Wow, you guys are making a lot of assumptions. My BMR according to the Harris-Benedict formula is 1188 and change (I come up a little higher on a...
No, the plan was pretty sound. I've read enough on this board and elsewhere to know that my trainer is not an idiot. I don't know why the weight...
My first amateur bout is coming up fairly quickly, and I had to come down from a walking-around weight of 160 to somewhere around 150. Which I...
I swim fairly often for recovery, either evenings after training in the morning, or on off days. I don't usually go hard, it's more to relax and...
I think the distribution in my gym is almost the same as it is out in the world - about one of every 10-15. I'm definitely not the only one,...
For me, it's basically all Beastie Boys all the time. I work harder when someone is screaming at me. My trainer told me to start phasing out...
I took a hard hook to the ear while sparring this morning. Those are definitely the opposite of fun. Took me a good five minutes before the...
I wouldn't put him in the pantheon of greatest southpaw fighters ever, but I've learned a lot from watching Paul Williams.
I've got a bulging disc - obviously I can't answer the question as to whether you specifically can ever box again, but it's definitely something...
Definitely small meals and non-processed are the way to go. My trainer's also got me avoiding pure carbs anytime after breakfast, and when I stick...
Good luck! I'm a relative oldster too and my story's a lot like yours...grew up following boxing, and after playing around with heavy bags and...
Take time at the beginning of the week to make (or acquire) food for meals so you don't have to resort to convenience foods. If you spend a...
There's no harm in telling a tall fighter to work the reach advantage, as long as it's not the only thing they know how to do. For awhile, the...
Southpaw right hook. Although I've been working a lot on uppercuts lately and they're climbing the charts.
I would, but I'd be pretty judicious about making sure the kid has it drilled into his/her head that punches are only to be thrown during training...
