for the next two weeks we're putting
ourselves through a martial arts training camp more specifically muay thai here in thailand
we've never done anything like this before it's going to be one of the hardest things we've
ever done. he hit me square in the nose right there we are in punch it gym in lamai in koh samui and
we're going to be doing 14 days of training twice a day and there's a run in the morning as well and
that's only just the warmup it's gonna be intense we're not in bad shape by any means we try to go
to the gym as often as we can but this is gonna be something else we'll pop some videos on the
screen of what we look like right now just in case we see some epic transformations or some smaller
changes it's just easier to spot them when you got a before and after video really all i'm hoping for
is getting a bit faster at my runs as well as just stronger in general and i'm hoping to i don't know
i want to get more ripped but also i want to just become better at muay thai i've done two lessons
like ages ago one was like four months ago and one was about five years ago i want to actually
do this properly now hopefully get as ripped as some of these muay thai fighters we've seen here so
make sure you stick to the end of the video to see how our bodies will change if there'll be any
hopefully there will be.
You're making me nervous How do you feel? I feel fine I haven't run in a while, so last time I tried to run I did 10 minutes and I thought I was going to throw up hopefully my legs don't cramp up How are your legs? ok so far Like stiff little bricks Tiring? Yeah. That was actually so hard that's just a warm-up i'm so sweaty already I think it's about time to take this top off super sweaty and everyone else is taking them off, so how'd you feel after that? first go I think it was okay, because I got to do it with you. So it wasn't like… i'm very sweaty yeah it's very
difficult and the technique is like it's quite advanced. I think we've come
in right in the middle of like doing clenching so but i think this
evening session is like a beginner session just been doing about six
minutes of kicking punching knee and elbowing i thought at the beginning
this is going to be easy but I feel a bit sick now i really didn't think that i'd have to go in
the ring with one of the young trainers i've never boxed in my life and this guy was hitting
properly hard in the face everywhere but i don't think i did a really bad job and he actually
said i was an okay boxer so i'm happy with that i've never boxed in my life he hit
me square in the nose right there i'm always worried that i'm gonna
knock out my front teeth because i'm not that gum shield obviously and i've
chipped some teeth before falling over so that's the second time i've done that today and
it does not get easier and it's not even that hot anymore i'm absolutely dripping see that that's
meant to be a bright red i'm absolutely drenched the guy gets you hard, man it hurts my stomach Well done.
Thank you. so this is probably a lot sweatier
than you're used to seeing us yeah it's been a heavy-duty day it's very hard we've said that
a few times today but it actually is genuinely very hard the technique is extremely
difficult in itself and then it also requires a lot of mental and
physical fitness out of which we have a bit a bit this is the first day so we could
be regretting what we're saying right now it might get harder it might get easier let's see how we
are tomorrow morning because i'm sure we'll be properly aching oh my calves are dead
already already it's gonna be a week Well done! just had my hands wrapped well just
before we started shadow boxing sorry i'm so sweaty. the professional
did this one i did this one super tight hopefully i won't lose my fingers
we've had our run this morning we skipped for five minutes wrapped up and now we're just doing
some shadow boxing which i didn't like on the first day but now that i know that what i'm doing
a little bit more i'm kind of getting into it on day two we started sparring again and i was
sparring with this guy really nice guy we were punching quite light but this punch here connected
right on the back of my jaw and my wisdom tooth cracked and came off in a few pieces but
didn't hurt and i've already booked a dentist so i got straight back into training and
then the next day i bought a gum shield we've recently just come back from our fifth
session at the gym it is now day three and we're pretty much halfway through this week we've had
our nap two hours we've been taking naps every day because we're so tired but we thought this
was a good opportunity to show you where we have been staying and we're going to be staying
for the next two weeks whilst we're training this place is one of the many places that they
actually have on offer sort of through the gym um they do have one that's right across the
street from the gym but it was fully booked when we wanted to book it so we ended up with this one
which is actually just about 400 meters down the road so on our scooters like one minute and we're
at the gym so that's pretty good it's a nice basic kind of room but actually it has everything that
you would need because all you're doing really here is sleeping there's a big bed very thai style
i mean i should show you maybe i can show you it's a little bit on the firmer side.
Not that
many windows a couple of two little slits here there is a fun window here that just goes out
into the hallway so um we keep this one closed huge tv that we don't really watch partially
because we're so tired whenever we get home all we seem to be doing is eating or sleeping or
training but also it mainly has christian channels and thai channels but like christian tv all of
our tech our closet space which is basically just all of our sweaty clothes kept in one
place there's a bathroom pretty basic but good good toilet shower clean we're showering
like five billion times a day it feels like now what we also didn't realize is that it
came with a kitchen which would be nice if we had a lot more energy and a lot more time
we probably would be cooking a little bit more but at the moment it's kind of just eating
out and all of the protein which is here we really committed to this we got protein bars
we got protein shakes we've got everything that we would need to grow huge.
