
I need to make 265 limit, so as long as I get to 270 - no problem. But generally I feel 250-255lbs is my best weight, I feel very fast compared to other big guys in my gym when I am in my 260s. I haven't been that low in 6 years, but then again - my body changed since then.

I am also banking on quick drop to 275, since my body was at that weight for a while.

Day 5-6: Light weight training - around 1 hour each. Calories around 2800, mostly carbs.

[Sarumyan]

Sorry for delay - been in Nevada.

Day 1: Food


Training
Kali - sparring plus tech + boxing = 2 hours. Around 800 calories.

Will start uploading pics soon.

[Sarumyan]

Day 2-3
I am staying within 2400 calorie limit.
Ate 4-6 big shakes of veggies fruits blended plus some organic pork. Yesterday ate some junk food, but not over 1000 calories. No more coffee - that stuff is killing my joints.

Training wise - fcking tired. I am starting to train twice per day - don't worry the intensity is relatively low, will ramp up gradually.

Gave my computer to coach lol. So that I don't waste time at cozy home anymore. Books and training that's it.

Knee feels ok.

Will post 1-3 per week since I don't have my Mac now

[Sarumyan]

Day 4-7:
Have kept calories around 2000-4000 per day.

Have worked out twice on Monday, however, took time off for couple of exams for 3 days.

Have been back to the gym today.

To tell the truth is barely possible to have a log without computer. Let me see if I can get some device to write from at home, otherwise this log is terminated. Sorry guys !