In my previous articles I have talked about boxing techniques, strategies and training that will help you be successful. To fully train someone in all the ins and outs of boxing requires a number of very large volumes of study. I would like you to bring the next level of training though, starting with the initial training and tending to a slightly more advanced mode. I will discuss the habits in this article to better prepare you in the ring, including some harder cardio. First of all, I want to advise that a contact sport boxer who carries the risk of injury should always visit a doctor before starting any new . I also want to remind people that these articles are not meant to be a way to help improve training, in any way they want to replace the parts of the trainers. If you’re serious about boxing, you’ll need a trainer to make sure you progress the right way and stay there.
Let’s start by looking at some training methods that will help you get ready for the adventures in the ring to get the feeling of rocked hard steel and how to improve your defense.
Spine Training- In this training you start slowly, doing a few rounds before doing heavy bag, getting you dizzy enough to stagger. It’s like being in a ring and hitting hard as the world starts to spin. As you continue to practice in this method to work the bag of speed, which forces you to focus on getting smaller, faster the bag while working dizzy. Of course, I know for sure that you are the next step, dizzy and try sparingly. To always start slowly, in the first mode you will have your partner throwing light punches while you try to get to them, as in this training you need to improve the partner harder. Do these exercises as defiantly as you want to do under supervision, just make sure you don’t injure yourself badly.
Wall Drill- Lean your hat on and over the wall, get a partner or trainer to throw punches at your head and body. Of course, your job is to block, hit, and dodge your partner’s punches. Do this for a set number of rounds, usually three or four, then after the last ring of the bell do a wall dodge using footwork and dodging. When you’re good at this, before him, block yourself in the corner, this will help you pretend you’re stuck on the ropes or in the corner of the ring.
Bob and weave rope- Run the length of the rope from one side of the ring/room to the other, ducking under the rope as you go. This training method was used in a great way by Joe Frazier and can help anyone who needs help to stand out against their opponents. Do this drill for at least three day rounds if you plan to do it.
One Eye Drill- Use a heavy bag, speed bag and or drill with one eye closed. You will switch eyes sometimes but you should go at least two rounds with one eye closed. This training is good because it prepares you for the event that one eye swells up and is almost closed. While we obviously try to avoid it with good defensive skills it can still happen, it’s better to never let it happen than to train it and never practice it.
Exhaustion Drill- If you are getting serious about boxing and think you might go for it sometime; you must be prepared for long battles, 12 rounds or more. You should do this training as you are tired. What I recommend you to do during your full day workout is floor work, boxing training, floor work, everything. Then at the end of the day go back to the heavy bag for a good three or four rounds. Your arms will feel like lead, your legs will feel like logs, but it’s better to feel tired in the gym than in the ring. Another way of faking fatigue is to wear light weights on your hands and ankles, but be careful, the added weight can lead to pulling your muscles if you’re not careful.
Shell Drill- Try this drill with a sparing partner to get your arms lashing. For a rounder in a sparring session to avoid throwing back punches, this may sound silly, but go into your shell with what you’re doing, or cover while you’re punching your opponent. This should not be the last splash, if you are going to do it then you can do this around the middle, as the punches are still thrown behind the arms in panic, not an easy thing to do if your partner is going hard. This requires another exercise for a good educator of vigilance; Of course, you always have to save, when you save anyway.
Combo Drill- In this drill, you’ll start working on yourself with a heavy bag or with a sparring partner. Your instructor or partner will call a special combination to throw you. This is usually done by assigning punch numbers or body parts. The head on the left side is one, the body on the right is two, etc., and the trainer calls out your number or numbers to hit for you. As you continue to train so the numbers of calls start to increase, so that you end up with five or six legendary combos.
The other part of advanced training is conditioning, while the training and conditioning that I have provided in my previous articles, you can certainly always have more in good shape so that you can improve your conditioning. These workouts will be a good supplement to what you should already be doing if you are considering boxing or boxing. Do these or some combination of these at least twice a week to get in shape.
Jogging Rope- For this cardio workout you’ll need to break your normal routine into three parts, you’ll also need to do some jogging and jump rope< /a>. Start jogging until you reach a certain point in your movement and pull out the rope and do one round of skipping for three minutes. Then continue to run to the next place, and do the same and finish by doing one round by skipping when you reach the end of your run.
Lean running– Find a nice step on the hill, or on the road, in the park, wherever you are. When you reach the top, the second coming you can carve again. Depending on the size of this hill I’d say you should do this about three to five times, at least enough to get your heart pumping hard and fast.
Swimming- Swimming is in great shape and there’s a good reason for it, swimming laps is hard work. If you work out in a fitness center like the YMCA or something similar this will be easy, just jump in the pool and start swimming in the bay. Approach the part of the pool where your upper body is under the water and under the shade. Punching against advanced training, because it is really very controversial among boxing. Some teachers love weights, others hate them. If your trainer is against using weights rather than skipping, don’t go against their will. If you are thinking about using weights though, I suggest you use the right one as a punch.
Weights are usually worked on the bench press, low weight, high reps 8-15 reps are recommended per set. Do at least three sets with a break of only about thirty seconds between each set. This will build leaner muscles to perform faster and give you muscular endurance. Use weights only under the supervision of a trainer who is known for lifting weights as it is for boxing, do not use a body builder, as he will probably try to grind you down, which will not help you in the ring.
Well done to this installment of tips boxing. These extra training and conditioning will help you take your boxing to the next level. In the future, I will bring you new methods that I encounter or read to help you improve further. Until then, good omen, fight safe and be happy.
