Hello guys. So cutting to the chase. I am 23 years old and I am skinny fat and I have never been in a fight in my life (kind of a peaceful guy) but there was a lot of situations which I wish I had the strength in my muscles and confidence to defend myself but no the guy is older and bigger than me so I just walk away but I hate this I have to defend myself in some situations that I might face in the future. I know how to train for gym and what to etc but I developed skinny fat body because I had many troubles in the past 5 years so I did not train nor eat healthy at all. I have a disease that causes weakness in distal legs and arms so my wrists are small and my calves are small compared to normal guys (But not too small). It makes you weak however in gym i noticed that my lifting weights went up really quick its just my forearm and calves will be stronger with training but not as strong as they could ever be. I feel sad and disappointed at my self because maybe I will never be able to stand out for myself? My stamina is also very low (I am an introvert and I have been always sitting in home ever since I was born so I had 0 physical activity) but now im changing myself. Another thing to mention is my reflexes are slow like when someone put something in his palm then I have to catch it before he pull his palm away i always fail because his responses are faster than me My question is.. will I ever be able to defend myself with boxing with not very strong calves and forearms? If i boxed a lot in the future mainly (3 times a week and 2 times lifting a week) if i took like those strengthening supplements like creatine, beta-alanine, citrulline etc.. will intense boxing sessions help me defend myself?
No one can answer this and you won't be able to tell until you try it consistently for a year minimum. Just do it and stop overthinking.
It depends on you and your willingness to work hard,I don't see why you couldn't learn to box,this question can't be answered,you need to try it out for your self,good luck!
No. not everyone is cut out for fighting and really is kind of rare. If you must lean how learn to take krav mega or however they spell it. It a street defense used, and the best one for women. You don't practice vs others anywhere near full contact. 2-3 moves is all you need. There is no competition is the art for a reason. You'd be killed in boxing, Sorry.
This post is why you never ask this questions online. Just go to the gym, try to find normal coach who will train you properly. Small calves and weak muscles are no problem for boxing, you will strengthen them. Slow reflexes are also no problem, you can get them better with eye-hand coordination exercises. But you have to understand that it is a long process, years long process. You have to love boxing, not train it only because of self-defense.
You can start off with boxercise, doing sparring without hitting each other (technical sparring) plus every related boxing exercise, you know what I mean skipping rope, shadow boxing, heavy bag, speed bag, situps pushups, burpees stairs, learning techniques etc. Keep learning and try to be a gym fighter, someone who does good in the gym. After all that, if you decide to take the plunge, offer more resistance like sparring weight training etc. Take it one step at a time.
Don't take this the wrong way, but your entire post is basically you looking for excuses. If you want to box then do it, that's the only way you'll find out if you're capable or not. Coming to an online forum and asking if you can do this and that shows you don't really want to try and are looking for a way out. Just go box and see how you go. Even if you don't want to compete the training is still great for overall health. And stay off the supplements, you don't need them at all. Why you listed the ones you did I don't know.
Look listen. There are one legged/foot? Guys fighting, 40+ year olds. Guys who are blind in one eye, Joe Walcott fought on with missing fingers. You’re small, you’re also weak. So are the vast majority of tiny boxers compared to the average guy do you think Ricardo Lopez could bench much? It’s boxing it’s a skill. Just get in the gym and try but if you start try and make it all the way or get out of the gym and leave the coaches alone, they can’t waste there time with guys who don’t want it. Do the best you can, You live once then it’s all over don’t die weak and living in fear of being at the mercy of anyone who wants to take advantage of you. If you wait long enough, eventually someone will let that drive you.
I'm really hoping this guy is out there folding heavy bags in half and thinking of changing his legal name to Chad Thickwrists. I want to know how these "can I box" posts turn out but no one ever updates!