One of the many things that
we're doing whilst we're training here twice a day is that we're pretty much cutting out coffee we
thought this is a good time to just get fit and healthy and not rely on anything for energy so
that's probably why we're taking so many naps anyway we've got dylan's super mega protein powder
mass gainer 1 000 calories per serving if you guys saw our instagram story um probably last week now
there was a before and after of dylan's passport photos and he went from very slim to very healthy
looking so hopefully this will keep that process going got some vegan protein a little bit neater
for the lady peanut butter powder to put in there to make it taste really good and actually
it's really nice we're also having one of these today which is the reason we bought it is
a little bit on the stodgy side i should say but it's 45 grams of protein in one of these and
we have one of these a day each so the price of this place is 20 300 baht for 14 days but
considering that the actual training itself is 4 300 baht per person this is an absolute steal
for two weeks and it's so close to the gym as well this hotel also has a really nice pool down
the bottom and there's loads of places that you can chill out as well we're just heading out for
some lunch now to fuel up for our evening session we're still trying to do twice a day we haven't
missed any yet so we'll see you guys tomorrow some here too oh yeah oh yeah there's lot there's
loads to choose from we're finally gonna get some shorts today okay i like these ones i have to
say right they look legit like if i wore these you wouldn't want to mess with me we got the punch
it on there.
One of the reasons that we want these shorts is because we feel like we've finally
earned them but also we're sweating so much that basically what we've been wearing has
been wet sort of 24 7. we're washing like three times a week but you can't wash it enough it's
always smelly and we need more shorts basically i think we're gonna go for the same ones
so these really cool whites and gold ones it seems like most people are wearing these
ones so and they look they look comfortable they feel like silky so this is day four now this
is gonna be gym session or training session eight yeah we've not missed a single one no not yet
deserve this yeah we definitely deserve this okay Shall we get these? Yeah so this is our ninth session in a row as
you can tell we're very sweaty we're just doing some sparring right now and they've just
paired me up with dylan which is obviously a bit of a height difference but it's quite fun as
well i know he's not gonna punch my teeth out yeah it's getting harder but it's also kind of
getting easier at the same time what do you say it's getting harder but it's also getting easier
somehow yeah i said you won't knock my teeth out hopefully not i'm sweating so much today
even in these new shorts.
Dripping off me. We do look more pro with the shorts on yeah i don't want anyone to think i'm
really good though because i'm really not Don't wanna lose another tooth So knackered. 10 more pushups everybody say thank you in
thailand together one two three so during this training sessions i've been
getting loads of headaches i've been feeling really ill after the workouts and i thought this
is not normal like i'm quite fit this shouldn't be happening so a couple days ago we kind of said
to ourselves we're not going to be buying um coffee or sodas or anything like that but because
of that we forgot we completely forgot to buy you know like electrolytes things that you
actually need for um your body during exercise especially in a hot place when you're sweating so
much and we had one of these yesterday and as soon as we had one we felt fantastic so now we've just
bought 12 well we are gonna buy 12 of these um and two huge bottles of coconut water
because this is really good for that as well since dylan mentioned it we've actually seen
the trainers drinking like a couple of these a day like specifically this one it's only 10
bucks one bottle as well so we've got a few of these we can do this.
It's finally saturday
and that means a day off for us every saturday the gym is closed so we get a day off but that
doesn't mean that we don't keep sticking to our sort of protein and healthy eating so first off
to start the day we're gonna have a protein shake since it's our first day off we actually have
time today to do some of the things that we want to do normally we're too tired or
actually busy or asleep or eating so today we're gonna let the protein shakes settle and then
we're actually going for a massage which i'm super excited about because we are both aching and
typical today i've woken up with a really stiff neck that goes all the way back like to the middle
of my back as well it feels like i've had some sort of whiplash we did some sort of uh training
yesterday where we were being thrown on the floor so it could be a delayed reaction to that but
hopefully the massage will sort that out yeah but it feels more sort of in my bones
and in my neck rather than a muscle so we'll see maybe i just need to
walk around a bit and be okay that was so nice.
