Ok so i went to fightHQ to buy some gear. 1600b for fairtex gloves, 1300b for fairtex shinguards. I wanted topking but they are having supplier issues. I got the bgl6 12oz. No 16oz were available. I prefer my boons but whatever.
So had my first training session today, just me, my 2 mates from london and one other fighter so we pretty much had all one to one training. The gym itself is bigger than my initial impressions but still one the small side. 1 ring, maybe 12 bags although i didn't count. Bow the manager introduced herself, she's very friendly. The gym is very clean, lots of fans, still quite humid but nothing i can't live with. Todays session was 20mins skipping with the heavy traditional rope which i quite like. Just be careful of hitting your feet. Then stretching, shadow boxing with correction, i spent maybe 45 mins on this with my trainer man correcting EVERYTHING i've been doing, highly techincal, i loved it. He english isn't the best but good enough. Next on to pads, maybe 3 rounds before i developed 2 blisters which tore. He taped it up but was to painful so we switched up to just hand. Next was situps, then stretching. No bag work today, he said cause it's my first day to take it easy, end of session. Forgot to mention the way they wrap hands, completly different to how i normally wrap them but way better. Oh i think best option for cash is to bring your currency from home and exchange it here, they beat what i was getting offered in london(although i'm no expert). They are fixing the accomodation building at the moment so it's quite noisy. My mates that trained with me also highly enjoyed the training and thanked me for organising it, they had slightly different workouts as they both did bag work and different strenth/ conditioning excersies/ stretches,(both had seperate trainiers). I had man help me with my tight hamstrings. So far i have to say that was the best muay thai training i've ever had by far, i really enjoyed everything about it and can't wait for next session, although i'm pretty worried about my feet/blisters. I'll give more updates later on. With comparisions to other gyms if and when they happen as i'm quite tempted to stay here for the full 4 weeks. The location is far away enough from bangla to not get distracted, we haven't even been there yet. It's about 15/20 mins from the shopping mall with a bigc. Lots of pharmacies nearby, lots of 7/11s too. 7000 for 1 week plus accomodation, seems cheap enough for me but i'm sure there's cheaper accomodation if you look around. Wifi is quite good so far from my room. Sert is out of town atm for anyone hoping to train with him. Any questions let me know.
(Possible) cons: it's located where the locals live, can't compare with rest of phuket yet but i think it's less developed area. No problem for me might be for some. Gym flooring mats huge problem for me (only). No pull up bar that i could see. No hot water.
Edit: i really wished they had different floor mats, hopefully i get to use the ring tomorrow and it's more forgiving on my feet.
Edit: next day, blisters too painful to train. Limping as i walk. Fuck my life.
