Need some advice on certain attributes....

hey welcome to the forum man the guy above seems to have summed up everything

just wondering where abouts in melbourne you are as im from there too and know a few good gyms

 

Don't worry too much about the chin issue. Have confidence in your ability to take a punch, keep your hands up, chin tucked and roll punches and you'll be absolutely fine.

 

Everything you asked has pretty much been covered adequately so far, Mike.

Regards the chin issue, one aspect that hasn't been covered and is commonly overlooked is neck flexibility - a flexible neck will absorb the impact of a punch far better than a strong neck which isn't flexible.

 

hey Mike
Im new at the forum as well today so sorry if its any mistakes here.
Im also a beginner so can tell you much about the boxing specifics but im a physiotherapist and regards to your flat feet i would recomend you to buy some good shoes and rather jog in the forest or something. You can fast get shin splints or knee problems so take care of your legs.
good luck man

 

Holy ****, an old best mate of mine just got diagnosed with Guillain-Barré. He is pretty much completely paralyzed. its completely ****ed he has a kid and a fiance.

im glad you're okay though isn't it extremely rare? Did you make a full recovery? what else do ya know?

 

Are you sure? I don't think this is the case. A knock out is caused by the head being knocked back and when the neck gets hit back it momentarily blocks blood and oxygen going to the brain cuasing the knock down...

so the stronger the neck the less likely your head will be jolted back, keeping blood and oxygen going to the brain

 

I think i can answer you on this. Mike might know better but its very rear that people dont recover 100% from guillain-barre. But it can take a year before recovery starts. But its rearly anybody that dies from it or anything.

 

Yes, I am sure - you do not need to break down the methodology of a knockout to me. The actual cause of a knockout has been long debated, and no conclusive proof has yet been agreed on. Compression of the carotid arteries is one theory, which I believe is what you are referring to, but personally speaking, I don't buy into this reasoning. I do agree that it can cause a person to lose consciousness in certain cases, but I don't believe it to be the case in boxing. From the studies that I have read, I am of the opinion that trauma to the brain is the more likely cause in boxing, or with any sudden impact to the head (car crashes, falls etc). More specifically, damage to the cranial nerves, brain stem, blood vessels, contusions and perhaps even minor diffuse axonal injuries would be the more likely causes of a knockout where there are sudden impacts to the head.

The way I see it is that your neck needs to remain strong throughout it's full range of motion, as with every other part of the body, hence my mention of flexibility. I am not suggesting that strength training should be avoided, but I am suggesting that to get the maximum benefit out of the strength training, you need to add in flexibility training. By solely relying on the strength of your neck to absorb punches is a one way ticket to long term brain damage imo.

To give you more of an idea of what I am on about, look up isometric stretching, and apply it by having a partner hold a towel around your head and perform a series of isometric stretches, which will aid both strength and flexibility in your neck. You will find few better neck workouts anywhere. Add in neck bridges to this routine, which again, works both strength and flexibility, and you have a complete neck workout.

As with all well rounded strength training programs, they will only ever reach their full potential where there is adequate flexibility in the muscles. This point is often overlooked, and needs to be given a lot of consideration when developing any workout, regardless of what part of the body you are training.

 

yeh i see your point, never thought about it that way. Just had the one idea in my mind...but i do believe that your neck snapping back and depriving the brain of oxygen is definetely atleast a cause of some knockouts in boxing, especially if you look at slow motion replays of knock outs, the neck and head is always jolted back but then again i can see that this would also mean sudden high impact which you were talking about.

I personally don't see how flexibility will help prevent this as i believe it would be the intial power of the punch that would cause the sudden/high impact sensation that causes the knock out. By no means am i saying i'm right, just what i believe

will defo take on board your advice for neck trainin

 

I'm glad you're okay bro. Best of luck in your recovery and with the boxing career. :good

 

Speaking of impacts and such like, read up on coup contrecoup injuries. It is a very interesting subject, and is much of the basis of my earlier points.

 

oh nice you live in East doncaster, im in Mitcham just a suburb or two ova lol
not sure if there is anything real close to you but i go to Fighters Factory in Blackburn and it is great. It has an old school feeling and all the trainers are past fighters. As for professionals the top fighter there is Oyewale Omotsomo who is number 1 welterweight in Aus i think. I was introduced to him on my first time there and he convinced me to keep coming back Its a pretty busy gym so and just like others you have to be serious and train hard if you want people to pay attention to you. It is right on the train line which is good too. The only drawback is the cost i guess but its well worth it. I personally just go to the circuit training as im a beginner and only 17 but after ive finished vce im gonna start taking it more seriously
well heres the website, hope to see u there some day lol
http://www.fightersfactory.com/