As the story has it, one day I headed to the opposite side of the globe – the Flipside. I arrived in Korea February 16th, 2005 and thought I’d do a year, then leave. I was wrong. I stayed, launched my first company, Flipside Fitness, and then opened Korea's largest boxing club, Hulk's Boxing (now called Hulk's Club).

After 11.5yrs in Korea, I then picked up one day and returned to Toronto, Canada. But then I left again.

Now I live in the Philippines where I am the CEO and head coach of Empowered Clubhouse, the Philippines' first and only boxing clubhouse exclusively just for women. I also am the founder of the Lil' Sistas Project, CEO and designer of Slay Gear and Baa Baa Black Sheep .Ph.

Monday, April 20, 2015

Day 1 of Punishment... Monday, April 20

I was told to take a few days off training, perhaps even so much as a week and a half, because "I deserve it".

"Deserve what?!", I asked.

You do realize that I train not because I feel I have to but because I love it, right?  I love pushing myself to extremes, the endorphines that come with kicking my own butt, seeing what my body can do, and all that grade A goodness that comes with seriously trying to better yourself every single day.  

I know rest is just as important to the body as is training but a week... seriously?!  Holy what-the-fudge moment here!!!  I give myself about a day or two before I break, go stir crazy watching everyone but me train, and dive back into training.  

So what did I do to deserve such punishment?  Oh I ran a full marathon, sorry.  My bad.

Today I plan a mean upper body crossfit class for my Hulkies, a workout that I knew they wouldn't have to wait till tomorrow to feel the burn.  "Feel the burn", I told some of them, "Feel the burn, respect the burn... love the burn!"  I actually don't like Monday workouts for the very fact that they're upper body workout days and I tend to get my upper body drilled enough with my boxing.  I'm not looking to pack on more muscle on my arms or shoulders, just lean out some more.  Most of my Hulkies know I don't like upper body workouts but they also know I had a marathon yesterday.  I'm kind of limited to training only my upper body for the time being and this was so apparent with the intensity of today's crossfit class.  My legs feel fine today, am just suffering from some chaffing on my right inner thigh and under my left arm.  And then of course there is the fact that my chest has been scratched the hell out of because of the package of Cliff Bloks I thought I'd be oh so smart to stash in my sports bra for four hours.  

Today marked Day 1 of rest, no training, aka Day 1 of punishment, but some question who the punishment was for, me for not being able to train or my Hulkies for me taking out my frustration with not being able to train via intense crossfit today.
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