Got to shadowbox spar or make spar with light contact in boxing on Monday across 3 rounds with 3 different people, the second partner being a complete beginner whom my gloves barely touched while the first and third were skilled and we let ourselves make contact. Blocked a few bodyshots with my lead elbow, which is always satisfying. My defense and in-fighting feels worlds better than last year, but it will take hard sparring to really test that. Rest of the class was standard partner combo drills, with footwork drills on the floor ladders and then some medicine ball work at the end.

Tuesday deload workout:

Bench press

135 x 5

185 x 5

225 x 5

Close-grip bench press

205 x 3x 8

Super-set with lying dumbbell rows

80s x 3 x 15

Reverse hyper

270 x 2 x 15

Carter curls

35s x 3 x 10