Little Gym Tips

It depends on what you eat and probably also on the person, but I also find that eating within 2 hours prior to training doesn't agree with me. Tried it a few times and when I got into full swing it made me feel like I was going to throw up.

 

are you an old man?

 

Do plenty of rounds of shadow boxing. Mix up boxing around the outside and coming forwards from the middle with lots of movement. Imagine your opponent in front of you. Very under rated exercise.

Godd for fitness, muscle indurance and technique and try moves with out copping any punishment

 

In otherwords mobilise your joints before exercising?

 

the recommended safety first guidelines are 2 to 3 hours before training, i use to eat maybe 1 hr 45 min or 2 hours before training, found out if i ate 2 and a half hours before it increased performance, my digestion is possibly slower than the average person, but 1 and a half hours is too soon experiment with 2 to 3 hours, thing is the longer you eat before training the more you can eat, the more you eat the longer you can train with sufficient glycogen

yeah im 25, i kinda think thats old

just got a bad knee from 6 years ago when i injured the cartillage, im very safety first when it comes to warming up fully, the only times i have injured myself were when i didnt warm up fully, last night i warmed up in the gym done a 4 km run, done a circuit of weights slow paced, then on my 2nd circuit injured my neck doing neck rolls, neck must have cooled down too muchand now im in ****ing pain

in other words increase the production of synovial fluid and reduce viscosity of it around joints such as my left knee:rasta

 

yeah im 25, i kinda think thats old

just got a bad knee from 6 years ago when i injured the cartillage, im very safety first when it comes to warming up fully, the only times i have injured myself were when i didnt warm up fully, last night i warmed up in the gym done a 4 km run, done a circuit of weights slow paced, then on my 2nd circuit injured my neck doing neck rolls, neck must have cooled down too muchand now im in ****ing pain


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hahahah yeah thats fair enough. Once you hurt your knee you got to take care of them after that. Especially running on concrete, its very hard and not forgiving.

 

yeah i know, after a long road run the next day when i get out of bed my knee where i injured before is usually in slight pain after 5 mins of walking around its fine, my knee injury was only a tweak in the cartillage and described as a slight injury to my knee by the physio, 6 years down the line its still stubborn and will probably always be

 

For the how long you should eat before training thing. There's two issues.

1. You don't want to be doing hard training when your stomach is full of fresh food, or you will get cramps etc.

2. You want to have enough time for your body to absorb the food so you have energy to train.

Each person is different and you should experiment with different types of foods at different times before training to see what works best for you.

 

Maybe you should look at getting an arthroscope. That is when they tidy up the cartelage. The scar will be tiny and you may be out for a month or so but thats better then a lifetime of discomfort in your knee.
I have been lucky, have never had a knee injury but get shin splints when i over train with too much running. They can be painful sometimes and rest is the only way to fix them.

 

everyperson is different. I sometimes have dinner 40 minutes before training. I feel a bit bloated for the first 10 minutes but then im ok after that. I find if i eat 1.5 hours before training im fine to train as hard as i need too.

 

it depends what sort of training you do too, i find if im on my strenght days i can eat maybe an hour before training and feel ok, any training of high intensity like sparring or any training with the boxing club im eating 2 to 3 hours before or else i will feel shitty when training

 

Because when you partake in excersise, vascular shunting occurs; the divertin of blood from the gut to your muscles. I have been sick training on a full stomach a few times

 

:goodWas gonna mention that myself, I can't think of one 'Countdown to' or '24/7' type show that hasn't featured one of the Boxers involved shadowboxing alone in the ring. When the adrenalines pumping your bodies gonna react the way its been trained to, gonna be pretty hard to remember certain tactics and strategy off the top of your head so thats why its so important.:bbb

The fastest way to get your hands back to your face after throwing a punch is to make sure your arms are fully extended, causing them to 'spring' back

The more you move your legs when skipping the better.

Never be flat footed, always up on the balls of your feet.

Make it a policy to punch through anything you hit, and not at it, such as Pads, Bags etc. This will develop a good habit which will be carried into the ring and increase your strength when done on the heavy bag.

If an opponent tries to hit you with a right hand to the body, they're wide open to to a left to the head. Left to the body leaves them open to a right.

Jabbing with a vertical fist can make it pass through an opponents guard easily.

A Jab to the top of someones headguard can possibly lift their chin up into the path of a right hand.

If you successfully land a right uppercut on a crouching opponent, their head should be knocked into the path of a follow-up Left Hook.

 

Some good tips Gavin.

Another benefit is that it looks good to the judges (and the crowd, lol) when you hit someone in the forehead and his head snaps back.

 

Thanks man, and yep, didn't think bout that, very good scoring punch.