When she was massaging my calves they were singing it was perfect my neck my back
is still hurting but i think i figured out why we were doing sit ups yesterday
but they were slamming the pad on our abs 50 times and towards the end i was
just pulling my neck up pulling my neck i'm just in there now when i sat up i felt the exact same
pain so hopefully it'll be fixed by tomorrow but but we'll see nice stretch nice massage
that was really good yeah i feel much better we're currently sat in a place called pure vegan
heaven and we've been here a couple of times before it's really really delicious i always
get the smoothie bowl because it's so yummy and the peanut butter on top is just delicious
dylan's got burrito breakfast burrito breakfast burrito and as you can imagine this place is
vegan so we're still keeping on that healthy food whilst we're training even though they are
probably the best vegan thing i've ever had really really yeah i tried it it smells and it
tastes amazing the rice is perfect it's so good we definitely need to be recovering right now
this training session over the last week has been really really hard i mean the last the first
four days were extremely hot we forgot to take our bloody electrolytes like honestly stupid i
don't think i've ever slept so much and been so tired at the same time like we were sleeping nine
hours a night two hour naps a day and still like exhausted but we've been discussing it and we
think we used to think that sort of drinking electrolytes and like you know like powerade
gatorade that kind of drinks we used to think it was just to have an extra boost not that
it was like necessary yeah necessary for like human survival my calves are aching my shoulders
are aching my back my neck i actually think i'm 50/50 whether i'm gonna do it tomorrow just because
i've i've hurt my neck before i've taken ibuprofen taking protein so hopefully and a massage so
hopefully that'll do some help it is really difficult to film whilst we're actually in
training not only because we've got gloves on but we're so exhausted and so sweaty the
camera just becomes a bit of a difficult add-on so what you might not be seeing is that every
single morning session starts with a sort of 15 minute run then it goes straight into five minutes
of skipping and the ropes are like weighted so it's it's really difficult um and after
that it's press ups then it's sit ups then we do yeah squats then we do hand wraps and we do some
shadow boxing and usually that's when you kind of get a one-on-one with some of the trainers
as well to make sure your forms are good and then every day there's like a different
technique so sometimes it'll be what's it called clenching yeah yeah clenching whatever
when you grab each other and like trying to throw people to the floor or sometimes it's
elbows sometimes knees obviously as complete beginners it's really interesting to kind
of touch on loads of different techniques that are very advanced they're very advanced but
also there's a lot of oversight from the trainer so it's still quite good to do and i've felt that
as the days go on we've been there for like four or five days now the trainers are actually like
you know telling us to do this form properly because on the first few days you know they just like just
do it just get the fitness up but now they're like no twist your foot that much twist yeah yeah yeah put
your hips this way put your hips that way which obviously makes things a lot more difficult
but then after all of that technique we usually then have sparring with somebody else sometimes
they pair with me dylan which is quite difficult because his reach is a lot further than
mine then we do pad work with the trainers That's the hardest part for me.
Because they they
don't yell at you but they're like no come on like you can do this and you're like oh you're dripping
in sweat you can't see there's sweat everywhere even though all of these different things on their
own might not be too difficult for somebody that has a regular level of fitness once you're two
hours in it is insane and you get to go home have a nap eat chill for a few hours and then you're
back in for another hour and a half it is it takes it out of you i mean we're complete beginners
at muay thai um so it's very very difficult just because i don't think our fitness is up to
par and three and a half hours of any exercise yeah i mean even if it was just like three and
a half hours of walking it would be like woah that's quite time consuming and like difficult so
it's a challenge and get your electrolytes in.
So it is now day seven and everyone's just
gone for a run but i've decided to take today off because it's not worth risking
um this neck pain i've done it before so i don't want to make it any worse just in
case there's some weakness there but i'll try and join back as soon as possible maybe tomorrow
we'll see but for today it's a rest day for me so how was your first day without me? i mean it was
easier than i thought because i was really really nervous this morning i was like oh we can just
stay in bed you're injured i'm tired let's just stay in bed but i think once you actually start
it's okay like once the run was happening there's a lot of new people here today as well you can
tell i'm tired my words are all over the place my neck is getting better so i'm hopefully going to
be back tomorrow really hopefully this afternoon we'll see about this afternoon 100% don't want
to don't push it you know no of course no.
We are finally on our last day of training now i have to
be super honest with you guys i did pull out of i think two and a half days of sessions just because
my neck was so bad i really had to adriana has not missed a single session fair play well done.
thank you .this is the last one. It's been super intense i'm actually really excited that it's the last one
i will miss it but i'm quite looking forward to it very enjoyable yeah and once you get into it
it's super enjoyable but i can't wait to get back to my own routine and not have not having to
do something in the morning and in the night i know it takes up so much of your time but let's
smash this last session yeah yeah let's do it so we've just finished our last session of muay thai i was going to say maybe ever but i don't know we might do it again it was definitely one
of the easiest ones i think they just get easier so there's a kids class on in the evenings as
well sort of at the same time and a really cute kid just came up anyway it's kind of bittersweet
i am i feel like i'm going to really miss like the camaraderie of the classes we haven't actually
looked at the um before photos or the videos so be excited to see those and i'll show you that
in tomorrow morning tomorrow morning yeah we're Once we've settled and had sleep.
I think there's
gonna be some big differences though hopefully it's the day after now and we totally finished
and we are on lamai beach actually just chilling got a fruit smoothie cheers cheers it's all over my chin before we say anything else we just want to say a
huge thank you to all the trainers at punch it gym they've been so welcoming so kind and just really
really talented you can tell that they really love their sport so it's the moment you've all been
waiting for the before and after transformation we'll pop them on the screen now we did take
some shots this morning at the exact same time as we did two weeks ago in the exact same outfits
exact same outfits everything exactly the same and we can definitely see some changes. yeah. and not
even some changes like throughout the week or the weeks we've seen changes sort of gradually
but really comparing day one and two weeks later has been really really cool i didn't think that
i would feel and look this different normally at this point of the video i would recommend a
specific video for you guys to watch but because we've never done anything like this before we
don't have any similar videos so i'm gonna let youtube do its little thing and we'll pop
a video here that's gonna be good for you
