Joining a gym with bad fitness?

Theres agruments for both, as long as you wont be put off id say join itll soon sort your fitness out. However personally i went a couple years ago and wasnt very fit. I had to quit cos i went to australia. Started again 5 months ago but i am 1000x fitter now lol so i can just concentrate on the technique and enjoy the boxing part of it lol:good

 

With that attitude, you may want to steer clear of a boxing gym... If you join, work hard and your weight will come down, its not like they expect only athletes to walk in, actually, I sucked at every sport I played but boxing.

 

cant see the problem as long as the time you train for and intensity is proportional to that if you were jogging.

 

Gyms are there to get you in shape.

 

As RDJ said, the gym is there to get you in shape, the coaches are there to teach you to box. You won't get thrown in at the deep end - no coach wants to scare people away from their gym.

Get yourself to the gym, join in the fun, keep your mouth shut and work as hard as YOU can, listen to the coaches, take your time and don't be afraid to learn.

 

Indeed. Show up, shut up and glove up.

 

We don't mean here, but at the gym. Show up, listen to the coach, and never complain or question what's being told. That's what gets you anywhere in a gym. Be a machine, machines don't talk.

 

Don't take it personally, its nothing you have said or done.

I've lost count of the amount of people who turn up at the gym, bring an ego with them and open their mouth at every opportunity - they never last. Just call it good etiquette if you will. Remember, you are there to learn, just as people go to school to learn - when your in school, your teacher does the talking, and as the student, you listen, ask questions when you need to and learn, same goes in the gym. Just go to the gym, be honest and focus on doing as instructed by the coaches.

 

Hey, Cotto started boxing just to get fit. He was actually pretty tubby himself. Trust me, trainers aren't going to try to kill yourself, they're there to make you better. Like my gym, the first timers start off slow, and slowly build up

You'll be just fine. :good

 

also mate, i consider myself to be really fit but the gym i'm at i feel as though i'm really unfit compared to some of them and i run 9miles a week train in the gym 2/3 a week at the mo had 4 fights and have been around sport since i was a wee boy

just remember others will feel what you feel, don't think at the end of the session that ur the only nackered, everyone there will be...we're all human

also the guys above are right, just go in be honest enthusiastic and you'll be more than fine. good luck